Giuseppe Patanè was a great opera conductor
I think Patanè did far more than just hold it together: he did full honor to Verdi.
95 pieces since 2006 — at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
I think Patanè did far more than just hold it together: he did full honor to Verdi.
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
A “lone voice in the wilderness” booed Barbara Frittoli’s calamitous Nedda.
La Cieca is delighted to note that two of the best-remembered and most-coveted “Live from the Met” telecasts have at last been made available on DVD. Otello (25 September 1978) and Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci (5 April 1978) are now available at the Met Opera Shop and online at www.metoperashop.org, “as well as through other outlets.” La […]
Jonas Kaufmann in a wifebeater is but one of the attractions of the Salzburg Festival production of Cavalleria rusticana, a telecast of which you can peruse after the jump.
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