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French opera singer (1848-1923)
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2017-06-12 11:03:24
Opera Essentials: Verdi’s Otello
[…] and evil of Iago. The production also explores the relationships between Moors, Turks and Westerners in Shakespeare’s time, examining Otello’s position as an outsider. One of Verdi's great successes Otello received its premiere at La Scala, Milan , on 5 February 1887. The performance was a major event, attended by critics from all over the world. It was a triumph, with the opera regarded as one of Verdi’s greatest, and the singers – particularly Victor Maurel as Iago – highly praised. The opera has remained part of the mainstream repertory ever since. Otello runs 21 June–15 July 2017. Tickets are still available. The production is generously supported by Rolex and is given with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Alfiya and Timur Kuanyshev, Lord and Lady Laidlaw, Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne, John G. Turner and Jerry G. Fischer, Ian and Helen Andrews, […]
2016-02-12 15:30:25
Il core vi dono
[…] Here is a look back at just some of what you could have seen, and perhaps did see, on February 14th through the years at the Met. 1896: Dame Nellie Melba was always up for an encore, and in later years she would perform Lucia’s Mad Scene for those who stayed to the end of Puccini’s then-unfamiliar La bohème. On this night, following an all-star Faust with brothers Jean and Edouard de Reszke and Victor Maurel, she sang “Home Sweet Home” with piano accompaniment by her Faust (Jean). According to an unsigned review, “The crowd still cried for more, but the singer’s breath and almost her patience was exhausted, and she came back only once more to shake her fist. Then the ushers came in and gradually pushed the people out, but the house was not entirely clear until long after midnight.” 1919: Also shaking a fist was the Herald’s […]
2013-05-14 04:11:46
Hollywood Goes to the Opera – More Cinematic Disparities for Your Viewing Displeasure
[…] of la bella musica italiana. Speaking of Verdi, how can we possibly overlook one of the starriest vehicles this side of La Scala: the movie Verdi, the King of Melody, from two years prior (1953), starring Pierre Cressoy (egad, a Frenchman!) as Verdi, and featuring Gaby André (another Frenchie!!), Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Del Monaco as tenor Francesco Tamagno (creator of the title role in Verdi’s masterpiece, Otello), and Gobbi again, playing French baritone Victor Maurel (as Iago). Oh, well… good help was hard to come by, I guess. The director was Raffaello Matarazzo, if that’s any consolation. Coincidentally, both Gallone and Giachetti were the director and star of an earlier biographical picture about composer Giuseppe Verdi (1938). On the upside, this version featured our rotund friend Signor Gigli as the creator of the role of the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto – you know, the fellow that gets to […]
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