The Royal Opera’s Sir Antonio Pappano considers the question of booing at the opera.
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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
A “lone voice in the wilderness” booed Barbara Frittoli’s calamitous Nedda.
If the Frank Castorf production of the Ring at Bayreuth accomplished nothing else, it will be the popularization in classical music circles of the term “boovation.”
Given the choice, I’ll take Hans Neuenfels.
“A Zeffirelli, dopo le polemiche della vigilia che lo hanno opposto al soprano Daniela Dessì, da lui ritenuta non giusta per il ruolo di Violetta in questa Traviata, qualche dissenso misto agli applausi al momento di comparire in proscenio assieme a Gelmetti.” [Il Messaggero]
First opera queen: “So, you’re seeing Renée in Thaïs tonight?” Second opera queen: “Yeah, I’m leaving home early so I can stop at Thom McAn on the way.”
The season at La Scala continues under the guidance of Daniele Gatti.
Extended clips of the La Scala Don Carlo as telecast on Sunday night — after the jump.
