Travelling and enjoying opera performances
The long awaited and triumphal coming-back prima happened a few days ago, thus all of us gathering for the second performance of Lohengrin in Opera Bastille were throbbing impatiently in presentiment. In the adrenaline rush just a day before the sacred date I have logged onto Opera de Paris web page and sourced another ticket, […]
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The trip to Baden-Baden was planned at least 14 (?) months ago, when first announcement of this performance came out, and I grabbed a ticket on the first available day. Therefore even Munich Opera Festival visit was planned around July 7th trip to Baden Baden. Even if image of the town is quite vivid in […]
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I should admit that Wagner is not my most favourite opera composer, nevertheless, understanding that it might be caused by insufficient knowledge, I am trying to close the gap by fitting in some more Wagner into my exploration journey now and then. Munich Opera Festival offered a great opportunity to fit in a week long operavacation […]
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Elektra was the last of performances in my shortened Strauss-Woche, and probably the performance I was looking forward to seeing most eagerly. Sunday, April 3rd. The morning sun was shining tenderly over the city which had Berlin half-marathon scheduled, and my hotel, together with Deutsche Oper across the street, positioned inside the loop, was embraced […]
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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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