Il Trovatore – operaexplorer

Il Trovatore has taken Paris. “Il Trovatore” by Verdi, Opera National de Paris, February 20th, 2016

This was a hectic week – traveling to Paris twice in one week certainly is some extraordinary event even for a frequent traveler like me. I have booked Il Trovatore tickets as soon as those went on sale in Opera National de Paris and with regrets admitted even then, that none of the dates with […]

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Wishlist and plans for operatic adventures in 2016

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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Unresolvable conflict of love and revenge. Il Trovatore, The Metropolitan Opera, September 29th, 2015 and October 3rd, 2015

It seems like there is certain pattern in writing up reviews and impressions from the performances I have immensely enjoyed – it is much harder and time consuming rather than many good and some average performances required. Also this time has not been different as the only show I have seen twice, and got long-lasting […]

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Beautifully haunting dream of illusion of happiness

GIUSEPPE VERDI • IL TROVATORE, Salzburg Festspiele, Aug 14, 2015 This was the best performance seen this season in Salzburg, great comparison of impressions after seeing production live with perceptions from recorded/ streamed performances. The cast was well balanced and complementing each other, Anna Netrebko run the performance, while both Meli and Rucinski were believable […]