Seeing Tosca at the Coliseum brings back happy memories, as it was a
performance of Tosca (in a revival of the Keith Warner production in the 1990s) which occasioned my very first trip to the ENO. That also happens to have been
the first time I ever saw Tosca.
Month: June 2010
Tosca, ENO
Capriccio/Tosca, Grange Park, Hampshire; Armida, Garsington Opera, Oxfordshire
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a737986a-7180-11df-8eec-00144feabdc0.html
Bostridge and Pappano at Wigmore Hall
Bringing their recent recording of Schubert’s late songs to the concert stage, Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano swept through a sequence which ranged from bitter-sweet regret to angry self-reproach, from hesitant hope to turbulent despair, in this the second of two performances at the Wigmore Hall.
Lulu, New York
Alban Berg died in 1935, but his music was generations ahead of his time
– as one could not help but conclude during the recent revival of
Lulu at the Met whenever the vibraphone played “doorbell”
music, reminding us of the intrusion of cell phones into theaters.
RenÈe Fleming — opera, pop and snobbery (and music samples)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/opera-singer-renee-fleming-goes-pop.html
Olja Jelaska: An Interview by Tom Moore
Olja Jelaska (b. 1967) is an important figure in the younger generation of
composers from Croatia.
The Pearl Fishers, Coliseum, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/02/the-pearl-fishers-review
Juan Trigos: An Interview by Tom Moore
Juan Trigos, composer and conductor, was born and raised in Mexico City,
where his father, also Juan Trigos, is a noted playwright and novelist.
Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7794458/Le-Nozze-di-Figaro-at-the-Royal-Opera-Covent-Garden-review.html
Aris Argiris debuts as Escamillo in the Royal Opera House’s Carmen
Aris Argiris makes his debut at Covent Garden as Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen. But this is unusually high-profile because it’s a first, being filmed in 3D.