Sunday, 16 March 2008

Rosenkavalier at the Berlin Deutsche Oper

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Rosenkavalier , Deutsche Oper Berlin, March 15 th 2008. Production: Götz Friedrich. Cast: Elina Garanca (Oc), Christine Schäfer (Sophie),...
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Parsifal on DVD: Wolfgang Wagner´s 1981 Bayreuth production

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Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival 1981. Director: Wolfgang Wagner. Cast: Siegfried Jerusalem (Parsifal), Hans Sotin (Gurnemanz), Eva Randova (Ku...

DVD: Götterdämmerung from "The designer Ring"

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Götterdämmerung . Bayreuth 1997. Production: Kirchner. Cast: Wolfgang Schmidt (Siegfried), Deborah Polaski ( Brünnhilde ), Eric Halfvarson...
Monday, 10 March 2008

Salome in Malmo...with Gwyneth Jones as Herodias

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Salome, Malmo Opera House, March 9th 2008 I honestly thought I´d missed my chances of ever experiencing Dame Gwyneth Jones live. Which is ...
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Sunday, 9 March 2008

Tristan on DVD: Barenboim/Ponnelle Bayreuth 1982

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Tristan and Isolde. Bayreuth Festival, 1982. Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Cast: Johanna Meier (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Hanna Sc...
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Richard Jones with Rusalka at the Royal Danish Opera: Above all a musically splenid performance

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Rusalka premiere, Royal Danish Opera, Monday, March 3rd 2008 This new production of Rusalka ( more information on the production here ) dire...
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New Peter Grimes on DVD: Superb Pountney production from Zurich

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Peter Grimes. Zurich Opera 2005. Production: David Pountney . Cast: Christopher Ventris (Peter Grimes), Emily Magee (Ellen Orford ), Alfr...
Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Deep, deep, deep....

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A most extraordinary CD:  Basso Profundo - the Orthodox Singers Male Choir singing traditional Russian songs as well as orthodox lithurgic ...
Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Berlin: Verdi Requiem with Barenboim, Villazon, Pape etc.

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Earlier this week, two performances of the Verdi Requiem were given in Berlin, with the Berlin Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Barenboim ...
Monday, 25 February 2008

Rolando Villazon speaks about his absence, his vocal crisis and his plans for the future including no heavy roles and fewer performances

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An interview with Rolando Villazon in the March edition of the German opera magazine Opernglas (my translation): Ursula Ehrensberger from...
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