Showing posts with label Gioachino Rossini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gioachino Rossini. Show all posts
18.7.26

Teatro Nuovo marks bicentenary of Italian opera in America

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Sedona Libero (Donna Elvira), Kevin Spooner (Leporello, right), and Ricardo José Rivera (Don Giovanni), Teatro Nuovo. Photo: Steven Pisan...
29.2.24

Happy 56th Birthday, Rossini

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Fifty-six is no age for a composer and so it is little wonder that Rossini - or at least his music - is alive and well. Born on February 29...
20.10.16

Lawrence Brownlee, classical voice

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Donizetti & Bellini: Allegro io son , L. Brownlee, Kaunas City Symphony, Kaunas State Choir, C. Orbelian (2016) The Kennedy Center i...
19.9.16

At Washington Classical Review

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Charles T. Downey, Washington Concert Opera marks 30 years with a bel canto feast ( Washington Classical Review , September 19) ---, Cr...
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28.3.16

Lawrence Brownlee Returns to Wolf Trap

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Rossini, Virtuoso Arias, L. Brownlee, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, C. Orbelian (Delos, 2014) The last time that Lawrence Brownlee re...
24.11.15

Rossini's 'Semiramide' in Concert

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Rossini, Semiramide (complete), A. Penda, M. Pizzolato, Virtuosi Brunensis, A. Fogliani (Naxos, 2013) ( released on October 23, 2015 ) ...
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3.7.15

Dismally Banal 'Tell' at Covent Garden

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Sometimes it is good to know that you can still hit a nerve. Italian director Damiano Michieletto certainly did with his new production of R...
14.5.15

Tara Erraught's U.S. Debut

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Rossini, La Cenerentola , C. Bartoli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, R. Chailly (Decca, 1993) Charles T. Downey, D.C. Cenerento...
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13.5.15

Second Opinion: 'Cenerentola' at WNO

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Many thanks to Robert R. Reilly  for this review from the Kennedy Center. Tara Erraught (Angelina), David Portillo (Don Ramiro), and Cast...
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11.5.15

In Search of the Perfect Mousetrap: WNO's 'La Cenerentola'

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La Cenerentola , Washington National Opera, 2015 (photo by Scott Suchman) It turns out that Rossini's La Cenerentola is not a very go...
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21.7.14

NSO at Wolf Trap

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Ravel, Piano Concertos (inter alia), J.-Y. Thibaudet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, C. Dutoit (Decca, 1997) Charles T. Downey, Nat...
27.12.13

Briefly Noted: If It Ain't Baroque

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Bel Canto (Rossini, Mercadante, Mozart, Monteverdi, Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti), S. Kermes, Concerto Köln, C. M. Mueller (released on Oct...
26.11.13

Ionarts-at-Large: Rossini in San Francisco

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Many thanks to Robert R. Reilly for this review from out West. Photo assumed courtesy San Francisco Opera, very possibly © Cory Weaver. ...
27.8.13

Briefly Noted: More of Pappano's Rossini

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Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle , M. Rebeka, S. Mingardo, F. Meli, A. Esposito, Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Ce...
2.8.13

Ionarts at Santa Fe: The Lady without a Lake

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Joyce DiDonato (Elena) in La Donna del Lago , Santa Fe Opera, 2013 (photo by Ken Howard) Charles T. Downey, Santa Fe Opera’s thrilling “Do...
25.9.12

Nathan Gunn Celebrity Recital

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An opera star recital can be a wonderful thing, which is why Plácido Domingo established the Washington National Opera's Celebrity Serie...
21.6.12

Operatic Threesome, Damrau Glitters in 'Ory'

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This article was first published at The Classical Review on June 19, 2012. Rossini, Le Comte Ory , J. D. Flórez, D. Damrau, J. DiDonato...
29.2.12

Happy 53rd Birthday, Rossini

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Fifty-three is no age for a composer and so it is little wonder that Rossini - or at least his music - is alive and well. Born on February 2...
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14.10.11

Guillaume Tell

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This article was first published at The Classical Review on October 14, 2011. Rossini, Guillaume Tell , G. Finley, J. Osborn, M.-N. Le...