operaexplorer

Travelling and enjoying opera performances

Premiere of La Fanciulla with Kampe, Jovanovich and Lundgren in Munich, March 16th, 2019.

It was my first premiere performance of 2019 – and the next one after premiere performance of “Otello” which I almost missed on November 23rd last year. I love Puccini, but somehow “La Fanciulla” is not on the top of my list, nevertheless, with the right cast and staging it should come on par with […]

Florestan betrays Leonore. “Fidelio” by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bayerisches Staatsoper, October 4, 2016

Production of “Fidelio” by Calixto Bieito is already 6 years old, but somehow I have missed the opportunity to get to know it earlier during my previous, quite frequent trips to Munich. Also this time Fidelio was not a primary choice since it came as convenience add-on following highly anticipated Meistersingers, with hope to witness Jonas […]