Tag Archives: Ermonela Jaho

“Esultate!” Kunde’s Otello impresses at Covent Garden

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Otello Royal Opera, 9th December 2019 It’s good to have expectations confounded. For much of his career, American tenor Gregory Kunde specialised in bel canto repertoire, his light, flexible voice ideal for Rossini with easy top notes that also … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Andrés Presno, Antonio Pappano, Boris Kudlička, Carlos Álvarez, Catherine Carby, David Soar, Ermonela Jaho, Freddie De Tommaso, Gregory Kunde, Kaspar Glarner, Keith Warner, Michael Mofidian, Otello, Royal Opera, Verdi | Leave a comment

Ermonela Jaho makes a haunting return to Covent Garden’s Traviata

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: La traviata **** Royal Opera, 14th January 2019 One of the great jump-ins at Covent Garden happened almost eleven years ago to the day. Imagine the general disappointment, the wailing and gnashing of teeth when an indisposed Anna Netrebko … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Antonello Manacorda, Charles Castronovo, Ermonela Jaho, Igor Golovatenko, La traviata, Royal Opera, Verdi | Leave a comment

Broken wings: Ermonela Jaho a devastating Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** The Royal Opera, 27th March 2017 Ermonela Jaho sure likes to put herself (and us) through the emotional wringer on Covent Garden’s stage. Her characters usually meet with a sticky end: Violetta and Mimì both succumb … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Antonio Pappano, Brian Jagde, Carlo Bosi, Elizabeth DeShong, Ermonela Jaho, Jeremy White, Madama Butterfly, Puccini, Royal Opera, Scott Hendricks, Yuriy Yurchuk | Leave a comment

Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

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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Old wine, new bottles: vintage season unveiled at the ROH

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Recently, I’ve enviously devoured new season announcements flooding in from various opera companies around the globe. Adding events to Bachtrack keeps me abreast of all the wonderful things in store. In February, the Opéra de Paris unveiled a seriously tempting … Continue reading →

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