Star quality: Sondra Radvanovsky's Rosenblatt debut

By Dominic Lowe, 18 March 2017

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 16 March 2017

Vivaldi, Bajazet, RV703: Sposa son disprezzata

Bellini, Composizioni da Camera: Per pietà, bell'idol mio

Bellini, Composizioni da Camera: La Ricordanza

Bellini, Ma rendi pur contento

Strauss R., Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), Op.10 no.8

Strauss R., Befreit (To set free), Op.39 no.4

Strauss R., Morgen! Op.27 no.4

Strauss R., Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27 no.3

Dvořák, Rusalka: Song to the moon (Mesicku na nebi hlubokem)

Liszt, S'il est un charmant gazon, S 284

Liszt, Enfant, si j'étais roi, S 283

Liszt, Oh! Quand je dors, S 282

Barber, Hermit Songs, Op.29 (selection)

Giordano, Andrea Chenier: La mamma morta

Dvořák, Rusalka: Song to the moon (Mesicku na nebi hlubokem)

Puccini, Tosca: Vissi d'arte

Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano

Anthony Manoli, Piano

Sondra Radvanovsky: un huracán lírico en el corazón de El Escorial

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 18th August

La magia envolvió un recital en el que Sondra Radvanovsky fusionó su monumental talento vocal con sus experiencias vitales en interpretaciones sinceramente profundas.

*****

San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

Lorenzo Fiorito, 10th December

A new Medea at the Teatro di San Carlo presents three distinct visions – neoclassical in the pit, expressionistic on stage and conceptual in the direction – that never fully merge.

***11

Dodging the executioner’s axe: Șerban’s Turandot returns

Mark Pullinger, 19th March

Andrei Șerban’s 1984 staging of Turandot may the oldest production left in The Royal Opera’s stable, but there's life in the old horse yet.

****1

Costume drama at its finest: Andrea Chénier at The Royal Opera

David Karlin, 30th May

The Royal Opera orchestra, chorus and a large cast bring their A game to Sir Antonio Pappano's last run as music director.

*****

Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in COC's darkly grand Medea

Gianmarco Segato, 3rd May

In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece.

****1

Vasily Barkhatov's car crash Turandot opens the season in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 12th December

The Teatro di San Carlo opens its season with Vasily Barkhatov directing a Gen X mish-mash take on Puccini's final opera.

***11

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.