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2019-06-24 09:28:33
Barbara Hannigan returns to Stravinsky's The Rakes Progress, an opera she knows so well as a performer but now coming to it as a director
[…] at the Opéra-Comique under the baton of André Cluytens while the American première fell to the New York Met in February 1953 conducted by Fritz Reiner.But the noteworthy Glyndebourne Festival Opera production dating from 1975 directed by John Cox with fabulous sets and costumes conceived by David Hockney is the one that slumbers, I should imagine, in the thoughts and minds of most opera aficionados in the UK. The cast was admirably led by Leo Goeke as Tom Rakewell and Jill Gomez (Anne Trulove). And, by sheer coincidence, Glyndebourne is reviving this iconic production next year offering one the chance of seeing it in over a decade. Czech conductor, Jakub Hrůša, will be in the pit with the London Philharmonic Orchestra while the excellent cast includes American tenor Ben Bliss as Tom Rakewell, British bass Matthew Rose as Nick Shadow and British soprano Louise Alder as Anne Trulove. Now Barbara […]
2016-09-29 20:10:30
Geopolitics Italian style
[…] huge head on little Ping’s shoulder. Would an aristocrat let an old beggar—as Ping would perceive Timur—weep on him?) Many unpleasant things have been said on parterre about Marco Berti, so I see no need to be redundant. Joyce El-Khouri (Liu) has a pleasant fluttery lyric voice and a nice float but her long final scene went south, partially because of a surprisingly indifferent accompaniment from Rovaris and partially because of its ludicrous staging. Christine Goeke has become a star after a long struggle with a huge voice that for the first part of her career was imposing but recalcitrant. Still, Turandot may not really be an ideal role for her (although she sang it to praise at the Metropolitan Opera). She has the high notes and they project but not with the sort of impact Puccini seems to have counted on. Her best moment was Alfano’s “Del primo pianto,” […]
2015-06-18 20:49:11
The di.vi.sion trio, Kurt Briggs, on the violin, Renee Briggs, playing piano, and Matt Goeke, on the cello, rehearse in an apartment on Kappock street in Spuyten Duyvil on Monday afternoon. Riverdale's historic Church of the Mediator echoed with songs from 18th-century Austrian composer Haydn, 19th-century French composer Faur and 21st-century Bronx composer Steven Burke earlier this month.
2015-01-26 14:00:23
My one and only
Today’s program documents the only time Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti performed La traviata together at the Met. It is Pavarotti’s third complete performance with the company (he cancelled midway through his second, a La bohème in 1968), the first of the three times he sang Alfredo there, and the first time he sang with Sutherland in the house. Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata Metropolitan Opera Richard Bonynge, conductor 22 October 1970 In-house recording Violetta – Joan Sutherland Alfredo – Luciano Pavarotti Germont – Sherrill Milnes Flora – Frederica von Stade Gastone – Leo Goeke Baron Douphol – Raymond Gibbs Marquis D’Obigny – Gene Boucher Dr. Grenvil – Louis Sgarro Annina – Loretta Di Franco Giuseppe – Lou Marcella Gardener – John Trehy
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