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GlyndebourneToscaNew production
Puccini: Tosca
Jordan de Souza; Ted Huffman; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Nadja Sofie Eller; Astrid Klein; DM Wood; London Philharmonic Orchestra
FlorenceLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)New production
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Kent Nagano; Laurent Pelly; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
MilanDon QuichotteNew production
Massenet: Don Quichotte
Bertrand de Billy; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Glyndebourne’s first Tosca: vocally strong but imperfect
Ted Huffman brings some interesting ideas to his first Glyndebourne production. Excellent singing is let down by indifferent physical acting.
Puccini and Bartók nightmares at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome
Michele Mariotti and Johannes Erath lead us into the caverns of Il tabarro and Bluebeard’s Castle with two stories of violence against women
Il trovatore proves a masterpiece even without staging
In a reduced concert performance of Il trovatore the drama unfolds with the force of music alone.
Falstaff als abgehalfterter Popstar an der Semperoper in Dresden
Musikalisch war Daniele Gattis Falstaff eine Offenbarung und ein grandioser Einstieg als Chef an der Semperoper. Auch das Sängerensemble nötigte Bewunderung ab. Michielettos Personenführung diente der Komödie gut, blieb aber im szenischen Setting einigermaßen belanglos.
La vida como arte: Adriana Lecouvreur de Summers y McVicar
La elegancia orquestal de Summers y el metateatro conceptual de McVicar perfilaron un retrato biográfico con una protagonista destruida por las pulsiones humanas.