Guglielmo Tell: Melodramma tragico in four acts
Year: 2009
Franz Leh·r: Das Land des L‰chelns
Doris Sennefelder’s booklet essay for this CPO recording of Lehar’s Das Land des L‰chelns details how close the composer was to Puccini.
Opera Atelier does it as it was
It’s an odd day in opera when the bad girl wins, but that is only one thing that makes the Opera Atelier production of Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea remarkable — and admirable.
The End of Bewilderment — The New Florence-Valencia Production of “G?tterd‰mmerung”
April 29th is Zubin Mehta’s birthday. As a gift to its most beloved musical director, Florence unveiled a new production of Gˆtterd‰mmerung, a joint Ring Cycle venture with the Valencia Opera started two years ago.
VillazÛn to Have Surgery, Cancels Performances
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/villazon-to-have-surgery-cancels-performances/
Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” at La Fenice — Two Women in a Labyrinth
From the word “go”, the audience feels that this “Maria Stuarda” is quite different from the standard fare offered by Italian theatres.
Lohengrin at The Royal Opera, London
I first saw this production in Manchester in 1981: I loved it then and love it now, despite the present hero’s un-Heldentenor qualities when compared to the glorious Peter Hoffman of yore.
Kwangchul Youn makes his long-awaited debut at the Royal Opera House, London.
Youn made his Bayreuth debut in 1996, only six years after coming to Europe. He sang the Nightwatchman in Der Meistersinger von N¸rnberg.