Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Review of audio described performance of Welsh National Opera’s La Traviata at Birmingham Hippodrome on Friday 20 November – from Vidar Hjardeng For any devotee, like me, of romantic opera, Welsh National Opera’s recent visit to the Birmingham Hippodrome served up some real treats, not only with Puccini’s ever popular Madam Butterfly but also Guiseppe Verdi’s equally loved...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
With opera house attendances falling alarmingly, venues such as La Scala in Milan are trying to titillate and lure the young The image appears to come straight from a horror movie. A woman cries out in pain and anguish, her cheek streaked with blood. Behind her, figures perform an elaborate dance of death. In letters of crimson red, the tagline screams: "Two fell in love, the others massacred...
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
VERDI’S romantic tragedy La traviata is being performed by Burry Port Opera this week.
Culture Chat (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Verdi's celebrated La Traviata tells the tragic tale of the doomed love affair between the boyish Alfredo and the consumptive courtesan Violetta. But who would have thought so many members of the audience at the Empire last night would have...
英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Spotlight: Giuseppe Verdi What was Verdi's last opera? Italian composer of operas Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in 1813. Though he showed musical promise as a youngster, Verdi's early progress was not a given. He hoped to study organ at the Milan Conservatory, but was not accepted to the school, due to what they deemed his inadequate training. So, Verdi studied privately; his pieces met with...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
IF you hear a touch of Verdi or Wagner on the production line at Halewood or Ellesmere Port don’t ignore it – you could be working next to the new Alfie Boe.
the concert (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Before we headed out to Aida last night, I realized that I was going to be adding a new opera to my “list” of works I’ve seen. I’d never actually written them all down, though, so this morning I’ve been going through my memory (and opera company archive websites), and I think I’ve come up with most of them: 67! Not bad, I think. Do any of you do this? Maury ? JSU...
Sheet Music Download (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
I'm a big opera fan, you know. And I was so happy, when I’ve found sheet-music by Sydney Smith some time ago! This author has a few fantasies on themes from operas by various composers. I was deeply interested in «La Traviata». I’ve been right looking for music scores my pupils could play at the concert. And I set my choice on this piece. It contains everything what I needed:...
The Rehearsal Studio (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
The reader of Robert C. Marsh's Dialogues and Discoveries: James Levine: His Life and His Music could easily believe that Levine never met a Verdi opera he did not like. It is interesting that, in this context, Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore only appears on two pages of Marsh's book, confined to a single sentence on each. In the first case the opera seems to be secondary to the man doing the singing:...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Rupert Christiansen warms to David McVicar's production of Verdi's masterpiece
MAALIE (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Ulverston is a small market town in the Furness Peninsular of South Cumbria (Lake District). Once it was a centre of commerce with a busy canal transporting limestone and iron ore to world markets. Today, Ulverston is regarded as the cultural centre of Cumbria, and is noted for its regular festivals and performing arts events in the Coronation Hall. This weekend was the Furness Beer Festival in which...
Nudity In The Arts (Free subscription) | 23/08/2009
'Rigoletto' is one of Verdi's most popular and successful operas, and is believed to have been one of his favourites. First performed at Teatro la Fenice, Venice, on March 11th 1851, it was the first of a trio of operas composed by Verdi to achieve unparalleled popularity (the others were ' Il Trovatore' and 'La Traviata' ). This is Act 1 scene 1 of the Royal Opera House production of " Rigoletto...
Bitch. Ph.D. (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Because I live in the remote hinterlands, I have to put up with a lot of sniffy booshwah from people who think rustic cultural life is, well, rustic. Not from you all, of course. But you'd be surprised at the number of city folks who think entertainment in the countryside is largely goat-ropings, cow-tipping, and drinking beer cooled in the refrigarator on the front porch while surfing Univision to...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Soprano Anna Netrebko (nuh-TREHB'-koh) has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "La Traviata" scheduled for the 2010-11 season.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Soprano Anna Netrebko (nuh-TREHB'-koh) has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "La Traviata" scheduled for the 2010-11 season.
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