- Tomorrow, Thursday June 9 at 20:00 (cet) you can watch the live webcast of Salomé from Opéra Royal de Wallonie. The cast is more than interesting. Curiously the opera will be performed in its original language -- i.e. in French-- with June Anderson in the title role. This show simply must be better than Otello that we were given to see a month ago on the same portal. Here is the link where you can see it (live!)
- New David McVicar production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, that was premiered in May in Glyndebourne, will be live broadcast on http://glyndebourne.com, on Sunday - June 26 at 16:00 (cet). Marco Jentzsch is a superb Walther, and Johannes Martin Kräntzle should be a brilliant Beckmesser. I am not sure if singing as big a role as Hans Sachs was a wise choice by Gerald Finley, but I would be more than glad to be proven wrong. Here is your link.
- New Stefan Herheim production of Eugene Onegin will be live broadcast from De Nederlandse opera in Amsterdam on Thursday June 23 at 20:00 (cet) on Mezzo-TV (Yours Truly will see the show in Amsterdam...) Excellent cast from which our beloved Tatiana Monogarova will be missed, but Lenski by Andrey Dunaev should be a treat to any and every opera fan. The world's best orchestra in the pit will be conducted by the genius among conductors: Mariss Jansons.
- One more interesting live broadcast is scheduled for Friday, June 17 at 20:00 (cet), also on Mezzo-TV, with Roberto Alagna singing the role of Rodrigo in Massenet's Le Cid at Opéra Marseille. Good luck with that production, but at least Alagna will be interesting to listen to...
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Argh, the frustration of not being able to watch Mezzo in the US. Any websites anyone? Eugene Onegin and Janssons - Even being able to hear this would be a treat.
ReplyDeleteGreat news...!! Specially Alagna's Le Cid. Thanks...
ReplyDeleteHi Kannan. Sorry! I asked the Mezzo-TV folks if there is a possibility to receive it via any of the US cable networks, and they said no (apparently discussions to make it available are in progress...)
ReplyDeleteHi Mei! Long time no see. I figure I never listened to that entire opera. I only know two arias and that's it. Don't expect any good production but Alagna is at his best right now so it should be good.
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