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2022-04-11 04:32:00
Met HD: Don Carlos
[…] McVicar's direction of both had odd moments. Eboli practically sneered at one point; Elisabeth swung her hips in what seemed a modern manner. Folks, these are 16th c. Spanish nobles. Treat them like that on stage. The remaining men didn't fare as well as one might want. I didn't particularly like Eric Owens as Philippe. He was okay, not great. Ditto John Relyea's Grand Inquisitor; there was a lot of posturing and movement, but...Andrea Silvestrelli was more restrained and scarier in SF. (Okay, I admit that I will be lucky to see another Philippe in Rene Pape's class.) Then there were McVicar decisions that I found bizarre: I mean, no auto-da-fe is complete without an acrobat made up like Heath Ledger's Joker, right? McVicar likes to throw in acrobatics where the libretto doesn't call for them, like the acrobats during "Gloire à Didon" in Les Troyens. Then there's […]
2021-06-17 18:30:00
San Francisco Opera: July Streaming
[…] production (mostly); on my list of "greatest things I have ever seen," owing to the tremendous cast and conducting. From 2015. July 24: Elektra; Henrik Nanasi; Christine Goerke, Adrianne Pieczonka, Michaela Martens, Alfred Walker, Robert Brubaker. Loved the production; on my list of "greatest things I have ever seen," owing to the tremendous cast and conducting. Sorry to be repeating myself, but....! From 2017. July 31: Luisa Miller; Nicola Luisotti; Leah Crocetto, Michael Fabiano, Vitaliy Bilyy, Andrea Silvestrelli, Ekaterina Semenchuk. Very well sung and conducted, weakish early Verdi. From 2015. As before, these programs go live on a Saturday and are available until late the next day. If you have a San Francisco Opera web site login, there's an extended period during which you can see these.
2021-03-27 15:04:37
Götterdämmerung
Tenor Daniel Brenna reprises his portrayal of Siegfried opposite a luminous Iréne Theorin as Brünnhilde and alongside bass-baritone Greer Grimsley, bass Andrea Silvestrelli, soprano Melissa Citro, baritone Brian Mulligan, and bass-baritone Falk Struckmann.
2020-10-24 04:40:00
More Opera is On from SFO
War Memorial Opera House Photo by me Here's what's coming from SFO: This week: Nozze di Figaro October 31–November 1: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor: Ossonce; Dessay, Filanoti, Viviani. 2008. I've never seen this cast/conductor/production.November 7–8: Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Luisotti; Di Giacomo, Vargas, Hampson, Zajick. 2014. November 14–15: Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov: Sinaisky; Ramey, Uhlenhopp, Kowaljow, Ognovenk, Yang. 2008. November 21–22: Verdi’s Rigoletto: Luisotti; Demuro, Lucic, Kurzak, Silvestrelli. 2012. November 28–29: Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love). Campanella; Mula, Vargas, Corbelli.
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