Wiener Staatsoper To Live Stream Donizetti’s ‘L’Elisir D’Amore’ Starring Olga Peretyatko & Dmitry Korchak

Are you free this Sunday and want to see an opera from Vienna? This Sunday, Feb. 26 the Wiener Staatsoper will Live Stream Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” from its Live Stream service. The cast includes Olga Mariotti-Peretyatko, Dmitry Korchak, Adam Plachetka and Alessio Arduini. Marco Armiliato conducts the classic Otto Schenk production which was released on DVD by Virgin Classics a {…}

Manon Lescaut CD Review: Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Deliver Puccini’s ‘Desperate Passion’ in Intelligent Performance

When Puccini set out to write his “Manon Lescaut,” the composer drew attention to his “feeling it like an Italian, with a desperate passion.” Though the comment came in the context of his comparing it with Massenet’s own interpretation of the work, that idea of desperation has certainly played into numerous readings of the work. A look at the catalogue {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper To Live Stream Donizetti’s ‘L’Elisir D’Amore’ Starring Olga Peretyatko & Dmitry Korchak

Manon Lescaut CD Review: Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Deliver Puccini’s ‘Desperate Passion’ in Intelligent Performance