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2021-12-14 12:37:52
Based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language play, Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca of 1900 is one opera that few directors choose to set in anything other than its original time and place. There are exceptions to this rule, but when all of the action can be linked to a real historical event on a precise date, there are certainly advantages to retaining the intended setting, and many risks associated with changing it. The entire story takes place during the afternoon, evening and early morning of 17 and 18 June 1800, following the Battle of Marengo between Napoleon’s army and Austrian forces. The Austrians were initially triumphant and sent news of victory back to Rome, but the city’s celebrations were cut short when a later report revealed that Napoleon had mustered reinforcements and inflicted a crushing defeat. Anna Pirozzi (Floria Tosca) © The Royal Opera, 2021. Photos by Tristram Kenton Tosca […]
2021-12-12 17:03:00
Royal Opera HouseCesare Angelotti – Yuriy Yurchuk Sacristan – Jeremy White Mario Cavaradossi – Bryan Hemel, Freddie De Tommaso Floria Tosca – Elena Stikhina Baron Scarpia – Alexey Markov Spoletta – Hubert Francis Sciarrone – Jihoon Kim Shepherd Boy – Alfie Davis Gaoler – John Morrissey Jonathan Kent (director)Amy Lane (revival director)Paul Brown (designs)Mark Henderson (lighting) Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Oksana Lviv (conductor) Images: Tristam Kenton. Copyright: ROH, 2021.Tosca (Elena Stikhina) and Scarpia (Alexey Markov) Tosca is a puzzling opera. It seems to me quite the weakest of those Puccini operas in or at the edge of the repertory. Its characters are nothing more than cardboard cut-outs; there is little in the way of broader dramatic interest; for so generally sophisticated a composer, it is often crude, even drab, though there is perhaps […]
All the conducting master class
2021-02-19 00:24:00
A specialized course by world renowned faculty for Advanced Level students, amateurs and professionals. Violin tuition with Alexander Trostiansky, Albert Markov, Alexander Markov, David Russell, Richard Crabtree,Pedro MeirelesThe course will be hosted by the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubin at the Villa Favard di Rovezzano which is the oldest part of the Conservatoire site, in the middle […]
2020-12-13 20:00:41
La bohème
From San Francisco Opera: Michael Fabiano, Alexia Voulgaridou, Alexey Markov, Nadine Sierra, Christian Van Horn and Hadleigh Adams star.
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