Opera wouldn’t be influential if it wasn’t for the role of the ‘diva’ (Italian for ‘goddess’) or ‘prima donna’. Its voices, the magnificent sopranos, tender contraltos, and mellifluous mezzo-sopranos are huge driving forces that foster…
HD Live: Met Opera – Nabucco
[caption id="attachment_8583" align="alignnone" width="800"] Nabucco - Met Opera with Placido Domingo and James Levine[/caption] The Met Opera witnessed Placido Domingo and James Levine perform together almost 3,000 times put together and for the commencing of…
Met HD: Don Giovanni with the return of…
[caption id="attachment_8643" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni © Marty Sohl/ Met Opera photography.[/caption] It was Simon Keenlyside himself who told Michael Cooper of the New York Times, “I felt a tick, and I…
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ MetOpera: Live in HD:…
Firstly, it should be said that this is an original production from the English National Opera (ENO) in London. Whilst sitting at the Gate cinema in Notting Hill, I noticed there was barely any mention…
Live in HD: Met Opera – Berg’s Lulu…
“Were it not for those childlike eyes of yours, I should take you for the most cunning whore that ever led a man to ruin.” These are the words Alwa says at the end of…