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2023-06-10 00:01:00
Teatro Real. Rossini's Il turco in Italia. June 3, 2023.
Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain. Butaca Paraiso (Seat 13-13, 90 euros).Inside of the Teatro Real as viewed from our seat at the back of the "paradise" section. The auditorium seats 1746, per their website.Story. The story is quite simple. Zaida, a favorite slave of Prince Selim, left Turkey for Italy after being falsely accused of infidelity. She is now with a group of Gypsies. Fiorella, meanwhile, is a housewife bored with her marriage to Geronio. When the Turk visits Italy, sparks fly between him and Fiorella, Selim first offers to buy Fiorilla from Geronio, then threatens to kidnap her. At the end, Selim offers Fiorilla to elope to Turkey together. At the end, Selim recognizes and reconciles with Zaida, Fiorilla decides to stay with Geronio.The simple story is complicated by the role of poet Prosdocimo who is trying to write a story using the events that unfold, Narciso - Fiorilla's servant […]
2022-07-23 05:36:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 23, 2022
Teatro Real Orchestra in US Debut at Carnegie HallThe Orchestra of Teatro Real (the Royal Opera of Madrid), Spain’s national opera house and winner of “Best Opera Company” at the 2021 International Opera Awards, makes its U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall in “A Celebration of Spanish Music” on September 15, 2022 at 8:30 pm.The concert celebrates the music of Spain, with the first half devoted to piano and orchestral music by Falla and Albéniz. After intermission, the program turns to a selection of pieces from zarzuela (a form of Spanish opera) by Manuel de Falla, Amadeo Vives, Pablo Sorozábal, Gerónimo Giménez and Manuel Nieto, as well as orchestral works by Federico Chueca, Falla and Albéniz. Three internationally renowned Spanish artists join the Teatro Real orchestra for this all-Spanish program: guest conductor Juanjo Mena, pianist Javier Perianes, and soprano Sabina Puértolas.The historic U.S. debut of the Orchestra of Teatro Real also marks […]
2021-08-02 19:41:44
Anglais - Castell Peralada: Orlando Brings Together Woolf and Handel
[…] 50 minutes compared to its full duration when including all areas and repetitions, achieved a high musical level. Countertenor Xavier Sabata excelled as Orlando and overcame all the enormous vocal difficulties of the role that Handel created in 1730 for the famous castrato Senesino. Moreover, Sabata, who is also a great actor, gave an ideal dramatic force to the character. Marie Lys was also brilliant and perfectly in style as Dorinda (Virginia), soprano Sabina Puértolas also performed and sang well the role of Angelica (Violet) and mezzosoprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux also didn’t have any issues as Medoro (Vita). Baritone José Antonio López, who mostly sang from behind the scenes, also managed without difficulty the role of Zoroastro. Dani Espasa conducted the ensemble Vespres d’Arnadí, which delivered very well. It is important to highlight that, given that the performance was outdoors in the large dimensions of the auditorium of the […]
2020-11-29 12:52:49
A Life On-Line: Orpheus in suburbia, Paris in the 1920s, Britten and Clyne in Perth,
[…] time, but with its references to empty streets becoming a lament for our own times too. A lovely programme, beautifully sung; next to come in the series is a programme of Brahms and Bruckner motets. [Tenebrae] Also during the week we were able to catch up on Pierre Audi's 2015 production of Handel's Alcina from La Monnaie in Brussels which is currently on Medici.Tv. Featuring Sandrine Piau as Alcina, with Maite Beaumont, Angélique Noldus, Sabina Puértolas, Chloé Briot, Daniel Behle, Giovanni Furlanetto and Les Talens Lyriques conducted by Christophe Rousset, the production was musically strong with superb performances from all concerned. There were cuts but this was quite a long version of the opera, with some dazzling showpieces and a stupendous performance from Piau. Audi's production allowed the singers plenty of leeway to simply perform, though I sometimes found the stage rather busy and the dramatic lighting meant that the […]
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