A triumphant unity: Il trittico in Bucharest

Carmen Topciu (La zia principessa) and Aurelia Florian (Suor Angelica)

Cristina Radu (Giorgetta) and Adrian Mărcan (Michele)

Adrian Mărcan (Michele) and Adrian Dumitru (Luigi)

Silvia Micu (Lauretta)

By Peter Quantrill, 17 June 2024

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“Adrian Dumitru sung a viscerally engaging Luigi with a high-voltage upper register”

Reviewed at Bucharest National Opera House, Bucharest on 14 June 2024

Puccini, Il tabarro

Puccini, Suor Angelica

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi

Opera Brașov

Cristian Sandu, Conductor

Alexandru Nagy, Director

Rodica Garștea, Set Designer

Marian Pop, Director

Valentina Mărgăraș, Director

Adrian Mărcan, Michele

Cristina Radu, Giorgetta

Adrian Dumitru, Luigi

Claudiu Bugnar, Tinca

Ștefan Schuller, Talpa

Florentina Soare, La Frugola

Dan Ionescu, Un venditore di canzonette (a song vendor)

Aurelia Florian, Suor Angelica

Carmen Topciu, La zia principessa

Cristina Coatu, La badessa

Asineta Răducan, La maestra delle novizie, Zita

Iulia Stârlea, Suor Genovieffa

Daniela Surdeanu, Suor Osmina

Geanina Tomescu, Suor Dolcina

Rodica Iuga, La suora infermiera

Anca Moguț, Prima cercatrice

Anca Panait, Una cercatrice 2

Andromeda Nemeș, Una novizia

Aghenie Alexandru, Gianni Schicchi

Silvia Micu, Lauretta

Liviu Iftene, Rinuccio

Mugurel Oancea, Gherardo

Corina Klein, Nella

Marian Rește, Betto di Signa

Lorand Cristian, Simone

Valentin Marele, Marco

Cristina Roșu, La Ciesca

Paul Tomescu, Maestro Spinelloccio

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

Anna Netrebko shines in Vienna’s timeless Tosca

Laura Servidei, 18th April

In a world where opera productions often stray into the abstract, the Wiener Staatsoper’s Tosca offers a refreshing return to tradition – and Anna Netrebko delivers a splendid performance.

****1

Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

Clare Varney, 17th April

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.

****1

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to Gramophone, The Strad and other journals. Recent programme notes have been published by the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Ballet. He also writes about music and musicians for many record labels including Eloquence, Delphian, Signum, Danacord and Brilliant Classics. Once unplugged from his hi-fi, he can generally be found in a London concert hall or at the cricket, and he tweets (sporadically) @PeterQuantrill.