Olga Peretyatko is currently singing Gilda at the Met. Having won 2nd place in Operalia in 2007, her career has taken off on an international level in the last 5/6 years. Violetta, Elvira (Puritani), Gilda, Adina are her daily bread. … Continua a leggere
George Petean | Macbeth Ferruccio Furlanetto | Banquo Tatiana Serjan | Lady Macbeth Jorge de Leon | Macduff Jinxu Xiahou | Malcolm Jongmin Park | Spion Donna Ellen | Kammerfrau Alain Altinoglu | Dirigent Christian Räth | Regie Gary McCann … Continua a leggere
Again, JONAS KAUFMANN. THE tenor of the moment, Florestan at the Salzburg Festival, hailed as an almost supernatural phenomenon, singing everywhere and everything from Des Grieux (Puccini), Don José, Chénier, Canio and Turiddu to Alvaro, Radames, Lohengrin and Fidelio (Otello … Continua a leggere
Last performance of this season. Again – or rather still – Vienna´s new Rigoletto production seems to be pursued by bad luck: Paolo Rumetz cancelled, Giovanni Meoni, who not only had taken over the previous performances from Keenlyside, also stepped … Continua a leggere
BESETZUNGSÄNDERUNG RIGOLETTO Dmitri Hvorostovsky muss aufgrund plötzlicher Erkrankung seine geplanten Auftritte in der Titelpartie von Verdis “Rigoletto” an der Wiener Staatsoper absagen. An seiner Stelle verkörpert Giovanni Meoni am 17., 20. und 23. Juni den Rigoletto und gibt damit sein … Continua a leggere
Tu che di gel sei cinta, Da tanta fiamma vinta L’amerai anche tu! Prima di quest’aurora Io chiudo stanca gli occhi, Perché egli vinca ancora… per non… per non vederlo più! Elena Arizmendi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyyd3EgNDtk Argentine soprano Helena Arizmendi (born on … Continua a leggere
Michele Pertusi | Don Pasquale Valentina Nafornita | Norina Alessio Arduini | Doktor Malatesta Juan Diego Flórez | Ernesto Jesús López Cobos | Dirigent Irina Brook | Regie Noelle Ginefri-Corbel | Bühne Sylvie Martin-Hyszka | Kostüme The first Don Pasquale at the Staatsoper in 30 years, premiere was on April 25th. The stage setting suggests a … Continua a leggere
Dominic Meyer has made it a point to prove wrong those voices, who claim, that not only has his ensemble´s standard (again) dropped considerably, but also that there are no young and promising singers coming along. Now, whoever has the … Continua a leggere
Valentina Nafornità will sing Norina in the premiere of „Don Pasquale“ which is due at the Wiener Staatsoper this Saturday on April 25 (also featuring Michele Pertusi, Juan Diego Florez and Alessio Arduini). Hailed as a kind of sensation in … Continua a leggere
Philippe Auguin | Dirigent Luciana D`Intino | Amneris Sondra Radvanovsky | Aida Jorge de Leon | Radames Franco Vassallo | Amonasro Ryan Speedo Green | König Sorin Coliban | Ramfis Jinxu Xiahou | Bote Olga Bezsmertna | Priesterin The only plausible reason to go and see this Aida was Sondra Radvanovsky. After Amelia … Continua a leggere
Joseph Calleja is currently singing a run of Lucias at the Met. Although he has been adding Faust and Adorno (going also for Werther in the future), and more recently Riccardo/„Ballo“, I would still consider him most of all a … Continua a leggere
„Leider sind wir – für diese Jahreszeit nicht ungewöhnlich – von einer größeren Krankheitswelle betroffen, die zu mehreren Besetzungsänderungen geführt hat. So hat es auch Kammersänger Neil Shicoff erwischt – und wie sich heute Nachmittag herausgestellt hat, wird er bis … Continua a leggere