Les contes alla Scala. Molto brava, nel ruolo di Antonia, Eleonora Buratto che porta avanti, insieme a pochi, pochissimi, altri, la tradizione della scuola di canto italiana.
Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe, sonst bin ich verloren!
The full title of Shostakovich’s operetta is Moscow, Cheremushki (Москва, Черемушки), and it was a direct, explicit response to the very specific reality of the housing crisis in Soviet Russia in the 1950s.
Vague modernism coupled with psychological groupthink and underpinned by shocking ignorance and a fierce desire to be part of an imaginary cultural elite.
An unprecedented low point was the unsanitary travesty “Der Freischütz,” performed in 2022 at The Dutch National Opera, prepared in the moldy cooking pot of greaseball and narcissist Kirill Serebrennikov, who seems destined to become house director at DNO.
Boris Godunov Boris Godunov by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, opera in four acts (1869 version). Libretto by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Teatro alla Scala, new production. Attended by Opera Gazet: Dec. 7, premiere.…
“We gaan niets actualiseren, want dat vind ik een onderschatting van het publiek.”
All in all, Emma Dante’s direction is acceptable. She limits herself to following the story without trying to force the libretto in search of extravagant readings.
Lynn: “After 10 months of intense work, I have finally finished my new book, “Opera as Drama II,” which illuminates the history of the art form from the perspective of drama rather than entertainment.”