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Category Archives: Opera
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
Play your cards right: La fanciulla del West and Pique Dame at Opéra de Lyon
Puccini: La fanciulla del West Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Opéra de Lyon, 15th-16th March 2024 For its spring festival, Opéra de Lyon gambled on a pair of new productions featuring works that both hinge on crucial card games. If Tatjana Gürbaca’s … Continue reading
In Vienna, Lydia Steier stages Candide as a bawdy Broadway romp
Bernstein: Candide MusikTheater an der Wien, 21st January 2024 Opera? Operetta? Musical? Perhaps because Candide doesn’t slot into a neat category, it has struggled to find its niche in the repertoire. The work of a multitude of librettists – but … 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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