A surprise ending in Staatsoper's I puritani revival

Roberto Tagliavini (Giorgio) and Pretty Yende (Elvira)

John Osborn (Arturo)

Pretty Yende (Elvira) and John Osborn (Arturo)

Por George Jahn, 04 junio 2022

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“in its lightness, her coloratura evoked a pebble skipping over water”

Crítica hecha desde Wiener Staatsoper, Viena el 2 junio 2022

Bellini, I puritani

Wiener Staatsoper

Francesco Lanzillotta, Dirección

John Dew, Dirección de escena

Heinz Balthes, Diseño de escena

José Manuel Vázquez, Diseño de vestuario

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Pretty Yende, Elvira

John Osborn, Lord Arturo Talbo

Adam Plachetka, Sir Riccardo Forth

Roberto Tagliavini, Sir Giorgio Valton

Margaret Plummer, Enrichetta

Carlos Osuna, Sir Bruno Roberton

Ilja Kazakov, Lord Gualtiero Valton

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George Jahn

George Jahn is the former Vienna bureau chief of The Associated Press. During his 35-year career at the global news organization, he covered wars, politics... and opera, reviewing productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival and other houses in Austria and Germany. He has also written for Opera Now and International Piano magazines in London. Those he has interviewed include Matthias Goerne, Vesselina Kasarova, Thomas Hampson and Mariss Jansons. George holds or shares awards for his reporting on U.N. affairs and for his coverage of the Bosnian war. A Canadian/Hungarian citizen, he splits his time between residences in Vienna and Budapest.

Splendid voices, restrained staging, but a surprise ending in Staatsoper's I puritani revival