Tag Archives: Kristine Opolais

Top ten operas 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Mark Pullinger

This was the year that opera houses got back to something approaching “normality” post-pandemic. It’s easy to forget that at the start of 2022, Covid restrictions were still very much in place: visiting Vienna in January, one needed proof of … Continue reading →

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Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera’s return to action

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

The Royal Opera: Live in Concert Royal Opera House, 5th September 2020 It’s déja vu all over again! The last work staged at the Royal Opera House before lockdown was La traviata, so it was somehow fitting that this Live … Continue reading →

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“Ecco un artista!”: melodrama aplenty in ROH Tosca revival

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Tosca Royal Opera, 27th May 2019 “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.” Like Norma Desmond, Tosca is no shrinking violet. Forget small screen acting. It’s an opera that requires big performances, singers able to depict larger-than-life … Continue reading →

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Nelsons’ manicured Mahler a slow burn with the Gewandhaus

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/ Nelsons *** Royal Festival Hall, 9th October 2018 It only takes a few bars for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to demonstrate its class. Its rich string sound is only matched by its rich history, its brass has a mellow, … Continue reading →

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Cool sapphire and steel: Kristine Opolais stars in Mary Zimmerman’s Regie-lite Rusalka at the Met

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Dvořák: Rusalka The Met in HD, 25th February 2017 Dvořák’s Rusalka didn’t receive its Metropolitan Opera premiere until 1993, when Otto Schenk’s typically lavish production served up Dvořák’s best-known opera as little more than a Disney fairy-tale. At first sight in … Continue reading →

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