Fourteen angels shine their bright spotlights on the endearingly flexible Arianna Manganello as Hänsel and the lyrically gorgeous Nina Solodovnikova as Gretel. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions. https://youtu.be/i3lPYYBR3X4
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Maria Sardaryan gracefully and elegantly establishes herself as a lyric coloratura soprano buttressed with silky vocal clarity and organized discipline as the Queen of the Night. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Striking again with leonine vengeance as the bile-spewing, dejected, acrimonious nobleman Count Monterone is Byung Gil Kim, who continues to demonstrate unstoppable indomitability as a singing actor. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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.
Gallantry, exuberance, vigor, virility, aplomb, nobility, and regality are the attributes in Andrei Danilov’s dashing portrayal of Prince Tamino, a role he has been singing for over a decade. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Taking center stage as the lovable brother-and-sister duo Hänsel and Gretel are the creamily velvety-toned Karis Tucker and the charismatically silvery Meechot Marrero. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Here is another opera review in honor of my mother’s birthday. This time, I review Marco Filippo Romano’s performance of an oafish yet iconic doctor trying to win over his young ward. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Nina Solodovnikova, a consistently rising lyric coloratura soprano, shines and makes a strong impression as the beautiful and fair Princess Pamina. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.