"Fire Shut Up In My Bones"
“Fire Shut Up In My Bones” triumphs at the Met
Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Terence Blanchard triumphs at the Met. Attended performance: Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York October 1, 2021. Destiny/Loneliness/Greta: Angel Blue Billie: Latonia Moore Charles:…
Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore in Los Angeles
Il Trovatore Los Angeles Opera. Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. Show attended: 22 september 2021. MANRICO: Limmie Pulliam LEONORA: Guanqun Yu AZUCENA: Raehann Bryce-Davis COUNT DI LUNA: Vladimir Stoyanov FERRANDO: Morris Robinson INES: Tiffany…
L'Italiana in Londra (Frankfurt)
L’Italiana in Londra (Frankfurt)
Premiere / First ever performance in Frankfurt: Sunday September 26th 2021, at 18.00hrs in the Opera House L’ITALIANA IN LONDRA Intermezzo in musica in two parts by Domenico Cimarosa; Libretto by Giuseppe…
Pier Luigi Pizzi. The Last of the Mohicans.
Pier Luigi Pizzi. The Last of the Mohicans.
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).…
A CRUDE (OIL) AÏDA - part 2
A CRUDE (OIL) AÏDA – part 2
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;…
A CRUDE (OIL) AÏDA - part 1
A CRUDE (OIL) AÏDA – part 1
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:…
Bad Ischl: gold in the section Operetta
Bad Ischl: gold in the section Operetta
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…
AÏDA, as Aïda can and should be
AÏDA, as Aïda can and should be
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 in Rome
LA BOHÈME in Rome
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…