Marco Stroppa - Re Orso
Opéra Comique, Paris, Tuesday May 22 2012Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. Production: Richard Brunel. Dramaturgie: Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas et Giordano Ferrari. Sets and Costumes: Bruno De Lavenère....
View ArticleRameau - Hippolyte et Aricie
ONP Garnier, Friday June 22 2012Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Production: Ivan Alexandre. Sets: Antoine Fontaine. Costumes: Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz . Lighting: Hervé Gary. Dance: Natalie Van Parys....
View ArticleVerdi - Il Trovatore
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday July 1 2012Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Production, sets: Dmitri Tcherniakov. Costumes: Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Zaytseva. Lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky. Il Conte di Luna:...
View ArticleStrauss - Arabella
ONP Bastille, Paris, Wednesday July 4 2012Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Production and sets: Marco Arturo Marelli. Costumes: Dagmar Niefind . Lighting: Friedrich Eggert. Graf Waldner: Kurt Rydl....
View ArticleBerlioz - Les Troyens
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Sunday July 8 2012Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Production: David McVicar. Sets: Es Devlin. Costumes: Moritz Junge. Lighting: Wolfgang Göbbel. Choreography:...
View ArticleStrauss - Capriccio
ONP Palais Garnier, Paris, Wednesday September 19 2012Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Production: Robert Carsen. Sets: Michael Levine. Costumes: Anthony Powell. Lighting: Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet....
View ArticleWagner - Tristan und Isolde
Salle Pleyel, Paris, Saturday October 13 2012.Conductor: Mikko Franck . Isolde: Nina Stemme. Tristan: Christian Franz. Brangäne: Sarah Connolly. Melot: Richard Berkeley-Steele. Kurwenal: Detlef Roth....
View ArticleBerg - Lulu
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday October 21 2012Conductor: Paul Daniel. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets and costumes: Malgorzata Szczesniak. Lighting: Felice Ross. Choreography: Claude Bardouil....
View ArticleDonizetti - La Fille du Régiment
ONP Bastille, Saturday October 27 2012Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Production and costumes: Laurent Pelly. Sets: Chantal Thomas. Lighting: Joël Adam. Choreography: Laura Scozzi. Marie: Natalie Dessay....
View ArticleHändel - Agrippina
Vlaamse Opera, Ghent, Sunday November 4 2012Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Production: Mariame Clément. Sets: Julia Hansen. Costumes: Julia Hansen. Lighting: Bernd Purkrabek. Video: fettFilm. Agrippina: Ann...
View ArticleVerdi - Otello
Hungarian State Opera, Friday November 16, 2012Conductor: Domonkos Héja. Production: László Vámos, staged by Sándor Palcsó. Sets: Attila Csikós. Costumes: Nelly Vágó. Otello: Marius Vlad. Desdemona:...
View ArticleVerdi - La Traviata
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday December 9 2012Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Production: Andrea Breth. Sets: Décors: Martin Zehetgruber. Costumes: Moidele Bickel. Lighting: Alexander Koppelmann. Violetta...
View ArticleBizet - Carmen
ONP Bastille, Monday December 10 2012Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Production: Yves Beaunesne. Sets: Damien Caille-Perret. Costumes: Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz. Lighting: Joël Hourbeigt. Don José: Khachatur...
View ArticleCherubini - Médée
Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Wednesday 12 December 2012Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets & Costumes: Malgorzata Szczesniak. Lighting: Felice Ross. Video...
View ArticleBlow - Venus & Adonis (preceded by Begin the Song)
Opéra Comique, Paris, Thursday December 13 2012Conductor: Bertrand Cuiller. Production: Louise Moaty. Choreography: Françoise Denieau. Sets: Adeline Caron. Costumes: Alain Blanchot. Lighting:...
View ArticleBallets de Noverre: Renaud et Armide / Médée et Jason
Opéra Comique, Paris, Saturday December 22 2012"Ballets d'action" by Jean-Georges Noverre, music by Jean-Joseph Rodolphe. Created in Versailles and Milan in 1775.Conductor: Hervé Niquet. Choreography:...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2013
Something outstanding from 2012 to see in 2013.(The words "Something outstanding" are actually a link, in case you didn't notice!). From Arias for Marietta Marcolini on Naïve.
View ArticleFrom time to time...
... I may publish a link to something special on YouTube.Today it's to Mozart's C Minor Mass, with Julie Fuchs, Ann Hallenberg, Benjamin Hulett and Markus Werba, under Laurence Equilbey.Plus a...
View ArticleHändel fresh from Moscow
Ann Hallenberg sings "Begone my fears" from Händel's Hercules in Moscow.{Later} An anonymous well-wisher has supplied a link to the whole concert.
View ArticleMarc-Antoine Charpentier - David et Jonathas
Opéra Comique, Paris, Friday January 18 2013Conductor: William Christie. Production: Andreas Homoki. Sets: Paul Zoller. Costumes: Gideon Davey. Lighting: Franck Evin. David: Pascal Charbonneau....
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