Tag Archives: Ailyn Pérez

Top ten operas 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Mark Pullinger

This was the year that opera houses got back to something approaching “normality” post-pandemic. It’s easy to forget that at the start of 2022, Covid restrictions were still very much in place: visiting Vienna in January, one needed proof of … Continue reading →

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Carmen minus charisma: a limp revival of Kosky’s production at Covent Garden

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Bizet: Carmen Royal Opera, 24th June 2019 Barrie Kosky’s Carmen is back, so grab the pedometer. “Who needs cardio classes?” tweeted the Royal Opera Chorus wryly after Saturday’s matinee. Kosky strips almost all sense of Spain from the setting and … Continue reading →

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Codes of honour trip up Bechtolf’s Ernani at La Scala

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Ernani *** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29th September 2018 George Bernard Shaw admired the “fierce noonday sun” of the score to Ernani. “The one with the bandits” evens gets a glancing mention in his play, Arms and the Man. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Interview: Ailyn Pérez

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Ailyn Pérez made a welcome return visit to The Royal Opera a few weeks ago to sing two performances of Massenet’s Manon, marking the first of a trio of roles at the House in the coming months. After wowing London … Continue reading →

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Poème d’un jour: Ailyn Pérez

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Poème d’un jour: Songs by Hahn, Fauré, Obradors, Turina and de Falla; Massenet – Manon (arias); Ailyn Pérez, Iain Burnside (Rosenblatt Recitals/ Opus Arte OA CD9013 D, 68 minutes) Every so often, a singer comes along who completely bowls you … Continue reading →

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