2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-03-19UTC13:00:26+00:002018-03-19David Pountney’s 2014 staging was revived in Naples with good singing and empathetic conducting.From darkness to light for Rossini's Mosè in Egitto in Naplesen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-mose-egitto-pountney-giuseppini-san-carlo-theatre-naples-march-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngLorenzo Fioritohttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6178https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6178https://bachtrack.com/files/40589-lorenzo-fiorito.jpgLorenzo Fiorito PhD holds degrees in Modern Languages and Literatures and in the Humanities. He is a linguist, a lecturer, and head of the International Area at Online University Pegaso, Naples, Italy. He is a reviewer of poetry, a music lover, and an opera buff.https://bachtrack.com/files/78907-mose-in-egitto-phfsqueglia-0476.jpg510340Carmela Remigio (Elcia) and Enea Scala (Osiride)F. Squeglia2018-Mar-15, Teatro di San Carlo: Mosè in Egittohttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/teatro-di-san-carlo/mose-in-egitto/15-march-2018/20-002018-03-152018-03-20Teatro di San CarloNaplesCampaniaItaly8013240.837957514.2499275http://www.teatrosancarlo.it/it/spettacoli/mose-in-egitto.html?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/39297-teatro-di-san-carlo-logo.jpg4
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-02-03UTC14:47:01+00:002018-02-02When the entire plot is triggered by a freak accident, you can't blame director David Pountney for making Fate itself one of the key characters. Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destinyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-forza-del-destino-pountney-rizzi-williams-jones-cansino-gringyte-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-february-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMark Pullingerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/files/218-1097_4423_markpullinger.jpgMark is one of Bachtrack’s editors and Chair of the Music Section of The Critics' Circle. An experienced opera critic, with a passion for Verdi, he can often be found propping up a standing place at the ROH. He also reviews concerts and dance, with a particular love for Russian and French repertoire. Mark contributes to Gramophone and Opera magazines and blogs at Beckmesser's Quill. https://bachtrack.com/files/75934-la-forza-del-destino--justina-gringyte-preziosilla--photo-credit-richard-hubert-smith-3030-resized.jpg510340Justina Gringyte (Preziosilla)Richard Hubert Smith2018-Feb-02, Wales Millennium Centre: La forza del destinohttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/la-forza-del-destino/02-february-2018/18-302018-02-022018-02-17Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera shook up the house nonetheless.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-06-09UTC10:19:41+00:002017-06-08That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera shook up the house nonetheless.Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beautyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-un-ballo-in-maschera-luisi-radvanovsky-guo-zurich-opera-june-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSarah Batschelethttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/16221https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/16221https://bachtrack.com/files/42348-sarah-batschelet.jpgSarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.https://bachtrack.com/files/61366-un-ballo-in-maschera-george-petean--renato-anckarstroem--c-judith-schlosser-.png510340George Petean (Renato Anckarstroem)Judith Schlosser2017-Jun-07, Opernhaus: Un ballo in mascherahttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/opernhaus-1069/un-ballo-in-maschera/07-june-2017/19-002017-06-072017-06-24OpernhausZürichZürichSwitzerland8008Falkenstrasse 147.36464318.546483500000022https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/activity/detail/un-ballo-in-maschera-07-06-2017-18748/?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/38665-un-ballo-in-maschera-0184.jpg4
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-09-14UTC09:52:40+00:002015-09-12A striking staging of Rossini's Guillaume Tell at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva: well cast, beautifully sung and impeccably choreographed.David Pountney's distinctive Guillaume Tell takes aim in Genevaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-guillaume-tell-pountney-lapointe-geneva-september-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngElodie Olson-Coonshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15745https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15745https://bachtrack.com/files/224-elodie.jpgOriginaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.https://bachtrack.com/files/28126-guillaume_tell_scicolone_lapointe_geneva_magali_dougados_resized.jpg510290Amelia Scicolone (Jemmy) and Jean-François Lapointe (Tell)GTG | Magali Dougados2015-Sep-11, Grand Théâtre: Guillaume Tellhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/grand-theatre/guillaume-tell/11-september-2015/19-302015-09-112015-09-21Grand ThéâtreGenevaGenevaSwitzerland1146.20185516.14257374
Riccardo Chailly kicks off his interim role as Principal Director at La Scala with Turandot, featuring Luciano Berio's ending, a score he knows like the back of his hand.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-05-11UTC10:40:02+00:002015-05-10Riccardo Chailly kicks off his interim role as Principal Director at La Scala with Turandot, featuring Luciano Berio's ending, a score he knows like the back of his hand. Chailly inaugurated at La Scala with a dark interpretation of Turandoten_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-turandot-chailly-la-scala-milan-may-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJames Imamhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6732https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6732https://bachtrack.com/files/40590-james-imam.jpgJames studied Anthropology at Cambridge University before training as a singer at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has since lived and worked in Milan where he indulges his passion for all types of music, though as a countertenor he has a special interest in Baroque opera.https://bachtrack.com/files/9279-turandot_stemme_marco_brescia_rudy_amisano.jpg300476Nina Stemme (Turandot)Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala2015-May-01, La Scala: Turandothttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/la-scala/turandot/01-may-2015/20-002015-05-012015-05-23La ScalaMilanLombardyItaly20121 45.46747481688779.189441204071044
A colour-coded Mosè in Egitto uses the paintings of Marc Chagall to inspire the costumes for the Jews and the Egyptians in this production of a Rossinian rarity.
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-10-07UTC15:32:09+00:002014-10-07A colour-coded Mosè in Egitto uses the paintings of Marc Chagall to inspire the costumes for the Jews and the Egyptians in this production of a Rossinian rarity.Marc Chagall inspires a new production of Mosè in Egittoen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-mose-egitto-pountney-welsh-national-opera-october-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/6833-moses_egypt_miklos_sebestyen_richard_hubert_smith.jpg510339Miklós Sebestyén (Mosè)Richard Hubert Smith2014-Oct-03, Wales Millennium Centre: Mosè in Egittohttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/mose-in-egitto/03-october-2014/19-152014-10-032014-10-05Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-09-16UTC16:13:05+00:002014-09-16Welsh National Opera's new production of Rossini's William Tell shows off orchestra and chorus to their full under Carlo Rizzi's batonRossini's William Tell in fifty shades of greyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-guillaume-tell-welsh-national-rizzi-september-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/6578-wno_tell_david_kempster_richard_hubert_smith.jpg275413David Kempster (Tell)Richard Hubert Smith2014-Sep-12, Wales Millennium Centre: Guillaume Tell (William Tell)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/guillaume-tell-william-tell/12-september-2014/18-302014-09-122014-10-04Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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