It’s not often that the accompanist is given top billing in a vocal recital, even when he’s the venue’s musical director.
Month: June 2009
Glyndebourne : a spectacular Purcell The Fairy Queen
Glyndebourne is the epitome of British opera festivals. Seventy-five years ago, John Christie founded the tradition of “country house opera”, where opera can be enjoyed in beautiful settings.
Un ballo in maschera at Royal Opera House
On the whole, I’d prefer the conspirators to be sitting on toilets…
Gőtterd‰mmerung in Venice and Kőln — Sex and Politics Behind the Berlin Wall
With Gˆtterd‰mmerung, a co-production with the Kˆln Opera House created by Robert Carsen (stage direction), Patrick Kinmonth (sets and costumes) and
Jeffrey Tate (conductor), La Fenice approaches completion of the
Ring cycle.
La Traviata at Royal Opera House
Four years have passed since the most celebrated American soprano of recent times, RenÈe Fleming, graced the stage at Covent Garden, in Elijah Moshinsky’s classic production of Otello.
The Lowry strikes not of discord over Royal Opera House in Manchester Lowry Centre
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article6571871.ece
Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre shocks Rome but only mildly
Le Grand Macabre is the only opera of Gyˆrgy LigÈti, one of the
major composers of the 20th century.
Aspen Music Festival goes back in time
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090625/NEWS/906249960/1060
Dalibor Jenis sings Renato in the Royal Opera house Un ballo in maschera.
“Everything in opera comes from Italy”, says Dalibor Jenis, who sings Renato in the current Royal Opera House Un ballo in maschera. “Italian is the language of music, my second mother language”