Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, like “Il Trovatore”, the opera that immediately followed it, has had popular approval from its very first performances. With one of the most familiar arias in all of Italian opera, the lead tenor’s La donna e mobile, and a succession of familiar and infectious musical numbers, its position at the very core of [...]
Entries from March 2009
Power Verdi: Ataneli, Vargicova Excel in San Diego Opera “Rigoletto” – March 28, 2009
March 31st, 2009
Tags: 2005-2012: William's Reviews
Middle Verdi Masterpieces in the American Southwest 2009
March 23rd, 2009
From time to time this website highlights upcoming performances of operas along various themes – such as our features on performances of Belle Epoque French Operas, or those of Benjamin Britten, or of Bizet’s “Pearl Fishers”, or of productions this website has reviewed favorably. With this posting, we cite upcoming performances of the three towering [...]
Tags: Quests and Anticipations
Two Liberated, Feisty Women Seduce Santa Barbara in 2009 Opera Festival
March 20th, 2009
As if an opera lover needed yet another legitimate excuse to repair to America’s lush, green Riviera Coast in Santa Barbara, Opera Santa Barbara unveiled its 2009 Opera Festival Season at their new venue in the grandly restored old Granada Theatre replacing their former (but very intimate) Lobero Theatre location not far away. [Below: the [...]
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