Bill Naddle

Barn yesterday Barn yesterday

The Cleveland Orchestra’s premiere performance of Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen proved to be both a critical  and audience success.

By on May 26, 2014 at 8:30 AM
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Jest the way you are Jest the way you are

I’m happy to report that Rigoletto from the 30 DVD Tutto Verdi set from the Teatro Regio di Parma is a blockbuster.

By on July 18, 2013 at 12:02 PM
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The new world The new world

Name a Verdi opera, based on a play by Voltaire, described in the immortal words of the composer as “Questo e proprio brutto.”

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Sachs appeal Sachs appeal

Opera’s Scottish enfant terrible David McVicar has applied his considerable skills in this 2011 Glyndebourne production of Die Meistersinger, the result being a refreshing new take on a familiar warhorse.

By on November 05, 2012 at 2:03 PM
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Vocal glamour in abundance highlighted the opening performance of LA Opera’s Il barbiere di Siviglia on November 29 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, with much buzz attendant on the company debuts of Rossini experts Juan Diego Flórez and Joyce DiDonato. Adding excitement was the Figaro of Nathan Gunn, who played with Errol Flynn panache, and…

By on December 02, 2009 at 3:47 PM
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