Edda Moser
Edda Moser: “It always gets messed up by the directors”

Moser’s statement is not only a reality call, but also a hot shower that flushes all the inanities, incomprehension, fallacies, self-centered vanity, ludicrous actualization, contemporary snobbery and quasi-progressive libretto beliefs down the shower drain.

Kát'a Kabanová in Rome
Kát’a Kabanová in Rome
Kát’a Kabanová Kát’a Kabanová (1921), opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček. Libretto by the composer, after the play Groza (Storm) by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky. First performance at the National Theatre, Brno,…
Gabi
✝ Gabriele Luise Eder
Today the sad news reached us that our reviewer Gabriele Luise (Gabi) Eder has passed away at the age of 58. Gabi was one of the pillars of Opera Gazet, and we…
Aroldo
AROLDO in Piacenza – excellent and formidable cast
Aroldo (Stiffelio) by Giuseppe Verdi. Opera in four acts. 1857. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after his earlier Stiffelio. First performance at the Teatro Nuovo, Rimini, on 16 August 1857. Seen: 21…
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
I Capuleti e i Montecchi von Vincenzo Bellini. Tragedia lirica in zwei Akten. 1830. Libretto von Felice Romani. Uraufführung im Teatro La Fenice, Venedig, am 11. März 1830. Besuchte Vorstellung: 23. Januar…
Zu unseren Schwestern, zu unseren Brüdern
Zu unseren Schwestern, zu unseren Brüdern
    Zu unseren Schwestern, zu unseren Brüdern  Diptyque composé de « En vertu de… » d’Eugen Birman et de « Der Kaiser von Atlantis » de Viktor Ullmann. Hémicycle du Parlement européen et…
CavPag
CavPag in Zürich. Die unwiderstehliche Garanča.
Cavalleria rusticana von Pietro Mascagni. Melodramma in einem Akt. 1889. Libretto von Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti und Guido Menasci, nach dem Stück und der Geschichte von Giovanni Verga. Pagliacci von Ruggero Leoncavallo. Dramma in…
Regietrash
Regietrash – work in progress
REGIETRASH Het is bijna 15 jaar geleden dat Heather Mac Donald, politiek commentator, essayist, advocaat en auteur, haar artikel “The Abduction of Opera” publiceerde in City Journal. Dit artikel, waarin op afdoende…