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Tag Archives: Verdi
“Esultate!” Kunde’s Otello impresses at Covent Garden
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
Christiane Lutz casts Rigoletto into the limelight as Charlie Chaplin
Verdi: Rigoletto Glyndebourne, 17th October 2019 Wandering Glyndebourne’s foyer in the interval of its first ever production of Rigoletto, there was a common thread of conversation: what on earth was going on? Those not in earnest discussion were rifling through … Continue reading
Thrills, chills and an immersive auto-da-fé: Konwitschny’s Don Carlos sizzles in Hamburg
Verdi: Don Carlos Staatsoper Hamburg, 30th May 2019 “Beware my Grand Inquisitor!” The Hamburg audience would do well to heed Phliip II’s warning to the Marquis de Posa in Peter Konwitschny’s production of Don Carlos. During the first interval, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexey Bogdanchikov, Alin Anca, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Don Carlos, Elena Zhidkova, Gábor Bretz, Johannes Leiacker, Lianna Haroutounian, Luigi De Donato, Pavel Cernoch, Peter Konwitschny, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Staatsoper Hamburg, Verdi
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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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Under the eye of Horus: a traditional Aida in Liège
Verdi: Aida Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 9th March 2019 It’s with no little irony that as the Metropolitan Opera brings down the curtain on its epic “Valley of the Kings” Aida after 31 years of sturdy service, a new staging … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, Chœur de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Elaine Alvarez, Fernand Ruiz, Jean-Guy Lecat, Lionel Lhote, Luca Dall'Amico, Luciano Montanaro, Marcello Giordani, Michèle Anne de Mey, Nino Surguladze, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Orchestra de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci, Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Verdi
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