Misèria i noblesa: aquests són els extrems de la paràbola artística de Montserrat Caballé, que ens va deixar el passat dia 6. Per deixar parlar els records personals, el 1970 a l’Scalla va baixar d’una barca oscil·lant una senyora de … 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
Pubblichiamo la recensione di una nota rivista on line francese. Siccome ci propongono un confronto non possiamo non rispondere con l’esplicitazione del confronto ovvero Daniela Barcellona e Martine Dupuy nella medesima pagina rossiniana: la grande scena di Falliero, che Rossini … 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
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
Bulgarian soprano, Sonya Yoncheva, has undertaken Norma early in her (stilly oung) career. Probably earlier than she would have, had Netrebko not cancelled, because the role did not fit her voice anymore. Just like Marguerite, which Yoncheva also took over. … Continua a leggere