Frédéric Chaslin | Dirigent Matthew Polenzani | Werther Markus Eiche | Albert Elina Garanča | Charlotte Alfred Šramek | Le Bailli Hila Fahima | Sophie Peter Jelosits | Schmidt Mihail Dogotari | Johann As we know, the lesser gifted singers … 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
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
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
Ich ziehe immer noch meinen Hut vor Edita Gruberova. Ich war nie ein uneingeschränkter Fan von ihr – ihre geschmacklichen und stilistischen Mätzchen und Manierismen vergällten einem oft die Freude an ihren großartigen Qualitäten als Sängerin. Bei ihr gab es … Continua a leggere
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Covent Garden January 2015 BBC 3 broadcast Riccardo: Joseph Calleja. Amelia: Liudmyla Monastyrska. Renato: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Ulrica: Marianne Cornetti. Oscar: Serena Gamberoni. Samuel: Anatoli Sivko. Tom: James Platt. Silvano: Samuel Dale Johnson. Royal Opera House Chorus … Continua a leggere
Let´s do some “fine-tuning” for our ears before Zubin Metha will climb the conductor´s stand on January 1st for the fifth time… Listen to the elegant and never sentimental Furtwängler, the romantic (but not overloaded) and embracing Bruno Walter, the … Continua a leggere