By sheer coincidence I attended a concert performance of this opera at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp at the same moment I received these CDís.
Category: Reviews
DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux
When asked whether he believed Rossini had composed Il Barbiere di Siviglia in thirteen days, nineteen-year-old Donizetti is supposed to have replied,
NICOLAI: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Klaus-Edgar Wichmann, in the booklet essay to this Capriccio recording from 2002 of Otto Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, describes the work as having “asserted itself in the opera repertoire for more than a hundred years.”
Flights of Madness — Munich’s New “Orlando”
Returning from Munich’s new production of Handel’s “Orlando” at thirty thousand feet above clouds which might have done service as props for that opera when first staged in 1733, it occurred that the great man himself could have had things to say about what might be director David Alden’s valedictory baroque piece for the Bayerische Staatsoper.
BACH: Alles mit Gott
A little over a year ago Bach scholar Michael Maul found himself in the exceedingly unusual position of having discovered a hitherto unknown Bach composition, a birthday ode for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, entitled “Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn.
SCHUBERT: Die schˆne M¸llerin
Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin has received, in recent years, frequent attention with several fine recordings having been issued during this period.
Orchestral Excerpts from Wagner Operas
Among the plentiful selections of orchestral music from the operas of Richard Wagner, it is rare to find recordings that truly stand out, and this recent release of performances conducted by the late Klaus Tennstedt merits distinction.
Turn of the Screw at Kennedy Center
On May 22, the Kennedy Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Series and the Chateauville Foundation co-presented a fully staged production of Benjamin Britten’s haunting chamber opera The Turn of the Screw, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Here are three reviews:
Rolando VillazÛn ó Opera Recital
I’ve carefully listened several times to this new solo album (his third) by Rolando VillazÛn and it grows on you, though there are a few weaknesses.
PUCCINI: Turandot
This must be the first Turandot that has in the sleeve notes three photographs of the soprano who sings Liu compared to two of the lady in the title role.