Monday, 9 March 2009

DVD: Met Manon Lescaut

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Manon Lescaut. Cast: Karita Mattila (Manon), Marcelo Giordani (des Grieux). Conductor: James Levine. Further information here. Not a product...

Berlin: Success for Angelika Kirchschlager debut as Carmen

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Carmen . Deutsche Oper Berlin, March 8th 2009. Production: Schumacher revision of 1979 production. Cast: Angelika Kirchschlager (Carmen), Ma...
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Sunday, 8 March 2009

Munich: Karita Mattila and Christian Thielemann in all-Strauss program

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The past 4 days (March 5-8 th ) Karita Mattila and Christian Thielemann have appeared together in three concerts with the Munich Philharmo...
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Berlin: Magdalena Kozena in Octavian role debut

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Rosenkavalier . Berlin State Opera, March 7 th 2009. Production: Nicolas Brieger . Cast: Angela Denoke ( Marschallin ), Magdalena Kožená ...
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Saturday, 7 March 2009

Berlin: Embarrassingly underprepared Domingo as Parsifal with Meier, Salminen and Barenboim

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Parsifal. Berlin State Opera. March 6 th 2009. Cast: Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier ( Kundry ), Matti Salminen ( Gurnemanz ...
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Thursday, 5 March 2009

damn, double damn

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Worst possible (well almost) opera news of the week (the season??, the year??): Matti Salminen replaces René Pape in the Barenboim-conduct...
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Sunday, 22 February 2009

Los Angeles Ring 2009-2010

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The 2009-10 Los Angeles Opera Ring will be directed by Achim Freyer and conducted by James Conlon . Rheingold and Walküre opens Spring 2...
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Birgit Nilsson Prize: One million dollars to Plácido Domingo

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The biggest prize (in monetary terms) of the classical music world, The Birgit Nilsson Prize , awarding one million dollars to the winner w...
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Christianne Stotijn: Tchaikovsky romances

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Christianne Stotijn with Julius Drake: Tchaikovsky romances. Released January 2009. Further information here . Dutch mezzo-soprano Christia...
Monday, 16 February 2009

Faust in Berlin: Superb singing in confusing production

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Faust. Berlin State Opera, February 15th, 2009 (premiere). Production: Karsten Wiegand. Cast: Charles Castronovo (Faust), René Pape (Méphis...
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