As a young Roman, Luciano Ganci sang with 'I Pueri Cantores' of the Sistine Chapel. That is where his musical education began. Decades later, he made his debut in Gianni Schicchi, followed…
Chorégies d'Orange 2018
The Cunning Little Vixen directed by Otto Schenk SHEER MAGIC ! We had a very special day yesterday. Usually we are not very fond of opera streams, especially if we have to…
EUREKA ! Stand by folks, I’ve identified the opera problem. What opera problem? The one where audiences are declining and the audiences which do attend often can’t say if what they heard…
When, a few weeks ago, commenting on Il pirata, we wrote that it is a ‘borderline’ work, halfway between two eras, we did not yet know that immediately afterwards we would be…
On April 17 the Dutch daily paper Trouw published a hagiographic interview met Lotte de Beer (interview with Lotte de Beer) about the Aïda she directed in Paris. Interviewer Peter de Lint…
The art form of opera is threatened not only by cerebrally onanistic directors. But also by elderly singers who just can't seem to say goodbye. How far from reality do you have…
IL PIRATA - A NOT-SO-FIERCE PIRATE. “Se fui spietato e fiero, fui sventurato ancor” (“If I was ruthless and proud, I also was wretched”) says Gualtiero, the Pirate, before surrendering to his…
Yesterday, Willy Demeyer, President of the Board of Directors of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, announced the death of Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, General and Artistic Director since 2007. "Under…
The best Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) of all time? Callas! The best Norma? Callas! The best Tosca? Callas! The best Violetta (La Traviata)? Callas! You can have any review automatically translated. Click…