This was the first time I have encountered such wonderful and illustrious singers, Alfredo Daza, Aurelia Florian, Xavier Cortes Steele, Francesco Ellero d’Artegna, Stephen Chambers and Raul Alonso, in this Verdi rarity at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt.
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A grand success for Kristine Opolais, Katarina Dalayman, Jamie Barton, Brandon Jovanovich and Eric Owens for standing out brilliantly!
One of Györgi Ligeti’s most famous pieces of work comes to life at the Berliner Philharmonie.
We have a star-studded cast headed by Diana Damrau and Javier Camarena. How well do these veterans hold up?
When it comes to playing the hero and the heroines, how do Kerl, Markarova, and Zhidkova fare?
This review, despite its quality, was quite significant to me because it was the first time I saw the magnificent Camilla Nylund on stage in the role of Salome. Supporting her were Gerhard Siegel, Birgit Remmert and Albert Dohmen, truly phenomenal singers of the German repertoire. http://youtu.be/Nxl7IPby_qg?a
I still can’t believe it was just two years ago when I got my free ticket from the lovely Madame Evelin Novak Novak to see Weill’s Mahagonny at the Staatsoper im Schillertheater. I will never forget the time I met up with this radiantly-voiced lyric soprano and she was and will always be a definite treat as Jenny. 🙂
How do the sparks fly with Grigolo’s Romeo and Damrau’s Juliet? Find out in this review!