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Tag Archives: Jonas Kaufmann
Netrebko and Pappano pack a punch at Salzburg: La Gioconda
Ponchielli: La Gioconda Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 23rd March 2024 There’s more to La Gioconda than The Dance of the Hours, although Disney’s animated classic Fantasia boosted the ballet music’s fame. The Royal Opera House has never staged Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera … Continue reading
Oliver Mears turns La Gioconda into a tale of abuse at the Salzburg Easter Festival
Ponchielli: La Gioconda Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 23rd March 2024 Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda is an opera it’s easy to scoff at: unlikely coincidences, disguises and fake poisons pile on top of each other at every turn in a tale of … Continue reading
Sinking into Parsifal: Jonas Kaufmann
Interview: Jonas Kaufmann Another month, another Gramophone cover story! (still pinching myself…) “As you can imagine, it was far from normal!” Jonas Kaufmann is no stranger to the role of Parsifal, but the tenor can have had few stranger experiences … Continue reading
In Vienna, a Turandot without the clichés
Puccini: Turandot Wiener Staatsoper, 7th December 2023 Who is Turandot? An ice princess from Chinese fairytale? Forget that in Claus Guth’s outstanding new staging for the Wiener Staatsoper. Never one to deal in kitsch or cliché, Guth has no place … Continue reading
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Tagged Asmik Grigorian, Claus Guth, Jonas Kaufmann, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Marco Armiliato, Puccini, Turandot, Wiener Staatsoper
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Outrageous fortune: stellar opening night for Forza del destino at Covent Garden
Verdi: La forza del destino Royal Opera House, 21st March 2019 Nights at the opera like this come along once in a blue moon. A Verdi score packed with great music, populated by big names, big voices and big personalities. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alessandro Corbelli, Anna Netrebko, Antonio Pappano, Carlo Bosi, Christian Schmidt, Christof Loy, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Jonas Kaufmann, La forza del destino, Ludovic Tézier, Michael Mofidian, Otto Pichler, Robert Lloyd, Roberta Alexander, Royal Opera, Verdi, Véronica Simeoni
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