Verdi’s magnificent melodrama Il Trovatore may be the most masculine of his creations, but the production that San Diego Opera presented as the third opera of its 2007 season was a triumph for the ladies.
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JosÈ Carreras Collection
A classic Seinfeld episode revolved around a brush with the “third” of the Three Tenors – the one whom no one could quite put a name to.
HANDEL: Poro, Re dell’Indie
Let’s face it, Handel’s “Poro, Re dell’Indie” (in English “Porus, King of India”) isn’t exactly a household name in any but the most dedicated baroque opera circles.
Camacho’s Wedding (Die Hochzeit des Camacho)
UC Opera now have a half-century’s reputation to live up to; they were responsible for the UK premieres of such works as Das Liebesverbot, The Maid of Orleans, Alzira, Oberto and the 1847 version of Macbeth.
BRUCKNER: Lateinische Motetten — Latin Motets
Known almost iconically for his symphonies, Anton Bruckner devoted a great deal of his compositional output to vocal music, including choral works in both German and Latin.
RAMEAU: Platée, Pigmalion, Dardanus Ballet Suites
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French instrumental music was closely identified with dance and dance suites.
GRÉTRY: Pierre le Grand
Although milestones in the history of opéra-comique, Grétry’s operas are infrequently revived and rarely recorded.
MOZART: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail
With the trials and tribulations of a multicultural society currently at the forefront of the British media, Gavin Quinnís production placed a light-hearted focus on the bizarreness of a group of foreigners being thrown together in an unfamiliar situation.
MOZART: Don Giovanni
This 2005 production of the Mozart-Da Ponte masterpiece Don Giovanni makes for a frustrating experience.
Eugene Onegin ó English Touring Opera
London is fortunate to have played host to several productions of Tchaikovskyís best-known opera in the last three years alone, most recently British Youth Operaís heartbreakingly fresh account last September ñ so it was a risky decision on ETOís part to stage yet another.