After several years of being the flighty Musetta, Elena Tsallagova steps into Mimì’s gracefully humble yet tragically ill-fated shoes, supported by a pristinely consummate Bel Canto technique. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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Aida Pascu, a young and rising full lyric soprano, tackles the role of the iconically romantic seamstress Mimì with gorgeous elegance and great growth potential. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
I ring in 2023 and Three Kings’ Day back at the opera with two singers known for their ambitious repertoires singing the iconic main couple from one of Puccini’s most popular operas of all time. Enjoy my review.
The awesome cast headed by the great and unparalleled superstars Aleksandra Kurzak and Anna Samuil really live up to the expectations and had a ball! Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
This was an afternoon I had with the finest superstars, Teodor Ilincai, Markus Brück, Noel Bouley, Tobias Kehrer, Martina Welschenbach and Alexandra Hutton, who all embodied the main roles to the best of their abilities! Kudos and tight hugs to all of you! You all deserve it! Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
A review of Puccini’s most beloved and popular operas of all time and boy did I love everything about it at the Royal Opera House. With a cast of strong principal performers and a very detailed production, this was a very memorable evening for opera. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
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.
How did these two pairs of Italianate singers, the delicately charming lyric tenor Francesco Demuro as Rodolfo and the gorgeously alluring lyric soprano Mariangela Sicilia as Mimí, plus the robust, charismatic, virile and bold dramatic baritone Nicola Alaimo as Marcello and the excitingly magical lyric coloratura soprano Hasmik Torosyan as Musetta, fare as the iconic pairs of lovers in this Puccini magnum opus? Find out in this review and let me know your opinions as well.
We’re ringing in the new year with two pairs of lovers, a musician, and a philosopher, who in turn are the main characters of this über-popular Puccini opera. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
It is the night before I leave for Helsinki for my Christmas and New Year’s break. So, what better way to greet my holiday than with a soprano I read a lot about online, yet have not seen nor heard her live, the fine, young lirico-spinto soprano, Signorina Elena Guseva. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.