Thursday, 31 May 2007

Vienna: Johan Botha and Barbara Frittoli in Freudian Otello

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Otello. Vienna State Opera, May 31st 2007. Production: Christine Mieliz. Cast: Johan Botha (Otello), Barbara Frittoli (Desdemona), Falk Str...
Friday, 25 May 2007

Villazon Netrebko Barenboim in Manon Berlin premiere

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Manon. Berlin State Opera. April 29th 2007, Premiere. Production: Vincent Paterson. Cast: Anna Netrebko (Manon), Rolando Villazón (des Grie...
Wednesday, 23 May 2007

Harry Kupfer´s Salome

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The late Danish soprano Inga Nielsen as Salome in Kupfer´s staging Salome. Berlin State Opera, April 28th 2007. Production: Harry Kupfer. ...
Sunday, 20 May 2007

Munich: Tcherniakov with superb Khovanshchina

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Khovanshchina. Bavarian State Opera, Munich. March 2007. Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov. Cast includes: Paata Burchuladze, Anatoli Kocherga,...

Simon Boccanegra in Paris: Introducing Dmitri Hvorostovsky as… himself!

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Simone Boccanegra. Paris Bastille Opera. April 26th 2007. Production: Johan Simons. Cast: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Simone Boccanegra), Olga Gur...
Saturday, 19 May 2007

Paris: Makropoulos Case with Angela Denoke and King Kong

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Makropolous Case. Bastille Opera, Paris. Premiere, April 27 th , 2007. Production: Krysztof Warlikowski . Cast: Angela Denoke (Emilia M...
Friday, 18 May 2007

Konwitschny Lohengrin: Battle in the classroom

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Lohengrin. Royal Danish Opera, January 2007. Production: Peter Konwitschny. Cast: Stig Fogh Andersen (Lohengrin), Ann Petersen (Elsa), Sus...
Tuesday, 15 May 2007

The post-nuclear Ring - Deutsche Oper Berlin

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This is Götz Friedrich´s ”cold-war” Ring from 1984, still in the repertoire at Deutsche Oper Berlin . I attended a Cycle during the second...
Sunday, 6 May 2007

The Konwitschny Parsifal in Munich

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Parsifal. Bavarian State Opera, April 2007. Production: Peter Konwitschny. Cast: Nikolai Schukoff (Parsifal), John Tomlinson (Gurnemanz), ...
Saturday, 5 May 2007

Dresden: Macbeth with Nadja Michael

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Macbeth. Dresden Semperoper, March 2007. Production: Philip Himmelmann. Cast: Paolo Gavanelli (Macbeth), Nadja Michael (Lady Macbeth), Geor...