CD Review: Oehms Classics’ ‘Il Segreto di Susanna’

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“Il Segreto di Susanna” is an operatic gem; and, in addition, stands as the only composition by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to boast some kind of posterity, however tepid. An opera intermezzo, it takes up the legacy of Pergolesi’s comic “La Serva Padrona,” but at the same time discourses with near-contemporary one-act pieces from the Giovane Scuola. Its musical facture notably sits {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Lidia Fridman, Isabel Leonard & Matthew Polenzani Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will hear new recordings of two famed works, one in the French repertoire and the other in the Italian repertoire. There will also be holiday recordings and some world-premiere pieces. Changing Navona releases Choral Chameleon, under the direction of Vince {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Konzerthaus Berlin 2022-23 Review: Dalinda

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This must be a musicologist’s dream: while digging around in musty books in the quiet atmosphere of the library of a music conservatory, to come upon scores by Gaetano Donizetti and realizing that this is not yet another version of “Lucrezia Borgia” (there had been but, in fact, a different opera. Similar in plot and with music passages strongly reminiscent {…}

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Lidia Fridman Headlines Konzerthaus Berlin’s World Premiere of Donizetti’s ‘Dalinda’

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The Berliner Operngruppe is set to present the world premiere of Donizetti’s “Dalinda” starting on May 14, 2023 at the Konzerthaus Berlin. The opera will star Lidia Fridman in the title role. She will be joined by Yajie Zhang, Luciano Ganci, Paolo Bordogna, David Ostrek, Andrés Moreno García, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Fermin Basterra, Egor Sergeev, and Kento Uchiyama. Felix Krieger {…}

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CD Review: Oehms Classics’ ‘Il Segreto di Susanna’

Lidia Fridman, Isabel Leonard & Matthew Polenzani Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Konzerthaus Berlin 2022-23 Review: Dalinda

Lidia Fridman Headlines Konzerthaus Berlin’s World Premiere of Donizetti’s ‘Dalinda’