Spain Verdi, Aida: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27 & 28.1.2020. (JMI)
A nicely sung Aida at the Liceu – and the classic Mestres Cabanes sets remain a thing of great beauty
José Irurzun
Happy Birthday in Madrid to William Christie and Les Arts Florissants on their Baroque Odyssey tour
Spain A Baroque Odyssey – Handel, Purcell, Charpentier, D’Ambruis, Lully, Rameau: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Lisandro Abadie (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants / William Christie and Paul Agnew (conductors). Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 15.12.2019. (JMI)
An impressive Amartuvshin Enkhbat proves to be a true Verdi baritone in Valencia’s Nabucco
Spain Verdi, Nabucco: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Jordi Bernàcer (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.12.2019. (JMI)
Roberto Alagna is outstanding in the Liceu’s Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci
(c) A. Bofill
Spain Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, & Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Liceu Chorus & Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 9 & 10.12.2019. (JMI)
Sonya Yoncheva and Javier Camarena are brilliant in Bellini’s Il pirata at the Teatro Real
Spain Bellini, Il pirata: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 3 & 4.12.2019. (JMI)
Donizetti’s Pietro il Grande done in the Rossini style at the Bergamo Festival
Italy Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [3] – Donizetti, Pietro il Grande: Coro Donizetti Opera, Orchestra Gli originali / Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 23.11.2019. (JMI)
Xabier Anduaga is a superb Gennaro in Bergamo’s Lucrezia Borgia
Italy Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [2] – Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Coro Teatro Municipale di Piacenza / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 22.11.2019. (JMI)
World premiere of a rare Donizetti opera in a staged version at the Bergamo festival
Italy Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [1] – Donizetti, L’ange de Nisida: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 21.11.2019. (JMI)
