Opera Chic Interviews George Steel of New York City Opera
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Aida at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, reviewed by Jamie Tabberer, PinkPaper.com
April 30, 2010
April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010
University of Oregon’s all-male acapella group On the Rocks:
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Haydn: Orlando Paladino
For more than 25 years René Jacobs has dedicated his life to baroque operas and works with the best ensembles for early music. On the occasion of the Haydn Year the renowned Freiburger Barockorchester and outstanding baroque opera singers such as Marlis Petersen, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Pietro Spagnoli and Tom Randle presented Haydn’s most successful opera at the Berliner Staatsoper.
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Jacques Imbrailo — Credit: Neil Gillespie
Jacques Imbrailo takes on Glyndebourne
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Aida: The Royal Opera, 27th April 2010, reviewed by Antony Lias, 4 stars, Opera Britannia
April 28, 2010
April 27, 2010
April 27, 2010
Review: Daniel Okulitch’s triumphant Figaro makes for must-see Mozart, The Vancouver Sun
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Rossini: Il Barbiere
Di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) — Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; DVD
Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato, Pietro Spagnoli, conducted by Antonio Pappano
About the DVD:
This DVD sees Joyce DiDonato perform her role in a wheelchair
a story that has occupied international headlines. Joyce
brought literal meaning to the old theatrical motto Break a
leg. After she broke her fibula in an earlier show Joyce was
determined to finish her commitment. The good-spirited diva
was re-staged into the production to allow for the additional
challenges that come when a leading lady in a lively physical
role must wheel around the other performers.Joyce posted the following on her blog post-performance: Well,
without a doubt, last night was one of the most memorable, exciting
nights in my life. I suppose that makes two in a row for me. I arrived
at the theater around 4:30 and was introduced to my new co-star: a
beautiful, sleek Moonlite Breezy Wheelchair.The DVD bonus features include an interview with Joyce on her
stage accident and subsequent wheelchair performances.
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“Filmed in high-definition audio and video, this production should become a DVD reference for anyone who wants to see it sung and acted to perfection. But, as winsome as DiDonato is, the wheelchair is a distraction. This is a must-see once, but perhaps not more often.”–John Terauds, Toronto Star
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Fabio Luisi to be principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
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In the parliament of the Ukraine:
April 25, 2010
April 25, 2010
Vancouver Sun article about Gerald Finley, who gives a recital in Vancouver on May 6, 2010.
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“According to Carol Charnow, general director of Opera Boston, ‘This [upcoming] production [of Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein] is the most elaborate we’ve ever done,’ fully staged with eight principal parts, four smaller roles and a chorus of 20, plus orchestra, new sets and costumes.”–enterprisenews.com
April 24, 2010
April 24, 2010
This July the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island will include the American debut of Ukrainian bayanist (chromatic button accordion) and YouTube sensation Aleksandr Hrustevich.
April 23, 2010
April 23, 2010
In an interview with Emma Pomfret of the Times, tenor Marcelo Álvarez’s “greatest vitriol is reserved for opera bloggers, whose continual criticism and sniping gossip, he says, damages singers. ‘Perhaps you sing one bad performance and these websites attack and blow it out of proportion. They always write: bad, bad, bad!’ he rants, drowning out the translator in English. ‘Some artistic directors read these sites and a lot of contracts go.’ This hasn’t happened to him, and he cannot give me a direct example but, he says: ‘I know it has happened. This is the real cancer of our opera world.’”
April 22, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010
Andreas Scholl, Barbican, review, 4 stars, telegraph.co.uk
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British food exports rise for fifth year
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Thanks to I’d rather be sleeping (but opera is keeping me awake)
April 20, 2010
April 20, 2010
In Canada’s Juno Awards, the winner in the category CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE was “Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini.”
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The recital of Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake that had been scheduled for 21 April in Graz, Austria, will be postponed until 24 June, reports JuliusDrake.info.
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Carnegie Hall’s 2010-2011 brochure arrived in the mail today. I just looked through it. Nothing in it makes me think, “Oh, I want to go to New York for that!”
