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CologneRolando Villazón & Xavier de Maistre
Guastavino, Estévez, Souviron, Rodríguez
Rolando Villazón; Xavier de Maistre
SantanderLa flauta mágica
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
David Afkham; Rolando Villazón; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Stefan Bolliger; Javier Camarena
Eltville am RheinRolando Villazón / L'Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar
Monteverdi, Caccini, Rossi, Gluck, Cavalieri, Cazzati
Christina Pluhar; Rolando Villazón; L'Arpeggiata
ViennaL'Orfeo
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Stefan Gottfried; Tom Morris; Vienna State Opera; Anna Fleischle; James Farncombe; Concentus Musicus Wien
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L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin
A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.
Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met
Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork.
Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival
Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.
A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche
While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.
Superb cast delivers delights in the Met’s family-friendly Magic Flute
Julie Taymor's whimsical 2004 staging of Mozart's Singspiel continues to please in the Met's condensed, English-language version.
A Haydn rarity: L’anima del filosofo at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival
The festival presents an illuminist take on the myth of Orpheus in a convincing concert performance of a rarely performed opera by Haydn.
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HohenschwangauSchultz, Villazón & Tézier
Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Mascagni, Lehár
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Omer Meir Wellber; Golda Schultz; Rolando Villazón; Ludovic Tézier
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Nadine Sierra reclaims her narrative
Fresh out of her triumphant appearance in La sonnambula at the Met, soprano Nadine Sierra talks about being on a turning point in her career.
A feast of delights at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2023
This year’s festival features a rare Handel opera, led by director and countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, an unusual production of Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo, and a veritable feast of recitals.