Vittorio Grigolo as Edgardo – “Fra poco lo ricoverano”…

Vittorio Grigolo, recent Edgardo from the Met. In vocal difficulty and stylistically a disaster. A gifted amateur singing by pure instinct. Shaky and bad attacking of the notes throughout his entire performances. Shaky and jittery singing / whining / sobbing. … Continua a leggere

Notizie da Vienna: CARMEN 23.1.2018

DIRIGENT Jean-Christophe Spinosi REGIE Franco Zeffirelli Carmen Margarita Gritskova Don José Piotr Beczala Escamillo Carlos Álvarez Micaela Olga Bezsmertna Frasquita Simina Ivan Mercédès Margaret Plummer Zuniga Ayk Martirossian Moralès Orhan Yildiz Remendado Carlos Osuna Dancaïro Igor Onishchenko An evening full … Continua a leggere

“Numi pietà” Aida in Salzburg 2017

Anna Netrebko (Aida) Roberto Tagliavini (Der König) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris) Franceso Meli (Radamès) Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis) Luca Salsi (Amonasro) Bror Magnus Tødenes (Ein Bote) Benedetta Torre (Oberpriesterin) Dirigent: Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti was the only reason to listen to this … Continua a leggere

Notizie dal cinema: l´Otello di Jonas Kaufmann Covent Garden 28.6.2017

Dirigent Sir Antonio Pappano Keith Warner Regisseur Boris Kudlička Bühnenbild Kaspar Glarner Kostüme Jonas Kaufmann Tenor Otello Maria Agresta Sopran Desdemona Marco Vratogna Bariton Iago Kai Rüütel Mezzosopran Emilia Frédéric Antoun Tenor Cassio Thomas Atkins Tenor Roderigo In-Sung Sim Bass … Continua a leggere

Fratello Streaming: Andrea Chénier Bayerische Staatsoper 18.3.2017

Andrea Chénier Jonas Kaufmann Carlo Gérard Luca Salsi Maddalena di Coigny Anja Harteros Bersi, Mulattin J’Nai Bridges Gräfin von Coigny Doris Soffel Madelon Elena Zilio Roucher Andrea Borghini Pierre Fléville Nathaniel Webster Fouqier-Tinville Christian Rieger Mathieu Tim Kuypers Der Abate … Continua a leggere

(Mal) à propos de Semiramide

Pubblichiamo la recensione di una nota rivista on line francese. Siccome ci propongono un confronto non possiamo non rispondere con l’esplicitazione del confronto ovvero Daniela Barcellona e Martine Dupuy nella medesima pagina rossiniana: la grande scena di Falliero, che Rossini … Continua a leggere

sorella radio: Il Trovatore da Vienna premiere 5.2.2017

DIRIGENT Marco Armiliato REGIE Daniele Abbado BÜHNENBILD Graziano Gregori KOSTÜME Carla Teti Il Conte di Luna Ludovic Tézier Leonora Anna Netrebko Azucena Luciana D`Intino Manrico Roberto Alagna Ferrando Jongmin Park Ines Simina Ivan Ruiz Jinxu Xiahou Un vecchio zingaro Michael … Continua a leggere

“Vorwärts zu Mahler” – Bogdan Roščić, newly appointed director ot the WIener Staatsoper

Bogdan Roščić will succeed State Opera director, Dominique Meyer, starting with Sept. 1st 2020. Born in Belgrad in 1964 his family came to Austria in 1974. After he had finished his studies of philosophy and musicology he began workung for … Continua a leggere

Notizie dal cinema: NORMA ROH 26.9.2016

Bulgarian soprano, Sonya Yoncheva, has undertaken Norma early in her (stilly oung) career. Probably earlier than she would have, had Netrebko not cancelled, because the role did not fit her voice anymore. Just like Marguerite, which Yoncheva also took over. … Continua a leggere