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2020-11-25 16:00:35
A significant omission in La Scala’s opening gala
The first night of La Scala’s new season, always held on December 7, will have no opera and no audience this year. Instead it has cameos from: Ildar Abdrazakov, Roberto Alagna, Carlos Alvarez, Piotr Beczala, Benjamin Bernheim, Eleonora Buratto, Marianne Crebassa, Placido Domingo, Juan Diego Florez, Elina Garanca, Vittorio Grigolo, Jonas Kaufmann, Aleksandra Kurzak, Francesco […]
2020-07-01 14:08:00
Anglais - Mozart in Salzburg - the changing faces of the local boy
[…] and many festival-goers cannot imagine staying in Salzburg without taking in a Mozart opera; however, it is often very different works that have made the event in recent years. In 2017 Markus Hinterhäuser's first programme finally succeeded in giving Mozart the place he deserves. La Clemenza di Tito took the Salzburg public by surprise, thanks to the inspired direction of Teodor Currentzis, the heart-rending staging by Peter Sellars, and also the exceptional singing of Marianne Crebassa. A just return to the composer's hometown, and a promising foundation for the future. If Mozart plays the leading role in Salzburg, it is not simply a case of biographical anecdote; it is above all because, in a festival that is always in tune with the times, he still has a lot to tell us. Dominique Adrian
2020-02-21 18:38:00
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat J27, $25). Story. Figaro and Susanna are servants of Count and Countess Almaviva. The Count has designs on Susanna, and Marcellina has loaned money to Figaro which compells for him to marry her in case of default. Cherubino is a young man enamored with every woman he meets. The story is basically a romantic comedy: Figaro and Susanna foil the Count’s plans; the Countess wins back the Count; Marcellina discovers she is the mother of Figaro. Conductor – Cornelius Meister. Figaro – Adam Plachetka, Susanna – Hanna-Elisabeth Muller, Cherubino – Marianne Crebassa, Count Almaviva – Etienne Dupuis, Countess Almaviva – Amanda Woodbury, Dr. Bartolo – Maurizio Muraro, Marcellina – MaryAnn McCormick. For this season this was my first successful bid for Rush Tickets, in 3 or 4 tries. Either my typing has slowed considerably, or […]
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