Peruvian sunshine struggles to beat the clouds

Por Dominic Lowe, 30 marzo 2016

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 29 marzo 2016

Mozart, La flauta mágica (Die Zauberflöte), K620: obertura

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Mozart, La Betulia liberata, K118 (K74c): D'ogni colpa, la colpa maggiore

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Cessa di più resistere

Verdi, Nabucco: Overture

Verdi, Ernani: Come rugiada al cespite

Rascel, Arrivederci Roma

Di Lazzaro, Chitarra Romana

Kreisler, Prelude and Allegro

Donizetti, Me voglio fa'na casa

de Curtis, Torna a Surriento

Leoncavallo, Mattinata

Monti, Csárdás

Tosti, L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra

de Curtis, Non ti scordar di me

Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor

Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini

Christopher Franklin, Dirección

Avi Avital, Mandolina

Ksenija Sidorova, Acordeón

Rossini Opera Festival’s clever pairing of first and last laughs

Laura Servidei, 11th August

Rossini’s first staged opera, La cambiale di matrimonio, in a spirited production by Laurence Dale, paired with his late work Les soirées musicales in a successful performance.

****1

L’equivoco stravagante returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 8th August

Rossini’s ill-fated farce finds new life in the intelligent and enjoyable 2019 production by Leiser and Caurier at the Rossini Opera Festival, featuring a great cast under the unwavering baton of Michele Spotti.

****1

Il signor Bruschino in Pesaro: silly farce, but musical masterpiece

Laura Servidei, 7th August

A successful new production of the maestro’s opera buffaat the Rossini Opera Festival with a solid cast led by Marina Monzó.

****1

The beginnings of a genius: Demetrio e Polibio

Laura Servidei, 15th August

ROF presents the first, immature effort of the composer in the successful production by Davide Livermore, with a solid cast led by Jessica Pratt.

***11

Un Flórez sensacional inaugura el Santa Catalina Classics

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 16th July

Memorable concierto inaugural de la segunda edición del Santa Catalina Classics, que contó con la estrella operística Juan Diego Flórez, junto al director Cristopher Franklin y la Oviedo Filarmonía.

*****

Ópera de Tenerife: Grandes voces triunfan en Attila de Verdi

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 23rd November

Ópera de Tenerife presentó Attila de Verdi con un excelente reparto y dirección musical de Christopher Franklin y Andrea de Rosa como director de escena.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Peruvian sunshine struggles to beat the clouds: Juan Diego Flórez at the Royal Albert Hall