There is no better opera to honor my mother’s birthday than Beethoven’s only opera about a woman rescuing her husband from being a political prisoner, with a production that transports the action to modern times. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sally Matthews, a lyric soprano renowned for both her lyric and coloratura work predominantly in Mozart, tackles Beethoven’s iconic heroine who is a paradigm for unconditionally conjugal love, justice for the innocent, and liberty from oppression. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
After seven years of refurbishing, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden is back in town to reopen her grand gates with this uplifting Beethoven symphony headed by Herr Daniel Barenboim and starring such invigorating soloists like Frau Diana Damrau, Frau Okka von der Damerau, Herr Burkhard Fritz, and Herr René Pape. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
A charming, young singer makes her Met debut surrounded by veterans in Beethoven’s only opera. How will it go?