Philip Glass
Philip Glass
PHILIP GLASS AND AMERICAN REPETITIVE MUSIC September 28, 1976. The Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. On the program: Einstein on the Beach. It is our first introduction to Philip Glass. The…
The Two Hot Shots | a Covid Vaccine Story
The Two Hot Shots | a Covid Vaccine Story
Adapted from Rossini's "Otello" Normally this scene from Rossini's 1816 opera Otello is about Otello and Rodrigo arguing over the love of Desdemona, but in this scene, the two man are seated…
La Traviata: Traviatissima!
La Traviata: Traviatissima!
LA TRAVIATA Liege The Conductor. Normally the closing part of a review, but in this case there is every reason to start with her. For rarely have we heard a Verdi opera…
Franco Corelli's 100th birthday
Franco Corelli’s 100th birthday
FRANCO CORELLI, born today 100 years ago "If you want to do me a favour, please write that I am neither a dramatic tenor nor a lyric tenor: I am a voice."…
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas – quite moving
This is a clever, warm, and eventually quite moving, properly distanced performance of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, produced especially for Covid-times by the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena. Director Stefano Monti has…
ON THE PHONE WITH ANNA PIROZZI
ON THE PHONE WITH ANNA PIROZZI
"To feel that there is someone listening to us with interest, that is what is missing. Hearing the breaths ... maybe even someone’s cough ... is part of the life of the…
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Only one who knows what it is to yearn) Available on Oper Frankfurt’s website from 7.30pm on March 26 until June 20. The film was made by…
A DELIRIOUS ADRIANA
A DELIRIOUS ADRIANA
A DELIRIOUS ADRIANA Scheduled at the Bologna Teatro Comunale in May 2020 and postponed until a later date (it will possibly be rescheduled, in the original theatrical guise, as soon as possible),…