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2021-01-06 10:54:00
A surprisingly complex work: Puccini's late Verismo classic, Il Tabarro, in a new studio recording from Dresden
[…] new studio recording is always highly welcome in this straitened era and there is much that is admirable about this new disc, for me this performance just does not quite catch fire. Puccini's melodrama lacks that element of fire and temperament which is essential. This review is also on Opera Today. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Il Tabarro (1918) [4942]Melody Moore - GiorgettaLester Lynch - MicheleBrian Jagde - LuigiKhanyiso Gwenxane - song sellerRoxana Constantinescu- FrugolaSimeon Esper - TincaMartin-Jan Nijhoff - TalpaJoanna Marie D'Mello, Yongkeun Kim - LoversMDR Leipzig Radio ChoirDresdner PhilharmonieMarek Janowski (conductor)Recorded March 2019, Kulturpalast DresdenPENTATONE PTC 5186 773 1CD [49:54] Available from Amazon, The blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee. Elsewhere on this blog Dowland transmuted: Time Stands Still from Portuguese composer Nuno Côrte-Real - CD review The […]
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2020-01-07 19:31:00
Pentagon Contradicts Trump: We Won’t Attack Cultural Sites
Defense secretary Mark Esper acknowledged that striking cultural sites with no military value would be a war crime, putting him at odds with the president, who insisted such places would be legitimate targets. Mr. Trump’s threats generated condemnation at home and abroad while deeply discomfiting American military leaders who have made a career of upholding […]
2018-10-03 13:55:00
Moses und Aron, Semperoper Dresden, 29 September 2018
Moses – John Tomlinson Aron – Lance Ryan Young Maiden – Tahnee Niboro Sick Woman – Christa Mayer Young Man/Naked Youth – Simeon Esper Another Man, Ephraimite – Matthias Henneberg Priest – Magnis Piontek Youth – Beomjin Kim Six Solo Voices – Katerina von Bennigsen, Stepanka Pucalkova, Michal Doron, Aaron Pegram, Jiři Rajniš, Tillmann Rönnebeck Solo Soprano – Kira Tabatschnik Naked Virgins – Tania Lorenzo, Tahnee Niboro, Grace Durham, Constance Heller Elders – Woo Ran Lim, Andreas Heinze, Norbert Klesse Calixto Bieito (director) Rebecca Ringst (set designs) Ingo Krügler (costumes) Michael Bauer (lighting) Sarah Derendinger (video) Johann Casimir Eule (dramaturgy) Vocalconsort Berlin, Dresden Symphony Chorus, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus and Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Jörn Hinnerk Andersen) Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Alan Gilbert (conductor) Images: Ludwig Olah There is no more emphatic modernist masterpiece than Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron. It stays so […]
2016-03-28 13:37:10
Review – Alcina (Semper Oper, Saturday 19 March 2016) Alcina – Heidi Stober Ruggiero – Serena Malfi Bradamante – Angélique Noldus Morgana – Veronica Cangemi Oronte – Simeon Esper Melisso – Sebastian Wartig Oberto – Elias Madler Director – Jan Philipp Gloger Dramaturgy – Sophie Becker Stage Designer – Ben Baur Costumes – Karin Jud Lighting – Fabio Antoci Sächsiche Staatskapelle Dresden Christopher Moulds (Conductor) While the previous evening’s Giulio Cesare was let down by a weak production and some critical miscasting that didn’t do justice to either the music or the lead, this Alcina was deliberately disfigured. I am not against modern productions, and can find RegieTheater and its ilk interesting and thought provoking but what director Jan Philipp Gloger did was akin to vandalism. Alcina is a ‘fantastical’ opera – magic, demons, transformation – in which the very […]
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