Travelling and enjoying opera performances
This was one of the performances that were long anticipated, – knowing that all the singers will have their role debuts and difficulty to source a ticket, the expectations were running high. Though living through the season and many outstanding performances the expected emotional impact was less than envisioned. The opera, which is based on […]
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The production of the double bill Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci at Royal Opera House this season is a revival of recently highly praised and Olivier-Award-winning staging by Damiano Michieletto, this time with the extraordinary cast, especially Elīna Garanča as Santuzza and double role debut of Bryan Hymel as Turridu and Canio. The ticket was sourced a […]
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The season opening at the Opera National de Paris set high expectations with the most sought-after ticket of the season and actually unmatchable vocal feast – a starry constellation to die for! Just a glimpse at the cast list would make any opera lover to sacrifice a lot just to be there in October for […]
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This is one of the most eagerly awaited and most discussed productions in recent history of The Met, mostly due to clear statements from both divas: Renee Fleming and Elina Garanca discontinuing their respective roles of Marschallin and Octavian. On top of that, this farewell tour has got additional flame through speculations that Renee Fleming […]
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One of the most intriguing questions while preparing for Cavalleria Rusticana / Sancta Susanna at Opéra Bastille was an unusual pairing of those two operas and intrigue how the director would have solved linkage between those quite different pieces. What was clear before the performance – this will be unsurpassed opportunity to hear two outstanding […]
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The excitement was in the air, and just looking around you can notice an obvious difference in the audience of the premiere night – most of the people know each other, greeting, chatting and looking for the rooms where their designated reception is held. The main sponsor of BSO, The Linde Group, gathers their crowd at […]
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It seems like this season for me is unconsciously dominated by French opera, thus choice to see another Werther came easy after live stream with Elīna Garanča and Marcelo Alvarez from Vienna . As I have been trying to see her in this role live for some time without any luck, latest chance missed last […]
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Starting new year there are a lot of reviews of 2015 and just a few forward looking insights, thus I decided to put together my wishlist (or hopeful list) while absorbed in listening to Jonas Kaufmann singing Puccini at La Scala. Main unknowns yet are Munich Festspiele and Salzburg Festspiele ticket allocations which should come […]
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