La traviata de McVicar triunfa en Barcelona

By Miquel Martínez, 12 July 2015

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“McVicar huye de todo lo superfluo para mostrarnos la historia de Violetta y Alfredo”

Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 9 July 2015

Verdi, La traviata

Evelino Pidò, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Tanya McCallin, Set Designer

Anita Hartig, Violetta Valéry

Ismael Jordi, Alfredo Germont

Leo Nucci, Giorgio Germont

Miren Urbieta-Vega, Annina

Gemma Coma-Alabert, Flora Bervoix

Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Gastone de Letorières

Toni Marsol, Baron Douphol

Fernando Javier Radó, Dr Grenvil

Marc Canturri, Marquis d'Obigny

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 1st February

Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.

*****

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 25th January

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

****1

The Magic Flute returns in triumph to the Royal Opera House

Christopher Woodley, 10th October

Sir David McVicar's classic staging of The Magic Flute, now over 20 years old, shines afresh in a stylish performance conducted by Marie Jacquot, making her Covent Garden debut.

****1

Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 31st July

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

****1

Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 21st June

McVicar’s most successful Ring chapter yet: Siegfried convinces with beautiful imagery and a stellar cast, with Alexander Soddy at the baton.

****1

Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring

David Karlin, 23rd May

Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere.

***11

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Miquel Martínez

Miquel Martínez es Profesor Superior de percusión por el Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona, y cursa el Postgrado en la Musikhochschule de Würzburg. Es también Máster en Música como Arte Interdisciplinario por la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Colabora con orquestas españolas como la Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, la Orquesta de Navarra o la Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu. En la actualidad es músico invitado para las temporadas 13/14 y 14/15 en la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Apasionado por el repertorio orquestal, la música contemporánea y la ópera, ha diseñado programas para la dinamización y difusión de la música clásica.

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