The holiday season is fast approaching. Nina Minasyan’s luscious creaminess and lovely elegance as Olympia, the mechanical Christmas doll, are wonderful gifts to give any opera fan. Please enjoy my review and share your thoughts. https://youtu.be/hNXGjxEc1uM
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Start spreading the news, for Lydia Steier’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann takes on a New York setting at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions. https://youtu.be/6ALZERMmFag
Two fabulous and versatile sopranos playing two historical British queens, one who is the pristine, pure-toned, and elegant lyric-dramatic coloratura soprano Marlis Petersen as Maria Stuarda of Scots and the other who is the alluring, noble, and gorgeous spinto soprano Alexandra Deshorties as Elisabetta I of England. These two divas join forces under the Theater an der Wien’s majestic roof. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.