“Marlis Petersen, in her first shot at the role, is as complete a video Violetta as Rosanna Carteri, Marie McLaughlin or the young Angela Gheorghiu, and as riveting as Teresa Stratas or Anna Netrebko.”
Thank you for sharing your beautiful and moving story.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 12 minutes ago
I think Graham Clark was 76 the last time I saw him on stage, too.
Worth mentioning Gregory Kunde, who's 71, is about to sing Andrea Chénier with Radvanovsky in Berlin and still has protagonist roles scheduled for next season (like Radames in Paris).
Just a last word on dark-horse organists concealing their scandalous proclivities. Hervé was one too, and refers to that, I think, in Mam'zelle Nitouche, in which an organist and a nun...
I believe Chausson is now retired, at least from staged opera. Last year he cancelled a Cenerentola in Barcelona that was widely seen as his farewell.
We suspected as much and had you marked as a subversive individual.
I attended that Don Pasquale in Pittsburgh. It was my favourite Oropesa performance.
Some obituaries also mention a Tannhäuser in May 2019, his last appearance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. But of course that Tristan was a few months later.
"Even these metallic problems have their melodramatic side." I played that role once.
Although I may provoke the wrath of the estimable Americajaquino for saying so, I don't think any cast could get me to sit through Passion again.
It gave my blog its name.
Not sure. Before Corona he did a well received Tristan in Cologne in 2019. He then cancelled the Graz Fidelio in August next year, and did not seem to have come back for an announced Parsifal.
"The chapter on the Fall of the Rupee you may omit. It is somewhat too sensational. "
My hatred of the film PASSIONE D;AMORE has kept me from ever having seen PASSION. Sorry I missed it at Minnesota Opera with Patricia Racette and William Burden in 2004, pretty much optimal operatic...
Despite the shameful influx of North American singers? ARC, Ott, Stucker, Sly, Antoun?
I Love My Wife has a terrific score, particularly the songs for the women. I also used to play the title tune (a lovely waltz) for Ronde de Jambe during my years as a ballet class pianist. The bass...
yes, I had that good fortune, too -- and Masterson was lovely
In that same spirit - I hate Pelléas et Mélisande (also known as PaleAss and Mesalliance) and think it is the perfect example of overmasticated tripe served as a delicacy.
Let's skip this topic.
Who is this person?
“Marlis Petersen, in her first shot at the role, is as complete a video Violetta as Rosanna Carteri, Marie McLaughlin or the young Angela Gheorghiu, and as riveting as Teresa Stratas or Anna Netrebko.”
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Tristan has been the season-launching opera three times before now, but good luck finding someone to provide a firsthand account of the last time.
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