Busyness as usual
Emilio Sagi’s production of The Barber of Seville is ungepotchket in the flesh.
Andrea Silvestrelli
11 pieces since 2011 — in 9 roles, at 4 companies, most often at San Francisco Opera.
11
pieces
9
roles
4
companies
16
years
By role
Role Basilio
Role Fasolt, Hunding
Bark, not Bayreuth
Is Der Ring des Nibelungen responsible for the transformation of Seattle from a gray, damp, low-rise Boeing company town where half the jokes had punchlines in Norwegian (and were about lutefisk in any case) into today's booming cultural metropolis? I like to think so.
Role Grand Inquisitor
Four faints in five acts
That little place just two hours from the city is on the list of things I shall never understand, like the plot of Parsifal.
Role Hagen
Baby the rain must fall
As Brünnhilde invokes the gods of an empty Valhalla for one last time and strides confidently into a wall of flame, we pause for a moment, unsure of what will follow.
Ring around the Bay
Here goes with the End of the Gods and the End of these Ring reviews: Götterdämmerung was more of a mixed bag than the other operas, but still left a powerful impression. This was where Zambello’s choice to steer clear of heavy spectacle was most evident to me. The cost in grandeur was offset by […]
Role Nourabad
Kiss the pearls goodbye
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s spectacularly colorful and glitzy new production of The Pearl Fishers opened on Sunday.
Role Oroveso
Occult following
Radvanovsky delivered a vocal and histrionic performance that should be the gold standard Norma for years.
Role The Grand Inquisitor
Family values
A regular day in 2018 Washington, D.C., or Verdi’s Don Carlo?
Role Timur
Forever, Amber
My takeaway from this evening is that I want to hear a lot more from Amber Wagner.
Role Wurm
I shall marry the Miller’s daughter
I grew up with the Anna Moffo recording of Luisa Miller, so it was fortuitous that the Met gave the premiere of a new production in 1968, around the time RCA released the album.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one
Gala this; gala that; who knew rich people wore clothes so badly?
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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