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Tag Archives: Don Carlo
Royal Opera’s Don Carlo revival fails to ignite
Verdi: Don Carlo *** Royal Opera, Covent Garden, 12th May 2017 “What a day, what a day for an auto-da-fé” sings the chorus in Bernstein’s Candide, “It’s a lovely day for drinking and for watching people fry!” The Royal Opera … Continue reading
A superb live Don Carlo from Karajan in Vienna
Verdi: Don Carlo Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Staatsoper (Orfeo) When comparing all the interpretations of Verdi’s Don Carlo(s) on disc (November 2011), I awarded Herbert von Karajan’s 1978 EMI set the title ‘most frustrating studio account’. Wonderfully cast, it suffered at … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Baltsa, Don Carlo, Edita Gruberova, Herbert von Karajan, IRR, José Carreras, Matti Salminen, Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Verdi, Wiener Staatsoper
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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016
Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →
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