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2019-09-20 12:28:10
Anglais - First Rate Character Exploration in Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[…] consequences. However, when Zerlina sings ‘Vedrai carino’ his face is more ambiguous. It is as if he is actually feeling jealous of the real love that she shows Masetto, and thinking that even he could not try to take this one any further. Louise Alder also displays a beautiful soprano and similarly provides a multi-layered performance as Zerlina, while Roberto Tagliavini reveals a very strong bass as Leporello on his Royal Opera debut. Myrtò Papatanasiu, replacing a previously advertised Christine Rice, provides a highly convincing portrayal of a desperate Donna Elvira whose warnings to other women about the evil Don really derive from the sorrow she feels at notbeing special to him herself. There is strong support from Daniel Behle as Don Ottavio, Leon Košavic as Masetto and Brindley Sherratt as the Commendatore, while Hartmut Haenchen’s conducting also contributes to the overall success of the evening. This production will […]
2017-02-01 18:15:24
The sprite in you
[…] kind of performance one wants to call career-crowning. Some vocal power is gone, but nothing else is. Right from the staged prelude, one is reminded he was a good enough actor to hold the stage as Othello opposite Ian McKellen‘s Iago. The balance of the cast is not one of the best in this survey for quality of voices, but the singers perform as though they know they are taking part in something special. Myrtò Papatanasiu brings an unusual voice to an unusual Rusalka, a mature tone with a touch of acid and a beat under pressure, but potent high notes. She and young Czech tenor Pavel Cernoch (occasionally strained) are affecting in their final scene, both for the sincerity of their work and because the production’s strands begin to come together. The delicacy of Adám Fischer‘s conducting of La Monnaie’s orchestra, with phrases seemingly conjured and carried on breaths, […]
2016-02-29 15:00:51
If I were king
[…] gem off in 1770, at age 14 while he was traveling between engagements. I’ve actually seen two different productions (in Salzburg and Theater an der Wien) and hope to hear Spyres repeat his triumph when I visit Brussels in May. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto Le Concert d’Astrée Emmanuellë Haim, conductor Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 20 February 2016 Mitridate – Michael Spyres Aspasia – Patricia Petibon Sifare – Myrtò Papatanasiu Farnace – Christophe Dumaux Ismene – Sabine Devieilhe Marzio – Cyrille Dubois Arbate – Jaël Azzaretti
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2015-08-04 16:29:15
Want to direct Mozart? Submit your proposal for competitive tender
This just in from one of the world’s leading opera houses, La Monnaie in Brussels: Call for proposals for the direction of Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto While the opera house is being renovated, a process that will take several months, La Monnaie is making preparations for a highly unusual season, away from home. On this occasion, La Monnaie now issues a call for proposals for the direction of Mozart’s Mitridate, which will be performed in ‘La Monnaie’s Big Top’, the legendary tent previously used by both La Fenice and the Opéra Royal de Liège while works were in progress in their opera houses. Offer us your vision of the work and we will provide professional conditions, placing at your disposal the singers, including Michael Spyres in the title role and Lenneke Ruiten and Myrtò Papatanasiu in the roles of Aspasia and Sifare respectively, along with an internationally renowned […]
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