Rigoletto sin joroba pero cojo

By Julián Montaña, 02 June 2015

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“La hermosa voz de Katerina Tetryakova deleitó a todos, es potente y tiene carácter”

Reviewed at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá on 26 May 2015

Verdi, Rigoletto

Katerina Tretyakova, Gilda

Nino Surguladze, Maddalena

Massimiliano Pisapia, The Duke of Mantua

Claudio Sgura, Rigoletto

Gianluca Buratto, Sparafucile

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá

Coro de la Ópera de Colombia

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Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111

Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Eleanor Knight, 12th June

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.

****1

Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

David Karlin, 12th June

Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.

****1

A thrilling Slavic Iolanta from Chișinău

Peter Quantrill, 11th June

Young voices shine in Tchaikovsky's last opera in a new and rustic updating by Moldovan director Slava Sambriș.

****1

McVicar’s Figaro celebrates its 20th Royal Opera anniversary

Dominic Lowe, 8th June

While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.

***11

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Julián Montaña

Julián Montaña es magíster y candidato a doctor en Musicología de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Es profesor universitario y traductor. Trabaja en diversos proyectos editoriales sobre música como Lector Musical, y colabora con orquestas sinfónicas de Colombia y salas de conciertos en Bogotá realizado notas de programa de conciertos.

Un Rigoletto sin joroba pero cojo en el Teatro Mayor