PIER LUIGI PIZZI IT COULD WORK You must have recognized in the title the phrase, which has become very famous, with Gene Wilder, in the movie Young Frankenstein (in Italy, Frankenstein Junior).…
Rady Shell Opening Night Opera singer Ryan Speedo Green proved a very important point during his performance on the opening night of San Diego’s new Rady Shell on August 7. Mr. Green…
ANYTHING-BUT-AIDA IN MACERATA MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2021. ATTENDED PERFORMANCE 7 AUGUST 2021. Aida: Maria Teresa Leva; Il Re: Fabrizio Beggi; Amneris: Veronica Simeoni; Radames: Luciano Ganci; Ramfis: Alessio Cacciamani; Amonasro: Marco Caria;…
AÏDA MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2021. ATTENDED PERFORMANCE 7 AUGUST 2021. Aida: Maria Teresa Leva; Il Re: Fabrizio Beggi; Amneris: Veronica Simeoni; Radames: Luciano Ganci; Ramfis: Alessio Cacciamani; Amonasro: Marco Caria; Un messaggero:…
Sylva Varescu: Ursula Pfitzner; Edwin: Thomas Blondelle; Edwin: David Sitka; Boni/Bonifaziu: Matthias Störmer; Stasi/Anastasia: Loes Cools; Feri: KS Kurt Schreibmayer; Conférencier und Eugen: Kurt Hexmann; Leopold Maria: KS Josef Forstner; Anhilte: Uschi…
The frieze in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt carries the inscription “DEM WAHREN SCHÖNEN GUTEN,” taken from Goethe’s Epilog zu Schillers Glocke: “Meanwhile his mighty spirit onward pressed / Where goodness, beauty,…
La Bohème at Circus Maximus According to a well-established tradition, summer productions of Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera are performed in open spaces, usually the Baths of Caracalla. In recent years, the productions have…
Notre Dame by Franz Schmidt St.Gallen Opera Festival July 9, 2021 Esmeralda: Anna Gabler; The Archidiaconus Simon Neal; Quasimodo: David Steffens; Phoebus: Clay Hilley; Gringoire: Cameron Becker; Officer: Shea Owens; Chorus…
First ever performance in Frankfurt DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES Opera in three acts by Francis Poulenc. Arrangement for chamber orchestra made by Takeshi Moriuchi. Sung in French with German and English surtitles. Premiere…
Opera by Giacomo Puccini on a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Created at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. Attended performance at the Monnaie Theatre in Brussels…