Tag Archives: Anna Netrebko

Netrebko and Pappano pack a punch at Salzburg: La Gioconda

Ponchielli: La Gioconda Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 23rd March 2024 There’s more to La Gioconda than The Dance of the Hours, although Disney’s animated classic Fantasia boosted the ballet music’s fame. The Royal Opera House has never staged Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera … Continue reading

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Oliver Mears turns La Gioconda into a tale of abuse at the Salzburg Easter Festival

Ponchielli: La Gioconda Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 23rd March 2024 Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda is an opera it’s easy to scoff at: unlikely coincidences, disguises and fake poisons pile on top of each other at every turn in a tale of … Continue reading

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Netrebko and Eyvazov serve up Russian jewels in Salzburg gala

Tchaikovsky: Mikhail Tatarnikov/ Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27th August 2020 The artist who raised my spirits the most during lockdown was undoubtedly Anna Netrebko. Whether posting Instagram photos of her cooking (vowing to open a restaurant!), painting intricate birch … Continue reading

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Scarpia stabbed, Tosca smothered by Livermore’s La Scala staging

Puccini: Tosca Teatro alla Scala, 7th December 2019 A stone lion pins down its prey in Scarpia’s study, symbolic, no doubt, of the cat-and-mouse game the Chief of Police plays with Tosca in Act 2. But it could also represent … Continue reading

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Outrageous fortune: stellar opening night for Forza del destino at Covent Garden

Verdi: La forza del destino Royal Opera House, 21st March 2019 Nights at the opera like this come along once in a blue moon. A Verdi score packed with great music, populated by big names, big voices and big personalities. … Continue reading

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