Mozart – operaexplorer

Charmed by Don Giovanni in Salzburg. “Don Giovanni”, Salzburger Festspiele, August 13th, 2016

Saturday evening in the Haus für Mozart promised long awaited rendevouz with two of outstanding Mozart gentlemen – Ildebrando d’Arcangelo and Luca Pisaroni. I remember seeing previous production of Don Giovanni from Salzburg live streamed in summer of 2014, featuring both Ildebrando and Luca, just before my first visit to Salzburg festival a few weeks […]

When Don Alfonso is in charge: “Così fan tutte” in Salzburg.

Even if this is my third season attending Salzburg Festival, I have not yet had opportunity to see a performance at the Felsenreitschule, thus when I saw that Cosí will be staged for the venue, the decision of the right weekend choice for the festival visit was made, – the performance attended was last this […]

Sad Mozart in Salzburg

WOLFGANG A. MOZART • LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Aug 15th, 2015 Opera buffa in four acts K. 492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Text by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) after Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’s play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro (1778) CREATIVE TEAM Dan Ettinger, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Alex Eales, […]