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OTELLO saved by the performers at the MET

Posted on May 18, 2016 by editoreusa

REVIEW BY TIZIANO THOMAS DOSSENA This ostensibly new production (it started in September of last year) of Verdi’s Otello at the Metropolitan Opera could have been the greatest pleasant surprise if only… Well, that is not how I would want … Continue reading →

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Boismortier : “Don Quixote visits the Duchess” at the Chateau de Versailles

Posted on May 16, 2016 by editoreusa

In 1743, two years before Rameau imagined Platée, Boismortier had an extraordinarily modern and preposterous « comic ballet » performed at the Académie royale de musique : Don Quixote visits the Duchess. In the course of a totally hysterical plot, the hero encounters monsters, magicians, … Continue reading →

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La Fanciulla Del West at La Scala di Milano

Posted on May 14, 2016 by editoreusa

LIBRETTO OF THE OPERA

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Don Carlo at the San Francisco Opera

Posted on May 6, 2016 by editoreusa

At the time of Spain’s brutal Inquisition, the king of Spain marries the woman his son loves and sets into motion a tension-filled chain of events. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts this magnificent tale of romantic triangles, political idealism and … Continue reading →

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Turandot in Norway with the phenomenal Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs ( updated with more images and a video)

Posted on May 4, 2016 by editoreusa

In Puccini’s opera, Princess Turandot  has sworn never to marry any man unless he can correctly answer her three riddles. Captivated by her beauty, the unknown Prince Calàf takes up the challenge, well aware that the untouchable ice princess has … Continue reading →

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Das Rheingold in Frankfurt

Posted on April 29, 2016 by editoreusa

DAS RHEINGOLD Richard Wagner 1813 – 1883 Libretto by the composer First performed September 22nd 1869, Royal Court and National Theatre Munich First performance as part of the Ring des Nibelungen 13th August 1876, Bayreuth Sung in German with German … Continue reading →

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Otello at the MET

Posted on April 29, 2016 by editoreusa

New Production Sep 21 2015- May 6 2016 Director Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi’s masterful Otello, which opened the Met season last September, returns for a second run, with Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role and Željko Lučić as … Continue reading →

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Carmen at the San Francisco Opera

Posted on April 27, 2016 by editoreusa

The ultimate femme fatale returns in a provocative staging by director Calixto Bieito in his long-awaited U.S. opera debut. Set in the arid earthiness of post-Franco Spain, Bieito’s raw and cinematic vision of Carmen unabashedly provokes the intense emotions pulsing … Continue reading →

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La Cena Delle Beffe at La Scala Theater in Milan

Posted on April 23, 2016 by editoreusa

From 3 April to 7 May 2016 Umberto Giordano Teatro alla Scala Orchestra New Teatro alla Scala Production Running Time: 2 hours intermission included Conductor Carlo Rizzi Staging Mario Martone Sets Margherita Palli Costumes Ursula Patzak Lights Pasquale Mari CAST Giannetto Malespini Marco Berti Ginevra … Continue reading →

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Second World Performance ever! “L’Oristeo” by Francesco Cavalli AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF MARSEILLE, LA CRIEE

Posted on April 20, 2016 by editoreusa

L’Oristeo FRANCESCO CAVALLI Friday March 11th, 2016 > 8:00PM Sunday March 13th, 2016 > 3:00PM With its oriental subject matter, Oristeo, when first written, launched a new form of typically Venetian-style freedom in the creative process. So it will be … Continue reading →

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