Category Archives: OPera

Conductor Riccardo Frizza leads the rehearsal for Norma at the Metropolitan Opera.

NORMA Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. Only the greatest of sopranos are up to the challenge of Bellini’s crowd-pleaser of bel canto fireworks, which is why Sondra Radvanovsky, followed by Angela Meade, is cast in the title role. … Continue reading

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La Traviata in Comic-strip

La Traviata in Comic-strip “Lirica a strisce”, Comic strip opera from Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti – Modena. After all, the characters of this opera can easily compare to the usual “superheroes”… Sample pages…        

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Comic-strip opera in Modena

Lirica a strisce. Comic-strip opera LIRICA A STRISCE is the transposition into comic-strips of the most acclaimed Operas produced and staged by the Teatro Comunale of Modena.  The editorial project came out of the desire to bring to opera a … Continue reading

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VERDI’s 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Verdi’s musical scores anthological itinerant exhibition

Verdi’s musical scores anthological exhibition Organized by the Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Antica e Moderna di Roma, 2013 On the occasion of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the association Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Antica e Moderna di Roma organized an exhibition … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY: Nabucco in Philadelphia.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Opera Philadelphia Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with English supertitles Company Premiere and New Co-Production Starting Friday, September 27th. An ancient story. A revolutionary telling. On its surface, Nabucco is about the epic struggle … Continue reading

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VERDI’s 200th ANNIVERSARY: I Cameristi della Scala Tour the USA

I Cameristi della Scala Tour in the United States October 2013 5 – Charleston 7 – Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium 8 – Providence: 9 – Washington: Library of Congress,Coolidge Auditorium 10 – New York: Carnegie Hall 11 … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY: Chicago Simphony Orchestra’s Macbeth

Celebrating Giuseppe Verdi “Giuseppe Verdi was a composer who expressed the most essential feelings of mankind: love, hate, friendship, jealousy—everything that reflects our life, our way of being human. His music is the mirror of who we are. Each of … Continue reading

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Richard Wagner’s Bicentennial Sparks Effort to Split Music and Anti-Semitism

Hitler’s Favorite Composer Gave Himself Black Eye With Bias By Reuters Former German infantryman Hans Himsel lived through scenes in 1944 at the Bayreuth opera house worthy of the finale of Richard Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” when Valhalla goes up in flames. … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY: Washington National Opera Features “The Force of Destiny”

        Verdi’s  “The Force of Destiny”    Thrust together by fate, three lives become intertwined on a path to ruin. WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello brings her inventive staging to this new production of Verdi’s demanding masterpiece, featuring an exciting cast … Continue reading

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WAGNER’ S 200th ANNIVERSARY: Washington National Opera Features Tristan and Isolde

  Tristan and Isolde In Wagner’s retelling of the beloved Celtic myth and its star-crossed lovers, Deborah Voigt–one of the finest Wagnerian sopranos of our time–brings her alluring portrayal of Isolde to a stunning production featuring an impressive international cast. … Continue reading

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