Cristina, Regina di Svezia
David Beck’s portrait of Christina, Queen of Sweden Every opera composer would like to think that their works will keep being performed long after they die. If only Bizet could […]
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The brave slackliner
Brave, passionate and very talented. This was London’s first impression of the stratospheric tenor Javier Camarena, in one of the delicious Rosenblatt recitals in the Wigmore Hall. Those who knew about […]
Tosca E Scarpia – I wish God exists
It had been long since I last cried watching an opera. Today the traditional, consistent production of the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, London) got that effect. It wasn’t a […]
Liebestod
If Wagner had heard Birgit Nilsson sing Isolde’s Liebestod (Death for love), he wouldn’t have allowed any other soprano to sing it. I’m really certain of this, it doesn’t matter […]
Old Tasteo (ROH vs. COG)
Mario Sofroniou and Jorge Navarro Colorado about to sing under Gianluca Marcianò. The Chelsea Opera Group at the Queen Elizabeth Hall this evening. It’s quite clear that most well-known operas’ […]
