On the same site you can also find the video of the last week concert of Prazák --a brilliant Czech string quartet-- recorded in Cité de la Musique.
3 more infos...
1. For all belcanto fans, a live broadcast of the Bellini's opera I Capuleti e I Montecchi, from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège is scheduled for coming Tuesday, February 2, at 8 pm (CET). Patrizia Ciofi will be singing the role of Giulietta in the new production directed by Cristina Muti (yes, Riccardo's wife). Notice that it is not free. OperaLive will charge 4€ per viewing.
2. This Friday, January 29, at 8 pm (CET), the Pleyel website will let you see the live performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphonies #3 and #6 by The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. It's the year of France-Russia cultural exchange, and you get the best of Valery Gergiev for free ;)
3. Wagnerofiles will certainly appreciate the live RADIO broadcast from Liceu of Tristan und Isolde tonight [January 27] at 7 pm (CET). OK this will be for your ears only... Enjoy!
Shame its not Ian Storey tonight, but I suppose Peter Seiffert will do! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHey cloudintrousers - welcome :)
ReplyDeleteI too wish it was Ian, but I am OK with Seiffert too. On the other hand, I'd rather listen to Isolde by Jennifer Wilson than Debbie Voigt. OK, we won't complain. It's free, it's live, and it's Tristan :)
Peter Seiffert suffered through Act 2, started well in Act 3 and then a vocal meltdown - his voice started wobbling in all registers, and cracked a good dozen of times. Meanwhile the prompter is not whispering him the text - he's shouting ;)
ReplyDeleteNaah, this is getting embarrassing. Tristan is indeed too big a role for Seiffert.
Yes, it was pretty hard to listen to!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the Werther reviews: I saw it last Saturday and wholeheartedly agree it is a very special production (assuming the Act 4 zoom effect of the room was glich-free for you! Will watch it again on Arte to get the proper effect...)