Rossini in Wildbad Drie belangrijke Rossini-opera's, meer dan een dozijn tenorrollen, en dat alles binnen een kort tijdsbestek - dat zijn in één oogopslag de meest opmerkelijke vernieuwingen in ROSSINI IN WILDBAD.…
TANNHÄUSER Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner. "Grosse romantische Oper" in three acts. 1845. Libretto by the composer. First performance at the Hoftheater, Dresden, on 19th October 1845. LA Opera, Wednesday, October 27, 2021.…
RIGOLETTO Rigoletto de Giuseppe Verdi. Melodramma en trois actes. 1851. Libretto de Francesco Maria Piave, d'après la pièce de Victor Hugo Le Roi s'amuse. Première représentation au Teatro La Fenice, à…
ANNA BOLENA Anna Bolena von Gaetano Donizetti. Tragedia lirica in zwei Akten. 1830. Libretto von Felice Romani, nach Werken von Ippolito Pindemonte und von Alessandro Pepoli. Uraufführung im Teatro Carcano, Mailand, am…
Don Carlo Don Carlo, von Giuseppe Verdi. Opera in vier Akten Mit einem Prolog für Orchester (Uraufführung) und einem Zwischenspiel für Violoncello solo von Manfred Trojahn. Libretto von Joseph Mery und Camille…
TURANDOT TURANDOT by Giacomo Puccini. Librettists: Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni. World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926. Met and U.S. premiere: November 16, 1926. Attended performance: October 21, 2021. With…
Giovanna d’Arco Giovanna d’Arco. Dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 15 February 1845. First performed at Teatro Costanzi, 15 May…
Roméo et Juliette Van 12 november t/m 11 december brengt Opera Zuid Gounods opera ROMÉO ET JULIETTE. De rol van Juliette is in handen van Anna Emelianova; Peter Gijsbertsen is Roméo. Julien…
On Monday, the coloratura soprano Edita Gruberová died. She was only 74. In her heyday (late 1970s - ca. 2010) she was perhaps the best coloratura soprano in the world. In the…
"shit on the sleeve" The Dutch National Opera's range of thoughts is spreading across Europe! Indeed, the director of Hamburg's Schauspielhaus, Karin Beier, wants to abolish theater criticism. She says it is…