Celebrating the great Giuseppe Verdi!
The final scene of Abigaille from “Nabucco” by G. Verdi
Author: theoperaviews
Maria Callas and Gisele Bündchen – an ideal for every casting director.
A modern “Diva” for me is the one who always comes as the first to the theatre and leaves as the last after the performance. The one, who is best prepared for the role, easy to talk to, always able to learn new ideas from good conductors and stage directors.
Sex, Love, Drugs and lots of Action!
Carmen. The chronicle of proclaimed murder!
A stirring performance of G. Bizet´s “Carmen” at the MMA in Munich, Germany
Premiere on September 2nd, 2017
Give me a kiss, my Love!
British director Graham Vick based his interpretation on two theses: First, Otello should not necessarily be sung by a black-painted white tenor and second, that one should have zero compassion for him. Thus, in this staging, all singers are white, and Otello is portrayed as a cold-blooded killer, whose killing of Desdemona was nothing more than as a long-term planned honour murder.
At the Epicentre of the Extraordinary
At the Epicentre of the Extraordinary. An Interview with Markus Hinterhäuser.
Westside story à la Wagner with happy end!
Dressed in the leather jacket, with large earphones and strumming on his guitar Wolfram von Stolzing reminds the Bernstein’s´ Tony. Jonas Kaufmann gives in this production his Stolzing debut and portrays a naive, warm-hearted, unconscious of his talents young men.
Nobody is asleep in Bregenz
Turandot at the Bregenz Festival August 2015 and 2016 By Oxana Arkaeva Fotos:; @Bregenzer Festspiele This year’s Summer Opera Festival in Austrian town Bregenz presented a varied and hugely attended anniversary season. Located at the picturesque site of the Constance Lake marking the three countries borders of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It acts as a…