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Tag Archives: La traviata
“Violetta is my life’s work”: Corinne Winters on Traviata and taking on new roles
Interview: Corinne Winters American soprano Corinne Winters shot to fame in the UK when she starred in Peter Konwitschny’s controversial staging of La traviata at English National Opera – a real tour de force for the soprano who is barely off-stage … Continue reading
A Traviata to blow away the cobwebs at The Royal Opera
Verdi: La traviata **** The Royal Opera, 16th January 2016 Even we Verdi enthusiasts experience something of a heavy tread as we wend our way to yet another Traviata at the Royal Opera House. Richard Eyre’s classic production is revived … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Crowley, Daniel Dooner, La traviata, Luca Salsi, Richard Eyre, Samuel Sakker, Sarah Pring, Venera Gimadieva, Verdi, Yves Abel
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Marina Rebeka: a Violetta in robust health in Covent Garden’s Traviata
Verdi: La traviata *** Royal Opera, 18th May 2015 Twenty-one years, twelve revivals and umpteen casts later, Richard Eyre’s Royal Opera production of La traviata still has much to recommend it. Bob Crowley’s designs are handsome – the salon in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelica Voje, Bob Crowley, Franco Vassallo, Ismael Jordi, James Platt, La traviata, Marc Minkowski, Marina Rebeka, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Eyre, Royal Opera, Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Sakker, Verdi
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La traviata: Lightning fails to strike twice in ENO revival of Konwitschny’s production
Verdi: La traviata *** English National Opera, 9th February 2015 “È strano!” – “How curious!” – murmurs Violetta in the last moments of La traviata, on the sudden absence of pain before her final death throes. Two years ago, when this … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Michaels-Moore, Ben Johnson, Elizabeth Zharoff, English National Opera, La traviata, Peter Konwitschny, Roland Böer, Valerie Reid, Verdi
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Glyndebourne’s La traviata on tour: or What the Maid Saw
Verdi: La traviata ** Glyndebourne on Tour, Woking, 1st November 2014 Verdi never met Marie Duplessis, for she died five months before the composer’s first visit to Paris, but he was deeply touched by her fate, to be related through … Continue reading
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Tagged David Afkham, Eddie Wade, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Evez Abdulla, Glyndebourne, La traviata, Natasha Jouhl, Tom Cairns, Verdi
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