By Administrator on Sep 28, 2008 in Italian opera, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Di Donato being greeted by the audience at the Rossini Theater in Pesaro on August 19th, 2008.
Interview With Joyce Di Donato
Q. Why did you decide to do a concert in Pesaro this summer?
I was asked by Maestro Zedda if I would come to give a tribute concert to Maria Malibran in honor of her bicentenial, [...]
By Administrator on Sep 18, 2008 in DVD & CD reviews, Italian opera | 1 Comment
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Simon Boccanegra – Melodrama in a Prologue and Three Acts Simon Boccanegra – Roberto Frontali Amelia Grimaldi – Carmen Giannattasio Jacopo Fiesco – Giacomo Prestia Gabriele Adorno – Giuseppe Gipali Paolo Albiani – [...]
By Administrator on Sep 12, 2008 in American opera, Other contributors | 0 Comments
By Harvey Steiman
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Los Angeles Opera, Placido Domingo, conductor; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. 7.9.2008 (HS)
Cast:
SETH BRUNDLE, Daniel Okulitch
VERONICA QUAIFE, Ruxandra Donose
STATHIS BORANS, Gary Lehman
OFFICER/MEDICAL ANALYST/CHEEVERS, Beth Clayton
MARKY, Jay Hunter Morris
TAWNY PERKINS, Ashlyn Rust
Production:
LIBRETTIST, David Henry [...]
By Administrator on Sep 4, 2008 in Other contributors | 0 Comments
By Bernard Jacobson
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
“Out of the strong came forth sweetness” – the Biblical tag might not be a bad description of what happened in McCaw Hall on Thursday evening.
In town to serve as judge and conductor respectively for Seattle Opera’s second [...]
