The legacy of Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) includes some notable compositions, and among them is his unique setting of the Faust story.
Year: 2009
K·t’a Kabanov· at Holland Park
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article6729115.ece
An Evening at PËre Lachaise [Or, Natalie Dessay Attempts Violetta]
A fine-sounding Santa Fe Opera orchestra, excellently conducted by FrÈdÈric
Chaslin, was barely into the haunting, delicate prelude to Act I of La
traviata, when a funeral procession, wet umbrellas unfurled, arrived to
wend its way though a stage full of big grey marble rectangular boxes,
handsomely abstracted tomb shapes, soon to be the courtesan Violetta
ValÈry’s destination. So much for the Prelude to Act I.
Munich opera director says public taste is always behind the times
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4512659,00.html
Bought and Paid-for Magic — Bernstein Tahiti in Munich’s CuvilliËs Theater
There she is, in her inch or two of sarong, floating, floating…Oh, excuse me, where was I?
Mozart: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail
The strategies of non-traditional opera directors are becoming as predictable and formulaic as the stuffy, static traditional productions that they work so hard not to emulate.
A knock-out Ariadne auf Naxos at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera Festival
There are rare times when a critic can just enjoy, and say “Wow!”
Tosca at the Baths of Caracalla, Rome
Tosca is the quintessential Roman opera, with a plot located in
three infamous landmarks of Rome, its 1900 premiere in Rome was bound to be
enormously successful.