Ernani´s cavatina and cabaletta Act 1 What a showcase for a tenor to introduce his character! While it may be an uncomfortable and „cold start“ with no chance to warm before – similar to Radames´ aria in „Aida“- it is … Continua a leggere
Vittorio Grigolo, recent Edgardo from the Met. In vocal difficulty and stylistically a disaster. A gifted amateur singing by pure instinct. Shaky and bad attacking of the notes throughout his entire performances. Shaky and jittery singing / whining / sobbing. … Continua a leggere
DIRIGENT Jean-Christophe Spinosi REGIE Franco Zeffirelli Carmen Margarita Gritskova Don José Piotr Beczala Escamillo Carlos Álvarez Micaela Olga Bezsmertna Frasquita Simina Ivan Mercédès Margaret Plummer Zuniga Ayk Martirossian Moralès Orhan Yildiz Remendado Carlos Osuna Dancaïro Igor Onishchenko An evening full … Continua a leggere
„Il Corriere della Grisi“ is a polarizing „cup of tea“ – not to everybody´s taste and at times it may be difficult to get down your throat. But in this operatic world made of meaningless superlatives and blabla generalizations, in … Continua a leggere
I have mixed feelings about Luciano Pavarotti. While Carreras had the greatest natural vocal gift among the „Three Tenors“ and Domingo was the „cleverest“ (not always in the best sense) and the most convincing performer on stager, Pavarotti was by … Continua a leggere
Anna Netrebko (Aida) Roberto Tagliavini (Der König) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris) Franceso Meli (Radamès) Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis) Luca Salsi (Amonasro) Bror Magnus Tødenes (Ein Bote) Benedetta Torre (Oberpriesterin) Dirigent: Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti was the only reason to listen to this … Continua a leggere
Dirigent Sir Antonio Pappano Keith Warner Regisseur Boris Kudlička Bühnenbild Kaspar Glarner Kostüme Jonas Kaufmann Tenor Otello Maria Agresta Sopran Desdemona Marco Vratogna Bariton Iago Kai Rüütel Mezzosopran Emilia Frédéric Antoun Tenor Cassio Thomas Atkins Tenor Roderigo In-Sung Sim Bass … Continua a leggere
Andrea Chénier Jonas Kaufmann Carlo Gérard Luca Salsi Maddalena di Coigny Anja Harteros Bersi, Mulattin J’Nai Bridges Gräfin von Coigny Doris Soffel Madelon Elena Zilio Roucher Andrea Borghini Pierre Fléville Nathaniel Webster Fouqier-Tinville Christian Rieger Mathieu Tim Kuypers Der Abate … Continua a leggere
DIRIGENT Marco Armiliato REGIE Daniele Abbado BÜHNENBILD Graziano Gregori KOSTÜME Carla Teti Il Conte di Luna Ludovic Tézier Leonora Anna Netrebko Azucena Luciana D`Intino Manrico Roberto Alagna Ferrando Jongmin Park Ines Simina Ivan Ruiz Jinxu Xiahou Un vecchio zingaro Michael … Continua a leggere
Gustavo Dudamel soll bei der telefonischen Anfrage, ob er das Neujahrskonzert 2017 dirigieren wolle, mit einem Freudenschrei geantwortet haben. Die Freude daran war ihm bei der Übertragung auch anzusehen, das musikalische Ergebnis fiel weniger erfreulich aus. Allein die Körperhaltung und … Continua a leggere
Bogdan Roščić will succeed State Opera director, Dominique Meyer, starting with Sept. 1st 2020. Born in Belgrad in 1964 his family came to Austria in 1974. After he had finished his studies of philosophy and musicology he began workung for … Continua a leggere
The great Onegin is one of the few examples, where a great voice is paired with a really great singer. She has a great legato line, she has both richness of tone and vocal agility, vocal discipline and an innate … Continua a leggere