Gregory Kunde is regarded by many as the most accomplished bel canto tenor on the opera stage today, impressing audiences with his sensitive phrasing, impeccable style and dramatic command of the most demanding roles of the repertiore. A regular visitor to the world's leading theatres, he has appeared at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Theatre des Champes-Elysees and Zurich Opera, and is a favourite artist of conductors including Riccardo Muti, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Alberto Zedda.
| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2012 Theater an der Wien | Rarely produced Rossini at the Theater an der Wien |
 Written in 1819 and belonging to the opera seria chapter of Rossini’s career, the florid score of La donna del lago doesn’t so much respond to as resist its unabashedly romantic libretto. Within twenty years of the opera’s composition Sir Walter Scott’s Highland epics had spawned a further two dozen operatic spin-offs, but far from venturing onto psychodramatic territory as Donizetti did in Lucia di Lammermoor, Rossini only seldom permits the emotional immediacy of an unadorned vocal line.Read full review... | |
