Since Attila is in the forefront of our thoughts right now, and since the prima of the Met’s production won’t be broadcast, La Cieca thought it would be handy to have a Riccardo Muti performance of the Verdi work as a common point of reference.
When La Cieca’s wrong, she’s wrong. She really had no idea until today that Leontyne Price and Luciano Pavarotti shared the operatic stage any time besides that one-off Aida in San Francisco. But when confronted with proof in the form of an mp3, well, she’s going to be the first to admit her error. Read more »
A new production of Verdi’s Macbeth?
At the Wiener Staatsoper?
At a 192 Euro top?
And this is what you get?
From deep in the parterre cellar, a glimpse of a long ago Met Hoffmann. Read more »
Colombetta, Colombetta, Apri l'uscio, non farmi penar Del balcon solleva il velo Apri amor se no qui gelo Colombetta, Colombetta, Arlecchino gelando si sta. Read more »
Selections from the dress rehearsal, Berlin, October 21, 2009.
Simon Boccanegra – Plácido Domingo
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia) – Anja Harteros
Jacopo Fiesco – Kwangchul Youn
Gabriele Adorno – Fabio Sartori ["Fabelhafte Schneider"]
Conductor – Daniel Barenboim
The best way to pay tribute to a legendary Wagner interpreter? Why, to perform the “Liebestod” as beautifully as Nina Stemme did at the first Birgit Nilsson Prize Award Ceremony just last week.
More details about The Birgit Nilsson Prize Award Ceremony 2009 are online.
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