Egils Silins, a veteran of both the Heldenbariton and basso cantante repertoires, tackles one of the signature roles that he has been singing for several decades, The Flying Dutchman. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
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Jordan Shanahan continues to conquer the Heldenbariton repertoire with his rendition of The Dutchman in Christian Spuck’s gothic production of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Aigul Akhmetshina, a promising young mezzo-soprano with an exciting future ahead of her, tackles one of her signature roles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Conquering the stage and the screen for many years as an actress and stage director , let us see how Katharina Thalbach fared as an opera director with this particular production of Barber of Seville. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Boasting a versatile repertoire ranging from the comical roles of Papageno and Guglielmo to the more dramatic roles of Telramund and Beckmesser, let us now venture to see how Martin Gantner fared as Kurwenal. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Ekaterina Siurina, a coloratura soprano of such pristinely precise vocal beauty and indubitably immense dedication to her craft, tackles the role of the iconically poignant seamstress with a malady Mimí. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
After so many years, I managed to accomplish one of my lifelong dreams of catching the magnificent and great Sir Bryn Terfel as this monumentally iconic anti-hero tyrant of a tsar. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Fifty years on stage is certainly a milestone for this lyric-dramatic coloratura soprano, who worked her way up all throughout the years. From starting out in some major roles at a young age to her sheer determination in her Vienna State Opera House years to her journeys with Mozart and later Bel Canto to also being claimed one of the Queens of Bel Canto. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
How worthwhile is it to have some Deutsche Oper Berlin veterans in this fine Da Ponte/Mozart opera?