FIGARO Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Opera buffa in four acts. 1786. Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, after the play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro by…
Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Opera in four acts. 1847. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play by Shakespeare. First performance at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence, on 14th March 1847. TEATRO…
TOSCA Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Melodramma in three acts. 1899. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou. First performance at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome,…
You can have any review automatically translated. Just click on the Translate button, which you can find in the Google bar above this article. DAS RHEINGOLD IN CIRCUS FORMAT Das Rheingold…
Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea is now rethought for the space of the stage of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Attended performance: premiere, November 14, 2021 In the role of the protagonist,…
L'italiana in Londra L'italiana in Londra. "Intermezzo in musica" in two parts by Domenico Cimarosa. Text by Giuseppe Petrosellini. Oper Frankfurt. Performance attended: November 5, 2021. Livia: Angela Vallone Madama Brillante: Bianca…
TANNHÄUSER Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner. "Grosse romantische Oper" in three acts. 1845. Libretto by the composer. First performance at the Hoftheater, Dresden, on 19th October 1845. LA Opera, Wednesday, October 27, 2021.…
TURANDOT TURANDOT by Giacomo Puccini. Librettists: Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni. World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926. Met and U.S. premiere: November 16, 1926. Attended performance: October 21, 2021. With…
Giovanna d’Arco Giovanna d’Arco. Dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 15 February 1845. First performed at Teatro Costanzi, 15 May…
On Monday, the coloratura soprano Edita Gruberová died. She was only 74. In her heyday (late 1970s - ca. 2010) she was perhaps the best coloratura soprano in the world. In the…