Living at the Opera

From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; Photo Courtesy of the Teatro Calderón de Valladolid © Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Latvian National Opera. Conductor: Pietro Rizzo. Teatro Calderón de Valladolid. 19.5.2010 (JMI) The Teatro Calderón brought Italian director Elena Barbalich’s Macbeth to Valladolid, three years after its premier in Lisbon. The production [...]

From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; pictures © Javier del Real Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Massimo Zanetti. Teatro Real de Madrid. 23. 5.2010. (JMI) There was a time when I was very disappointed when an opera belonging to the main repertoire was offered in concert version. With passing [...]

From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun Soloists, Orquesta y Coro Luis Mariano.Conductor: Nicola Giusti. Centro Cultural Amaia de Irún. 15.2010. (JMI) Production Asociación Lírica Luis Mariano in coproduction with Associazione Amici Della Musica di Cuneo and Pierres Lyriques en Verán des Gaves. The Luis Mariano Lyric Association takes its name from the [...]

From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; Picture © Javier del Real Soloists, Les Arts Florissants Conductor: William Christie. Teatro Real de Madrid. 18. 5.2010. (JMI) New production Teatro Real in coproduction with Venice’s Teatro de la Fenice. The Monteverdi trilogy, one of the recent star projects at Madrid’s Teatro Real, culminates with [...]

Caroline Seebohm Article: “The Opera Star They Love to Hate” © (Click the links below to view the article’s entirety) page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5

Wall Street Journal Articles Opera’s Innovative ‘Chef’ Wall Street Journal. New York, NY.:Oct. 17,1984. Doctor in the (Opera) House Wall Street Journal. New York, NY.:Mar. 18,1985. The following is a Letter to the Editor regarding Caroline Seebohm Letters to the Editor: Operas on TV Wall Street Journal. New York, NY.:Nov. 1,1984.

From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun There is no doubt that Cecilia Bartoli is one of the artists with the most ticket office appeal in the operatic world. She is, in fact the only major singer who can afford the luxury of refusing to sing on in staged productions. In the last [...]