From veterans like Gregory Kunde to today’s superstars like Maria Agresta, how did they all fare in this production of Bellini’s Norma? Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
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Quite an exciting and exquisite cast especially when it’s headed by Jessica Pratt, John Osborn and Paolo Pecchioli. Let’s see how they have all fared. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Five years ago, I hit 200 live music reviews. To celebrate this milestone, I reviewed the Madrid production of Bellini’s I Puritani starring Diana Damrau and her bel canto crew! Cheers to all of you from all of my subscribers, to my family, to all of my favorite singers and to all the artists I love and respect! Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well!
Bellini’s most famous opera makes its debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
How top tier is this concert version of a Bellini cult classic? Let’s find out! Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Passion, mistaken identities, a tragic anti-heroine, madness, gorgeous music and melodies, and a convoluted story rolled into one concert version of a rare Bellini opera. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Francesco Demuro. An Italian tenor known for his dashingly sweet looks steps up to the plate to take on the challenging role of Lord Arturo Talbo. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
It was my first opera night at Paris’s Opéra Bastille and what better way to kick this off than with Bellini’s final opera directed by someone who is very famous for dark, gothic productions. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
There are no mountains, mills, woods, and bucolicism in this production of Bellini’s Sonnambula, just a closed, claustrophobic, rundown motel full of rather interesting people. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
I take myself back two years ago where I caught the concert version of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi, known in English as The Capulets and The Montagues, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin starring Joyce DiDonato, Venera Gimadieva, and Celso Albelo. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.