Riccardo Frizza – operaexplorer

Soul devastating pain by Sonya Yoncheva in “Il Pirata” at Teatro alla Scala

“Il pirata” by Bellini is another opera I have not had a chance to hear or see before, thus was eager to experience the joy of new discovery, especially with superb interpreter of the lead role of Imogene. The opera itself was a debut of Bellini at La Scala in 1827, nowadays it is not […]

I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20/05/2016

My first visit to Liceu has been planned with announcement of the season almost year ago, and finally after a long wait I was there for performance of the opera I have not seen live before. Bellini’s earlier work is regarded as imperfect, and even if I like it very much, I can agree that […]