Javier Camarena in an exciting concert at the Opernhaus Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 12 July 2020

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“Camarena's joie de vivre... was exploding in every bubbly staccato passage”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 10 July 2020

Donizetti, Rita ou Le Mari battu: Je suis joyeux

Donizetti, La Favorite: Un ange

Lalo, Le Roi d'Ys (arias)

Donizetti, Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal: Seul sur la terre

Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Ah! mes amis

Bellini, Il pirata: Nel furor delle tempeste

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Com’è soave quest’ora di silenzio

Donizetti, Betly: E fia ver, tu mia sarai... Quando ti stringerò

Verdi, La traviata: Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima (encore)

Schubert, Am Tage Aller Seelen (Jacobi), D.343 (encore)

Javier Camarena, Tenor

Enrico Maria Cacciari, Piano

Nadine Sierra shines in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15th February

This first-time Neapolitan performance of Gounod's masterpiece is destined to leave a lasting impression in the audience's memory.

****1

Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale

Mark Pullinger, 17th November

They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.

***11

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

All at sea: Herzog's nautical Pearl Fishers at Opernhaus Zürich

Laura Servidei, 29th June

The Opernhaus Zürich revives a 2011 production of Bizet’s second most famous opera, with Javier Camarena as Nadir.

***11

La Favorite opens the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

Laura Servidei, 18th November

The wonderful Javier Camarena joins Annalisa Stroppa, making her role debut, in a strong cast for a complete original version of La Favorite, in a successful production by Valentina Carrasco.

****1

The Met’s new Lucia: a good idea poorly executed by Simon Stone

Ako Imamura, 26th April

The Met unveils Simon Stone’s new production is set in a working class American town in decline... an interesting concept that ultimately fails to overcome its own cluttered ideas.

***11

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

“Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!” Javier Camarena in an exciting concert at the Opernhaus Zurich