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2022-06-25 02:14:00
Deutsche Oper Berlin. Andrea Chenier by Giordano. June 23, 2022.
Deutsche Oper Berlin. Parkett 1 Left (Seat Series 9, Rank 22, 82 euros).Story. See previous post.Conductor - John Fiore; Andrea Chenier - Martin Muehle, Carlo Gerard - Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Maddalena di Coigny - Arianna Manganello; Madelon - Stefanie Toczyska.The last Andrea Chenier we saw was in London, in 2019, and the headliners were Roberto Alagna and Sondra Radvanovsky. That was a great performance, and I didn't expect tonight's show would top that (or what I remember of it). It didn't, but came close though.Taken from Opera's website. Top one shows Chenier being tried and sentenced to death.How the rich lived before the revolution.While I suspected there is a sound enhancement system at the State Opera, there is no doubt that here there is none. Given our proximity to the stage, I was quite surprised at how weak some of the singers sounded if they were in the "wrong" place acoustically.Fortunately, […]
2019-10-31 04:51:00
Spontini - Olympie
Gasparo Spontini (1774 - 1851) Julia Varady, Stefania Toczyska, Franco Tagliavini Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, George Fortune RIAS-Kammerchor Männerchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin dir: Gerd Albrecht Orfeo (1987) C137862H DDD Stereo 2 CDs [flac & cue; cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] Review " Spontini's "Olympia" (1819) was his last opera written for Paris, 16 years after his first "real opera" (his own description), "Milton," and 13 years after his masterwork "La Vestale." Based on a story by Voltaire, the plot concerns the rivals Cassander, Prince of Macedonia, and Antigonus, former General in the service of Alexander the Great, for the hand of Alexander's daughter Olympia. Standing in their way, however, is Statira, Alexander's widow, who demands to know who the true murderer of her husband was before she will consent to any marriage. The remainder of the […]
2019-05-17 23:00:00
Verdi- Il Trovatore - Sinopoli
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Julia Varady, Stefania Toczyska, Dennis O'Neill Wolfgang Brendel, Harry Dworchak, Georgina van Benza Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Bayerisches Staatsorchester dir: Giuseppe Sinopoli Orfeo d'Or 2003 - C582032I- 2CD stereo DDD (excellent sound) [flac & cue; cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] Review "Taken from a live performance in February, 1992, this recording by the Bavarian State Opera bears some similarities to similar live efforts from the Vienna State Opera: the orchestra is clearer than usual and it plays very well. In this case, the balance is fairer to the singers than it has been in Vienna, and a good thing, too, because one of them, Julia Varady, is among the elite Leonoras, and is surely the reason why this set is out there, for Stefania Toczyska is merely a solid, slightly (and not inappropriately) rough Azucena, […]
2019-05-02 03:30:00
V. Bellini - Beatrice di Tenda - Alberto Zedda
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)Mariana Nicolesco, Piero Cappuccilli, Stefania ToczyskaVincenzo La Scola, Iorio ZennaroPrague Philharmonic ChoirMonte Carlo Orchestradir: Alberto ZeddaSony (1995) SM3K 64539 - 3 CDs DDD[flac & cue, cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] Review"Bellini’s penultimate opera was received unenthusiastically at its premiere in 1833, and has never attained the popularity of Norma. Early this century it disappeared completely until revived in 1935, as part of the centennial commemoration of the composer’s death. In recent years, its tragic heroine, the wife of a Milanese duke, falsely accused of infidelity and executed at her husband’s command, has been portrayed by such notable bel canto specialists as Joan Sutherland, Leyla Gencer and June Anderson. This dramatically vigorous and well-constructed work contains some of Bellini’s finest and most characteristic melodies, among them a ravishingly beautiful trio, ‘Angiol di pace’. Its neglect for so many years is difficult to comprehend. Zedda conducts an ardent performance, sung […]
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