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…
Franco Bonisolli was born in Rovereto, Italy. He studied with Alfredo Lattaro and after winning an international singing competition, he made his debut in 1962 in Spoleto as Ruggero. He soon made…
The Masked Singer. Heeft u ook zo geweldig genoten van het van Zuid-Korea gepikte programma “The Masked Singer” ? Helaas hebben wij het moeten missen: ons tv-toestel kan RTL 4 niet ontvangen.…
Der Barbier von Bagdad (The Barber of Bagdad). A premiere that led to the resignation in 1858 of the intendant of the Weimar Opera, Franz Liszt. An opera that Fritz Wunderlich had…