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2023-08-23 06:42:00
[…] of redemption as one would expect but turns to Mary, uncontrollably shaking and full of remorse, embracing her in a sincere and comforting way. She seems to find no comfort, though, from the actions of her phantom lover revengefully razing her town to ashes mirroring, of course, the ending of Götterdämmerung! Although the Dutchman achieved his desire, revenging his mother’s death, it came at a great price as, too, did Edmond Dantes’ revengeful trait in Alexandre Dumas’ well-loved novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Food for thought, eh! Anyhow, it’s a production to chalk up (by the way, the last showing this season - get in quick for next year, it’s not to be missed!) and one that received and ignited a thunderous curtain call from a packed and enthusiastic house that went on and on reaching to an exciting climax when chorus-master, Eberhard Friedrich, took his bow with members of his extended […]
2022-03-31 14:00:01
[…] was staged in his lifetime. But the label’s first release marking the bicentenary is a survey of his 22 songs and six vocal duets. Spanning his entire career as a composer, they are settings of a wide range of verse, from what the wonderfully comprehensive essay in the sleeve notes describes as “a poem verging on silliness written by a provincial crank” to texts by celebrated authors such as Sully Prudhomme, Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas.
2021-11-17 10:05:29
Palazzetto Bru Zane's new edition of Offenbach's La Vie parisienne enables us to discover the composer's original intentions for the first time
[…] were performed. There is a similar danger with La Vie parisienne, would all these new numbers have made the final cut even if the cast had been up to snuff? We'll never know. But there is now a chance for us to discover for ourselves as the Palazzetto Bru Zane has partnered with opera companies in Rouen, Tours and Paris to present a new production of the original 1866 version. The production, directed by Romain Dumas, is currently at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, then at Opéra de Tours, and finally at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Paris (from 21 December 2021). Further information from the Palazetto Bru Zane website.
2021-11-02 09:06:07
Anglais - Lisette Oropesa Dazzles as Violetta in La traviata at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata of 1853 is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world today, and the Royal Opera’s current season is putting a special focus on the work. From October 2021 to April 2022 there will be no less than twenty-five performances featuring six different sopranos in the main role of Violetta. The initial run, which ends on 17 November 2021, will see Lisette Oropesa, Kristina Mkhitaryan and Anush Hovhannisyan play the lead, while Angel Blue, Pretty Yende and Hrachuhí Bassénz share the honours next April. Other parts will also be played by several people over the run, while the various performances will be conducted by Antonello Manacorda, Paul Wynne Griffiths, Renato Balsadonna and Giacomo Sagripanti. La Traviata, The Royal Opera ; © 2021 ROH/Photo by Tristam Kenton Based on Alexandre Dumas, fils’s play La Dame aux camélias, La […]
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