Željko Lučić – operaexplorer

“Macbeth” in London: Netrebko, Lučić and Pappano mesmerize the audience

Saturday night, approaching magnificent Royal Opera House, I was wondering how lucky I have been at the opening of the spring season sale to get a ticket for the upcoming performance of “Macbeth” with stellar cast inclusive of Anna Netrebko, Željko Lučić, Ildebrando D’Archangelo and Yusif Eyvazov, conducted by incomparable Antonio Pappano. Today, while writing […]

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Power and suffering in Rigoletto: Grigolo, Sierra, Lučić excel in Paris.

Going to Paris to see another Rigoletto with seemingly the same cast as just one month ago at The Met did not provide much enthusiasm, the main point of interest being the production directed by Claus Guth. There were also some reservations towards Vittorio Grigolo as The Duke, since last time in London I was […]

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Star cast for Rigoletto at The Met: Lučic, Peretyatko, Calleja, Kocan

Flying overseas for the whole day, rushing through the congested New York city and arriving just an hour before the curtain might get things stressful. Nevertheless, despite tiredness and jet lag I managed to enjoy the last performance of renewed “Las Vegas” Rigoletto with a great cast, starring fabulous Željko Lučić, mesmerizing Joseph Calleja, impressive […]

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Searching for the savage inside. “Otello” by Giuseppe Verdi, The Metropolitan Opera, September 28th, 2015

The cast: Otello: Aleksandrs Antoņenko Desdemona: Sonya Yoncheva Iago: Željko Lučić Cassio: Dimitri Pittas Lodovico: Günther Groissböck Roderigo: Chad Shelton Montano: Jeff Mattsey Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Seguin Production: Bartlett Sher Set designer: Es Devlin Costume designer: Catherine Zuber Lighting designer: Donald Holder Projection designer: Luke Halls The 328th Metropolitan Opera performance That was an evening filled […]