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Tag Archives: Bryan Hymel
Tears of blood among the cherry blossoms: La Scala make amends with a return to Puccini’s original Madama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7th December 2016 For years I’ve wondered why Cio-Cio San refers to her bridegroom as F.B. Pinkerton when the Imperial Commissioner names him as Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton in the wedding ceremony. Was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvis Hermanis, Annalisa Stroppa, Bryan Hymel, Carlo Bosi, Carlos Álvarez, La Scala, Madama Butterfly, Maria José Siri, Nicole Brandolino, Puccini, Riccardo Chailly, Teatro alla Scala
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Eyes wide open: a shocker of a Rusalka at the Royal Opera
Dvořák: Rusalka ** The Royal Opera, 27th February 2012 Rusalka is simply too good an opera to have waited until 2012 for its first staging by The Royal Opera. Dvořák’s fairy tale about the water nymph who falls in love … Continue reading