Tag Archives: Il corsaro

Swans, severed heads and a deerstalker: 2018 in review

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

“Wow! That’s some year you’ve had!” was a message written in one of this year’s Christmas cards. “Aiming to top it in 2019?” I’m not sure I have the energy! My outstanding operatic experience of the year was easily Salome at … Continue reading →

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Byron writes himself the lead role in Verdi’s Il corsaro in Valencia

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Il corsaro *** Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, 28th March 2018 By the time it premiered in Trieste in 1848, Giuseppe Verdi had rather fallen out of love with Il corsaro, his piratical opera based on Byron’s poem. Indeed, he … Continue reading →

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A whiff of greasepaint: Verdi crackling with theatricality from Chailly at La Scala

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Viva Verdi! Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 3559) Riccardo Chailly conducts Verdi at La Scala all too infrequently. In the past decade, there has been a 2006 Rigoletto, followed by the Franco Zeffirelli production of Aida, where Roberto … Continue reading →

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