It is out with the Middle-Age fairs and in with the 1990s to 2000s Croc shoes in Jossie Wieler’s, Anna Viebrock’s, and Sergio Morabito’s production Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Elena Tsallagova
How did Gabriela Scherer tackle the title role of Strauss’s Arabella, as she ended up singing the subsequent performances after the premiere? Find out in my review and please let me know your opinions as well.
A bizarrely confusing Regietheater production of Strauss’s Arabella made its premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin three days ago with a cast of both veterans and fresh-faced singers. Enjoy my review and please let me know your opinions as well.
With an ever-strengthening vocal presence, heaps of discipline, and a phenomenal technique by his side, how did Alfred Kim fare as Calaf, a role he has been specializing for many years? Find out in my review.
Coming into his own in the leading tenor roles is none other than Attilio Glaser, whose career has been opening new doors especially with this iconic poet in love. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Boasting such a vast repertoire from playing vibrant young men to sexy, sumptuous, sinuous seductresses, how did this mezzo-soprano fare in one of her signature roles? Enjoy my review to find out and let me know your opinions as well.
A brilliant full lyric tenor with a growing repertoire rises to the challenge to take on the delightfully despicable Duke of Mantua. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
This production of Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims may be an acquired taste, but it was definitely a vocal extravaganza from all of the singing superstars, whose efforts cannot and should not be ignored in the slightest. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
This was yet another historical piece of work from Meyerbeer to add to my accomplishments of operas I have been longing to review for the longest time. The question remains, how well does this illustrious cast headed by Gregory Kunde, Clementine Margaine, Elena Tsallagova, Derek Welton, Noel Bouley, Andrew Dickinson, and Seth Carico stack up? Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Two superb singers, one down-to-earth actor, and a fine pianist. How great can this get?