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A recorded performance from Bregenz in 2023 starring Saimir Pirgu, Franco Vassallo, Goran Juric, and Guanqun Yu, conducted by Enrique Mazzola
2021-11-30 13:20:05
[…] squillo for the character, moving between the warmth of the lyric tenor and the transparency of the leggero tenor. His emission is clear, with good projection, and apart from a couple of high notes that lacked a good attack his performance was highly satisfactory. He didn’t however make it into the ‘top ten’ of Liceu’s long history of the part. In the coming performances, the role of Duca will be shared between Benjamin Bernheim, Saimir Pirgu and Josep Bros. Olga Peretyatko, who will be sharing Gilda’s character with soprano Aigul Khismatullin, offered a very good performance. She incorporated with credibility the character’s gentleness and innocence and overcame without difficulty the shiny coloratura passages of her aria. She added dramatic temperament to the duet with the father and crowned the performance with a truly ‘celestial’ rendering of “Lassù in ciel”. Christopher Maltman, remembered at Liceu for his quality Don […]
2021-10-10 08:59:14
Intense and redemptive: Janacek's Jenůfa in the new production at Covent Garden
Janacek: Jenůfa - Asmik Grigorian - Royal Opera House (Photo Tristram Kenton/ROH) Janacek Jenůfa; Asmik Grigorian, Karita Mattila, Nicky Spence, Saimir Pirgu, dir: Claus Guth, cond: Henrik Nanasi; Royal Opera House Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 October 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The abstract nature of Claus Guth's new production leave space for some remarkably powerful performances For all its status as a masterpiece, Janacek's Jenůfa does not perform itself, it requires strong hands on stage and in the pit, from director and musical director, to ensure the best of the opera reveals itself. Claus Guth's new production at Covent Garden takes a daringly abstract view of the work, Guth allows space for some terrific performances to develop. We caught the fourth performance of Claus Guth's production of Janacek's Jenůfa (his first production of a Janacek opera) at the Royal Opera House on Saturday 9 October 2021, Asmik […]
2021-10-03 19:53:26
Anglais - An Eighteen Month Delay but Worth the Wait for Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[…] account of Janáček’s enigmatic score, while the strong cast all round is headed by four superb principal performances. Asmik Grigorian in the title role reveals a sound that feels sweet and pure on the one hand, and yet possesses enough strength and edge to make her portrayal feel particularly impassioned. Karita Mattila, with her rich and full soprano, convincingly conveys the Kostelnička’s conflicting emotions, Nicky Spence produces a tremendously expansive sound as Laca, while Saimir Pirgu’s tenor is immensely striking in the role of Števa. The opera can be watched on ROH stream from 15 October 2021. by Sam Smith Jenůfa | 28 September - 12 October 2021 | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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