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Month: August 2016

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Méphistophélès still rules the world. “Faust” by Charles Gunoud, Salzburger Festspiele August 14, 2016

This was an interesting night at the opera – actively following the leading artists on social media, as well as preparing for the performance with a help of Salzburger Festspiele rich media library, I already had some perception built for what to expect on the last night of my annual trip attending the performance of “Faust”. During […]

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Charmed by Don Giovanni in Salzburg. “Don Giovanni”, Salzburger Festspiele, August 13th, 2016

Saturday evening in the Haus für Mozart promised long awaited rendevouz with two of outstanding Mozart gentlemen – Ildebrando d’Arcangelo and Luca Pisaroni. I remember seeing previous production of Don Giovanni from Salzburg live streamed in summer of 2014, featuring both Ildebrando and Luca, just before my first visit to Salzburg festival a few weeks […]

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When love for gold disappears: Die Liebe der Danae in Salzburger Festspiele, August 12th, 2016

Unfortunately the performance I have been waiting most impatiently to see left me disappointed and a bit confused. After long weekend in April, devoted to Richard Strauss, as part of Straus-Wochen in Berlin, where Danae did not fit my travel schedule, I was quite eager to get to know the opera, and had high hopes […]

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When Don Alfonso is in charge: “Così fan tutte” in Salzburg.

Even if this is my third season attending Salzburg Festival, I have not yet had opportunity to see a performance at the Felsenreitschule, thus when I saw that Cosí will be staged for the venue, the decision of the right weekend choice for the festival visit was made, – the performance attended was last this […]

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Riddles on the lake. “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini, Bregenzer Festspiele, July 29th, 2016

The evening started with a breathtaking sunset over Bodensee, and hundreds of people going along seaside Promenade towards lake stage were stopping and taking photos of the lake and ships arriving with spectators. The weather was perfect, cooling down after the hot day, no rain expected, so everything promised perfect evening. The lake stage itself is […]

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