| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2013 Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre | Memorable re-visioning of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at the Sydney Opera House |
 “I would ask what the management’s drama has in common with mine. The title? No. The poet? No. The period? No. The place? No. The characters? No.”
This excerpt from Verdi’s legal proceedings against the management of San Carlo, who were trying to foist changes on Un Ballo in Maschera, came vividly to my mind last night at Sydney Opera House. Read full review... | |
| 13-Oct-2012 The Norwegian Opera and Ballet | Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo |
 Vincenzo Bellini’s operas are not among those that are played most often in Norway. This Saturday’s concert performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo was the second ever to take place in Norway, the first being a concert performance in the Oslo Concert House back in 2001. Saturday’s performance also marked the house debut of Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova in the role of Romeo. This was originally supposed to be a full scale production, but due to technical difficulties that plan never came to fruition.
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| 12-Jun-2012 War Memorial Opera House | Verdi's Attila returns to San Francisco… with a vengeance! |
 In an attempt to persuade Attila the Hun to spare Italy from the scorch and burn policy, the corrupt Roman general Ezio says, "Avrai tu l'universo, resti l'Italia a me," ("You can have the universe, but leave Italy for me"). The two warlords were not the only ones who stood to profit handsomely when Verdi’s Attila returned to San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House on Tuesday night in Gabriele Lavia’s new staging (a co-production with Milan's La Scala).Read full review... | |
| 19-Sep-2011 Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre | Opera Australia’s latest La Bohème stands tall among the rest |
 After the untimely passing of Salvatore Licitra, touted the “new Pavarotti”, in a motor-scooter accident earlier this month, I hardly dare suggest anyone as potential successor to the lyric tenor of the finest Italian tradition, lest he be jinxed. Yet, I would be doing a great disservice to Mexican tenor Diego Torre if I didn’t even make a passing mention of his possible candidacy.
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