Kát’a Kabanová, Paris Opéra (Garnier) By Francis Carlin Published: November 4 2004 02:00 | Last updated: November 4 2004 02:00 After Salzburg, Brussels, Barcelona, Toulouse and several showings on TV,…
Category: Performances
Le Figaro Reviews Don Carlos at Wiener Staatsoper
Hommage à l’opéra français Christian Merlin [02 novembre 2004] Merci à l’Opéra de Vienne d’avoir osé ce à quoi Paris ne s’est pas encore risqué : ressusciter Don Carlos dans…
FT Reviews Handel’s Guilio Cesare in Egitto
Guilio Cesare in Egitto, Boston Baroque By George Loomis Published: November 1 2004 02:00 | Last updated: November 1 2004 02:00 One of the many virtues of Handel’s Guilio Cesare…
Mefistofele in Amsterdam
by Jan Neckers Let’s start with the main assets of the new Mefistofele in Amsterdam: the singers. Gidon Saks has one of the biggest booming bass voices that ever sounded…
L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Barbican
*L’Incoronazione di Poppea Barbican Hall, London* By David Murray Published: October 28 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 28 2004 03:00 This was the third glorious concert-performance of a Monteverdi…
FT Reviews Mercadante’s La vestale
*La vestale, Wexford Festival* By Andrew Clark Published: October 25 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 25 2004 03:00 The compacting of operatic history into a performable repertoire leads us…
FT Reviews Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera
*Don Carlos, Vienna State Opera* By Larry L Lash Published: October 22 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2004 03:00 Despite character motivation and plot development of revelatory clarity…
Four Reviews of Die Zauberflöte at the Met
*Julie Taymor — and Mozart Too* By HEIDI WALESON [Wall Street Journal] October 14, 2004; Page D7 New York The Metropolitan Opera usually showcases singers, not star directors, but the…
Two Reviews of “The Dialogues of the Carmelites”
*Unbearably Good* Classical Music BY JAY NORDLINGER [New York Sun] October 14, 2004 Is there any opera more shattering than “The Dialogues of the Carmelites,” when it’s done well? On…
FT Reviews L’Incoronazione di Poppeia
L’Incoronazione di Poppeia, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris By Francis Carlin [Financial Times] Published: October 15 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 15 2004 03:00 If you liked David McVicar’s…