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2022-03-16 06:51:54
BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Saturday, March 16, 1822:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) today marries Isabella Colbran (1785-1845), former prima donna of the Teatro San Carlo and frequent leading lady of his operas. She also was the former mistress of the impresario of the Teatro San Carlo, Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841). The wedding takes place in a small church, Our Lady …
2022-02-16 21:08:02
Today in Naples, 29-year-old Gioachino Rossini tries out his new opera Zelmira at the Teatro San Carlo. Many of Rossini’s recent operas had been premiered at this royal opera house. During the previous December, the opera house’s impresario Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) entered into a contract for Rossini to spend the …
2021-12-10 10:00:37
The greatest tenor of his generation talks cancel culture, booing fans, and problematic roles ‘I don’t want a lot for Christmas,” whispers Jonas Kaufmann into my ears. “Make my wish come true / All I want for Christmas is you.” I don’t know whether to laugh or hit shuffle. It’s three hours before my interview with the world’s most celebrated singer, a man with a voice as golden as Pavarotti’s but with Hollywood looks, and I’m preparing by listening to a Kaufmann mixtape. The 52-year-old’s peerless voice still in my ears, I stroll through Naples towards Teatro di San Carlo – the world’s oldest continuously active opera house, and where last night he sang Verdi’s Otello. His is a voice built for Italian opera: “I have a German passport,” he once said, “but an Italian voice.” The New Yorker critic
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