La Fanciulla del West – operaexplorer

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 […]

Puccini’s western starring Antonenko and Magee. La Fanciulla del West, Wiener Staatsoper, January 14th, 2017

Giacomo Puccini is one of my favourite composers, but somehow until now I have seen La Fanciulla del West only as livestream or MetHD and thus was quite eager to see it live with a great cast. As there was a plan to come to Vienna for La Sonnambula, the opportunity to see Aleksandrs Antonenko and […]