Pérez and Costello open San Diego season

Por Matthew Richard Martinez, 06 septiembre 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Balboa Theatre, San Diego, San Diego el 5 septiembre 2014

Verdi, La traviata: Un di felice, eterea

Mascagni, L'amico Fritz ('Cherry' Duet)

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore (Duet)

Hahn, Other

Heggie, Friendly Persuasions

Falla, Siete canciones populares españolas

Massenet, Manon: Adieu, notre petite table

Gounod, Faust: Quel trouble inconnu… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

Bernstein, West Side Story (One Hand, One Heart)

Rodgers, Carousel: If I loved you

Ailyn Pérez, Soprano

Stephen Costello, Tenor

La bohème en el Real, o las bambalinas del verismo

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 14th December

Los figurines y la escenografía austera de Stewart Laing se contrastan con el ensueño, resuelto de forma notable por Stephen Costello en una maravillosa Che gelida manina, y la réplica, ascendente pero no menos cautivadora, de Anita Hartig

****1

Nucci protagoniza Rigoletto en el Teatro Real

Juan José Freijo, 30th November

Un notable reparto vocal y un cantante leyenda para una producción de claroscuros.

****1

Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

John Gilks, 27th September

Amy Lane’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the COC is eye-catching and enjoyable but doesn’t offer the same level of insight as her Faust last season.

***11

Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met

Susan Stempleski, 11th March

Fifteen years after its Dallas Opera world premiere, Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sprawling epic arrives in New York in a stunning production with a standout cast.

*****

Superb cast galvanizes the Met’s revival of Bartlett Sher’s Rigoletto

Susan Stempleski, 30th September

This revival of the company’s 2019 Weimar-inspired staging of Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece is distinguished by stylish singing.

****1

A stirring Beethoven 9 from Tanglewood young musicians

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th August

The summer festival closes with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra playing Tippett and Beethoven.

****1

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Matthew Richard Martinez

A professional conductor living in Costa Mesa, California, Matthew received Bachelor of Music and MFA degrees from University of California, Irvine. An avid sports fan, when he’s not conducting or listening to music, he can be found cheering for his hometown San Diego Padres.

Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello show San Diego Opera the way forward