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Herheim's Critics 21 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
After many years I realized that a typical operagoer is conservative, self-absorbed and very superficial. Most of the critics are like that too, with a major difference that they go public with their ...
Macbetto di Monaco 12 May 2013 | 01:19 am
Martin Kusej production of Macbeth is not one of my favorite but it is way above in quality when compared to the productions of this opera offered by The Met or the ROH -- sadly both available on DVD....
Are you watching this?! 21 Apr 2013 | 01:33 am
Konwitschny alert: Starting now (20:05 cet) http://streaming.staatsoper.de/ "Every seven years the Dutchman is allowed back on land. There this tepest-tossed creature can only be redeemed by a woman...
D'Oreste, d'Ajace ho in seno i tormenti 17 Mar 2013 | 06:49 pm
In a few hours will begin the premiere of Idomeneo at the Frankfurt Oper, directed by our 'new' fave Jan Philipp Gloger. His production of Le Nozze di Figaro made big waves in German press despite the...
Mezzo and more... 15 Mar 2013 | 07:59 pm
(1) Die Zauberflöte from Baden Baden will be broadcast on Mezzo TV next April 1st at 19:15 (cet) It is the production that will be premiered in a week time in Baden Baden, directed by Robert Carsen, c...
Lucrezia Borgia with Elena Mosuc and Charles Castronovo [the best belcanto duo in business?!] 15 Mar 2013 | 12:56 am
Lucrezia Borgia, Cirque Royal in Brussels, March 3rd 2013 Director ..... Guy Joosten Conductor ..... Julian Reynolds Don Alfonso ..... Paul Gay Donna Lucrezia Borgia ..... Elena Mosuc Gennaro ......
ROH 2013-2014 14 Mar 2013 | 12:09 am
I did not mention the 2013-2014 season in GTL Barcelona simply because there was nothing really new or interesting to mention, except that the Dima Tcherniakov production of The Legend of the Invisibl...
Eugene Onegin: Praise Kasper Holten 10 Mar 2013 | 11:44 pm
Could it be that Kasper Holten [the author of arguably the best Ring production to date] is bringing a wind of change to the tired Royal Opera House that after so many tepid shows --Don Carlo, Carmen,...
Jenufa from Munich 10 Mar 2013 | 10:01 pm
If you saw more than one production of this excellent opera, then this Barbara Frey production will most probably not be your favorite one, but since Karita Matila is singing the title role and this o...
Does anyone listen? 6 Mar 2013 | 01:04 am
"Trying to reproduce pure historical reality is an illusion. We don't know exactly how opera was at the end of the 18th century. We only have images from the last 70 or 80 years. We have a duty to tra...
