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American composer (1864-1921)
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2023-07-09 11:39:00
Le nozze di Figaro, Royal Opera, 8 July 2023
Royal Opera HouseFigaro – Mattia Olivieri Susanna – Siobhan Stagg Bartolo – Maurizio Muraro Marcellina – Dorothea Röschmann Cherubino – Anna Stéphany Count Almaviva – Stéphane Degout Don Basilio – Krystian Adam Countess Almaviva – Hrachuhí Bassénz Antonio – Jeremy White Don Curzio – Peter Bronder Barbarina – Sarah Dufresne Two Bridesmaids – Helen Withers, Miranda WestcottDavid McVicar (director)Tanya McCallin (designs)Paule Constable (lighting)Leah Hausman (movement)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding)Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseJoana Mallwitz (conductor)Images: Clive BardaCherubino (Anna Stéphany), Figaro (Mattia Olivieri), Susanna (Siobhan Stagg) ‘Figaro is the opera that a critic sees most often, and it is right that it should be.’ An opera critic I greatly admire wrote those words concerning a relatively early outing for this production in 2008. Michael Tanner proceeded to commend Charles Mackerras’s conducting of that revival of David McVicar’s staging, first seen in the Mozart Year of 2006, comparing it favourably […]
2023-05-20 20:09:00
Wozzeck, Royal Opera, 19 May 2023
Royal Opera HouseWozzeck – Christian Gerhaher Marie – Anja Kampe Captain – Peter Hoare Doctor – Brindley Sherratt Margret – Rosie Aldridge Drum Major – Clay Hilley Andres – Sam Furness First Apprentice – Barnaby Rea Second Apprentice – Alex Otterburn The Fool – John Findon Soldier – Lee Hickenbottom Tenor Solo – Andrew Macnair Marie’s Son – Jonah Elijah McGovernDeborah Warner (director)Hyemi Shin (set designs)Nicky Gillibrand (costumes)Adam Silverman (lighting)Kim Brandstrup (choreography)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding)Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseAntonio Pappano (conductor)Images: Tristram KentonAndres (Sam Furness), Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher)Thirty years ago, in Sheffield, a teenage schoolboy saw his first opera in the theatre. It was Wozzeck, directed by Deborah Warner for Opera North. Quite an opera with which to begin, you might say, and indeed in many ways it was, yet why would you wish to begin with something that was not ‘quite an opera’? He knew a […]
2023-03-02 18:42:00
Walt Disney Concert Hall GardenMarch, 2017Photo by Lisa HirschBetween this year's and next year's goings-on at the LA Phil, I would bet a few bucks that we will be seeing works or programs like these in San Francisco sooner or later:Felipe Lara, Double Concerto for Flute and Bass, because Susanna Mälkki is conducting it with SFS Collaborative Partners Claire Chase and esperanza Spaulding.Bryce Dessner, Double Concert for Two Pianos, because the composer is a Collaborative PartnerEsa-Pekka Salonen, Fanfare, which apparently features Collaborative Partner Pekka KuuisistoNico Muhly, Shrink by another Collaborative PartnerEsa-Pekka Salonen, KarawaneHerbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert 6 and Beethoven 7Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Sibelius violin concerto (Lisa Batiashvili) and John Adams Naive and Sentimental Music....with the San Francisco Symphony, on a weird one-day runout to Los Angeles.MTT conducts Tchaikowski 5 and Stravinsky PetroushkaAlso guessing that there's a Ring revival coming at the Paris Opera because Gustavo Dudamel is conducting a well-cast semi-staged Das Rheingold in […]
2022-06-19 08:54:00
Madama Butterfly, Royal Opera, 14 June 2022
Royal Opera HousePinkerton – Freddie De Tommaso Goro – Alexander Kravets Suzuki – Patricia Bardon Sharpless – Lucas Meachem Cio-Cio-San – Lianna Haroutounian Imperial Commissioner – Dawid Kimberg Original Registrar – Nigel Cliffe Cio-Cio-San’s Mother – Eryl Royle Uncle Yaukusidé – Andrew O’Connor Cousin – Amy Catt Aunt – Kiera Lyness Bonze – Jeremy White Dolore – Leo Stokkland-Baker Prince Yamadori – Alan Pingarrón Kate Pinkerton – Rachel Lloyd Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (directors)Daniel Dooner (revival director)Christian Fenouillat (set designs)Agostino Cavalca (costumes)Christophe Forey (lighting)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding)Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseDan Ettinger (conductor)Images: © Yasuko Kageyama ‘In the 21st century, staging Madama Butterfly poses questions for any opera house. The opera’s essence is a violent collision between two cultures. But how to represent another culture on stage with truth and sensitivity? In reviving Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s classic production, we have involved Japanese practitioners and academic […]
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