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Tag Archives: Carlo Rizzi
Welsh National Opera tackles Les Vêpres siciliennes but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite
Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes Welsh National Opera, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8th February 2020 “Enough work to kill a bull!” was Verdi’s complaint about the effort of writing for the Paris Opéra. Les Vêpres siciliennes was the composer’s first original work … Continue reading
Opera as circus: a controversial Cav & Pag double bill in Rome
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci ** Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 5th April 2018 Pagliacci begins with a prologue in which the clown, Tonio, explains that their show is “a slice of life” about real people, so one could forgive director Pippo … Continue reading
Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney’s Force of Destiny
Verdi: La forza del destino **** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2nd February 2018 When the entire plot is triggered by a freak accident, you can’t blame director David Pountney for making Fate itself the opera’s key character. The first scene of Verdi’s La … Continue reading
From Auber to Halévy: El-Khoury and Spyres celebrate a pair of French stars in style
Opera Rara: Joyce El-Khoury & Michael Spyres **** Cadogan Hall, 14th July 2017 Opera Rara celebrated Bastille Day with a tribute to two great French singers, Julie Dorus-Gras and Gilbert Duprez. Dorus-Gras was a leading soprano in Paris in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Auber, Carlo Rizzi, Donizetti, Halévy, Hérold, Joyce El-Khoury, Meyerbeer, Michael Spyres, Rossini, The Hallé, Verdi
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Cav & Pag: a nostalgia trip for Welsh National Opera
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci **** Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 29th May 2016 Welsh National Opera may have reached the ripe old age of seventy but it’s very much alive and kicking. It celebrates this milestone Janus-like, looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Marie Owens, Camilla Roberts, Carlo Rizzi, Cavalleria rusticana, David Kempster, Elijah Moshinsky, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Gyula Nagy, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Meeta Raval, Michael Yeargan, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Pagliacci, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, Welsh National Opera, WNO Chorus
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