Opera Traveller
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Operatraveller.com exists to create truly independent writing on opera. The site aims to present opera criticism that is readable, knowledgeable and that takes nothing for granted. To review the most interesting and stimulating opera, both in Europe and in North America. To present artist interviews that allow the artist to discuss technique as well as approaches to interpretation.
Opera Traveller
1d ago
Strauss – Elektra
Klytämnestra – Michaela Schuster
Elektra – Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis – Elza van den Heever
Aegisth – Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Orest – Johan Reuter
Der Pfleger des Orest – Anthony Robin Schneider
Die Aufseherin – Serafina Starke
1. Magd – Katharina Magiera
2. Magd – Marvic Monreal
3. Magd – Alexandra Ionis
4. Magd – Dorothea Herbert
5. Magd – Lauren Fagan
Die Vertraute – Serafina Starke
Die Schleppträgerin – Anna Denisova
Ein junger Diener – Lucas van Lierop
Ein alter Diener – Andrew Harris
Pražský filharmonický sbor, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko.
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Opera Traveller
1d ago
Wagner – Die Walküre
Siegmund – Ric Furman
Hunding – Patrick Zielke
Wotan – Derek Welton
Sieglinde – Sarah Wegener
Fricka – Claude Eichenberger
Brünnhilde – Christiane Libor
Helmwige – Natalie Karl
Gerhilde – Chelsea Zurflüh
Ortlinde – Karola Sophia Schmid
Waltraute – Ulrike Malotta
Siegrune – Ida Aldrian
Rossweisse – Marie Luise DreßenGrimgerde – Eva Vogel
Schwertleite – Jasmin Etminan
Dresdner Festspielorchester, Concerto Köln / Kent Nagano.Concert performance.
Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany. Sunday, March 24th, 2024.
This Die Walküre marks the next step of the period instrument Ring ..read more
Opera Traveller
4d ago
Strauss – Die Frau ohne Schatten
Der Kaiser – Eric Cutler
Die Kaiserin – Camilla Nylund
Die Amme – Evelyn Herlitzius
Der Geisterbote – Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels – Nikola Hillebrand
Erscheinung eines Jünglings – Martin Mitterrutzner
Stimme des Falken – Lea-ann Dunbar
Eine Stimme von oben – Christa Mayer
Barak, der Färber – Oleksandr Pushniak
Sein Weib – Miina-Liisa Värelä
Der Einäugige – Rafael Fingerlos
Der Einarmige – Tilmann Rönnebeck
Der Bucklige – Tansel Akzeybek
Dienerinnnen, Kinderstimmen, Stimmen der Ungeborenen – Nikola Hillebrand, Sofia Savenko, Lea-ann ..read more
Opera Traveller
1w ago
Bizet – Carmen
Carmen – Gaëlle Arquez
Don José – François Rougier
Micaëla – Sabine Devieilhe
Escamillo – Thomas Dolié
Frasquita – Margot Genet
Mercédès – Séraphine Cotrez
Moralès – Yoann Dubruque
Le Dancaïre – Emiliano González Toro
Remendado – Grégoire Mour
Zuniga – Frédéric Caton
Lilas Pastia – Karolos Zouganelis
Kinderkoor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Chœur de chambre de Namur, B’Rock Orchestra / René Jacobs.
Concert Performance.
Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany. Sunday, March 17th, 2024.
René Jacobs conducting Carmen. Not words one might expect to read, given the acclaim Jacobs has r ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Verdi – Un ballo in Maschera
Amelia – Lidia Fridman
Riccardo – Piero Pretti
Ulrica – Alla Pozniak
Renato – Luca Micheletti
Oscar – Damiana Mizzi
Silvano – Sergio Vitale
Samuel – Daniel Giulianini
Tom – Luca Dall’Amico
Un giudice – Riccardo Rados
Un servo d’Amelia – Riccardo Rados
Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino / Riccardo Muti.
Stage director – Andrea de Rosa.
Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy. Sunday, February 25th, 2024.
This run of Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Regio in Turin is certainly a hot ticket. The fabulously plush auditorium was absolutely packed t ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos
Primadonna / Ariadne – Margarita Vilsone
Der Tenor / Bacchus – Heiko Börner
Zerbinetta – Sara Fanin
Harlekin – Gurgen Baveyan
Scaramuccio – Mathias Frey
Truffaldin – Vladimir Sazdovski
Brighella – Christian Collia
Der Tanzmeister – Andrea Galli
Der Komponist – Sophie Haagen
Ein Musiklehrer – Marcello Rosiello
Ein Perückenmacher – Dario Giorgelè
Ein Lakai – Francesco Samuele Venuti
Der Offizier – Gianluca Sorrentino
Najade – Olga Dyadiv
Dryade – Eleonora Vacchi
Echo – Chiara Notarnicola
Der Haushofmeister – Peter Harl
Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Verdi – Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra – Luca Salsi
Jacopo Fiesco – Ain Anger
Amelia Grimaldi – Eleonora Buratto
Gabriele Adorno – Charles Castronovo
Paolo Albiani – Roberto de Candia
Pietro – Andrea Pellegrini
Un capitano dei balestrieri – Guo Haiyang
Un’ancella di Amelia – Laura Lolita Perešivana
Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Lorenzo Viotti.Stage director – Daniele Abbado.
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy. Sunday, February 11th, 2024.
There’s always a sense of occasion when one gets to visit the legendary Teatro alla Scala. Even more so when one ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Tchaikovsky – Pikovaya Dama (Пиковая дама)
Herman – Brandon Jovanovich
Count Tomsky – Roman Burdenko
Prince Yeletsky – Boris Pinkhasovich
Chekalinsky – Kevin Conners
Chaplizki – Tansel Akzeybek
Surin – Bálint Szabó
Narumov – Nikita Volkov
Master of Ceremonies – Aleksey Kursanov
Countess – Violeta Urmana
Liza – Asmik Grigorian
Polina – Victoria Karkacheva
Governess – Natalie Lewis
Masha – Daria Proszek
Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor / Aziz Shokhakimov.Stage director – Benedict Andrews.
Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater, Munic ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Daan Janssens – Brodeck
Brodeck – Damien Pass
Emélia – Elisa Soster
Fédorine – Helena Rasker
Göbbler / Peiper – Thomas Blondelle
Schloss – Kris Belligh
Orschwir – Werner Van Mechelen
Büller / Ulli – Tijl Faveyts
Poupchette – Soloist of the Kinderkoor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Anderer – Josse De Pauw
Diodème – Jean-Pierre Baudson
Kinderkoor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Koor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen / Marit Strindlund.
Stage director – Fabrice Murgia.
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. Friday, February 9th, 2024.
A world premiere is alw ..read more
Opera Traveller
1M ago
Wagner – Die Walküre
Siegmund – Peter Wedd
Hunding – Ante Jerkunica
Wotan – Gábor Bretz
Sieglinde – Nadja Stefanoff
Fricka – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Brünnhilde – Ingela Brimberg
Helmwige – Katie Lowe
Gerhilde – Karen Vermeiren
Ortlinde – Tineke Van Ingelgem
Waltraute – Polly Leach
Siegrune – Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur
Rossweisse – Christel Loetzsch
Grimgerde – Iris van Wijnen
Schwertleite – Lotte Verstaen
Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie / Alain Altinoglu.
Stage director – Romeo Castellucci.
De Munt – La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium. Saturday, February 3rd, 2024.
And so it continues.&nb ..read more