Switzerland Verdi, Wagner: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra, The Collegiate Chorale, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Film director: Anaïs Spiro. Production: Idéale Audience. Broadcast on www.medici.tv. 25.7.2013 (RDA)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Tremendous Verdi Requiem from Noseda at Verbier (Rebroadcast)
Switzerland Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Maria Agresta (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Movie director: Corentin Leconte. Production: Idéale Audience, – MUSEEC/medici.tv. 1.8.2013 (RDA)
Minimalist Aida In Buenos Aires
ArgentinaVerdi, Aida: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Ayre. Conductor:Ronaldo Rosa De Scalzo, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 16.8.2013. (JSJ)
Rossini Opera Festival (3): Stop Press! The Florez Arnold
Italy ROF (3) Rossini, Guillaume Tell. Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor, Michele Mariotti. Chorus Master, Andrea Faidutti. Stage Director, Graham Vick. Sets and Costumes, Paul Brown. Choreography, Ron Howell. Lighting, Giuseppe di Iorio 17.08-2013 (JB)
Amanda Forsyth (Jemmy) standing and Marina Rebeka (Mathilde) seated.
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Rossini Opera Festival (2):Would You Want This Tough Italian Girl?
Italy ROF (2)Rossini, L’Italiana in Algeri. Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Chorus Master, Andrea Faidutti, Conductor, José Ramon Encinar. Staging by Davide Livermore. Sets and Projections by Nicolas Bovey with D:WOK video design. Costumes by Gianluca Falaschi. Teatro Rossini, Pesao 16-08-2013 (JB)
Isabella –Anna Goryachova
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Rossini Operal Festival (1): Opportunity Makes the Thief
Italy ROF (1), Rossini, L’Ocasione fa il Ladro. Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini. Conductor, Yi-Chen Lin. Staging, sets and costumes, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, rerehearsed by Sonja Frisell. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro 15-08-2013 (JB)
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PROM 45: Tippett’s Midsummer Marriage at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 45, Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage: Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 16.8.2013. (JPr)
A Marriage Of Figaro Without The Fizz
Argentina Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 13.8.2013. (JSJ)