Archive for November, 2008

Donizetti, The Elixir of Love »

By Harvey Steiman
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera, Conductor Bruno Campanella, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 29.10.2008 (HS)
Cast:
Adina: Inva Mula (soprano)
Nemorino: Ramón Vargas (tenor)
Belcore: Giorgio Caoduro (baritone)
Dulcamara: Alessandro Corbelli (bass)
Giannetta: Ji Young [...]

Second Opinion. Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov »

By Harvey Steiman
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Conductor, Vassily Sinaisky, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 2.11.2008 (HS)
Boris Godunov – Samuel Ramey (bass-baritone)
Prince Shuisky – John Uhlenhopp as Prince (tenor)
Grigory/The Pretender Dimitri – Vsevolod [...]

Strauss, Elektra »

By Bernard Jacobson
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Seattle Opera, soloists, cond. Lawrence Renes, dir. Chris Alexander, set designer Wolfram Skalicki, costume designer Melanie Taylor Burgess, lighting designer Marcus Doshi, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 18, 19, & 29. 10. 2008 (BJ)
It is too easy, in [...]

Rossini, Matilde di Shabran »

By Melanie Eskenazi
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
(London Premiere) Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Directed by Mario Martone. Covent Garden, 23.10.2008  (ME)?

??Aleksandra Kurzak (Matilde) and Juan Diego Flórez  (Corradino) ?
What was that, sir? Alma rea! Perché ti’involi? [...]

Second Opinion. Mozart, Idomeneo »

By Harvey Steiman
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Conductor, Donald Runnicles, San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco, 28.10.2008 (HS)??
Idamante – Daniela Mack (mezzo)?
Ilia – Genia Kuhmeier (soprano)
?Idomeneo – Kurt Streit (tenor)?
Abace – Alek Shrader (tenor)?
Elettra – Iano [...]

Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles »

By James L Zychowicz
Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews.
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of  Lyric Opera of Chicago, John Mauceri (conductor) Lyric Opera Center, Chicago 25.10.2007 (JLZ)
??Production:?
Director: Herbert Kellner?
Original Production: Nicolas Joël?
Original Designer: Hubert Onloup ?
Set Designer: Scott Marr
?Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler?
Chorus Master – Donald Nally
??Cast:?
Leïla: Nicole Cabell?
Zurga: Nathan [...]

Ermione’s Searing Drama Comes Late but is Worth the Wait »

Rossini Opera Festival 2008
When ROF announced Ermione as its second new production for 2008, many Rossini fans couldn’t have been happier. This was only the second time ROF mounted the work since it flopped at its 1819 premiere at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. After the opera was withdrawn, the composer [...]

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