Showing posts with label Harteros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harteros. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Live Concert from Salzburg for free

René Fleming will sing several songs by Richard Strauss and a scene from Arabella. She will be accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Christian Thielemann, who will then in the second part perform An Alpine Symphony.

The concert will be live broadcast on Medici.tv starting from 9 p.m. (CET), this coming Monday, August 8th. Here is your link.

From the famous Confiserie Fürst in Salzburg [where you can also find the "real" Mozartkugeln -- the blue ones!]

The program of songs includes Befreit, Winterliebe, Traum durch die Dämmerung, and Gesang der Apollopriesterin.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Munich Opera Festival 2011: Gloriously sung Rosenkavalier with the smell of Mothballs

Der Rosenkavalier, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, July 23 2011

Bayerische Staatsoper House with its pillars dressed in festive stockings

Conductor ..... Constantin Trinks
Director ..... Otto Schenk

Die Feldmarschallin ..... Anja Harteros
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau ..... Peter Rose
Octavian ..... Sophie Koch
Herr von Faninal ..... Martin Gantner
Sophie ..... Lucy Crowe
Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin ..... Ingrid Kaiserfeld
Valzacchi ..... Ulrich Reß
Annina ..... Heike Grötzinger
Ein Polizeikommissar ..... Christoph Stephinger
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin ..... Kenneth Roberson
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal / Ein Wirt ..... Francesco Petrozzi
Ein Notar ..... Christian Rieger
Ein Sänger ..... Piotr Beczala
Drei adelige Waise ..... Evgeniya Sotnikova, Martha Hirschmann, Angela Brower
Eine Modistin ..... Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Ein Tierhändler ..... Dean Power

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera 


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

We will barock you (5): Alcina at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Alcina (in concert),  TCE Paris, November 29 2010

Anja Karteros (Alcina) and Vesselina Kasarova (Ruggero) - photo Herwig Prammer

Marc Minkowski ..... conductor 

Anja Harteros ..... Alcina
Vesselina Kasarova ..... Ruggiero
Verónica Cangemi ..... Morgana
Kristina Hammarström ..... Bradamante
Luca Tittoto ..... Melisso
Benjamin Bruns ..... Oronte
Shintaro Nakajima Oberto .... a young boy

Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble 

Monday, October 11, 2010

Otello at Théâtre des Champs Elysées: Queen Anja

Otello, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, October 9 2010



Daniel Harding ..... Conductor

Ben Heppner Franco Farina ..... Otello
Anja Harteros ..... Desdemona
Franco Vassallo ..... Jago
Alexey Dolgov ..... Cassio
Christina Dalestska ..... Emilia
Emanuele Giannino ..... Rodrigo
Stanislav Shevts ..... Lodovico
Giovanni Guagliardo ..... Montano / Herold

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg - Maîtrise de l'Opéra national du Rhin

Monday, May 31, 2010

New Otello premiered in Berlin: Kriegenburg and Harteros rocked -- Cura and Lucic were great too!

Otello, Deutsche Oper Berlin, May 30 2010



Conductor Patrick Summers
Director Andreas Kriegenburg

Otello José Cura
Iago Zeljko Lucic
Cassio Yosep Kang
Roderigo Gregory Warren
Lodovico Hyung-Wook Lee
Montano Jörn Schümann
Desdemona Anja Harteros
Emilia Liane Keegan

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Mimi Harteros and Rodolfo Grigolo in TCE

I don't like Puccini. I actually hate "La Bohème"! So -you may ask- why the heck I would go to Le théâtre des Champs-Élysées (TCE) and listen to this horrid opera?! The answer is Anja Harteros. I was completely flabbergasted by her Elsa in "Lohengrin" which I saw last summer in Munich: the production was all about Jonas Kaufmann and he was very good, but Anja completely stole the show.
Her voice is big enough, her harmonics are beautifully composed and very different in live from what you get from her recordings, her vocal dexterity is impressive, and she sings all the high notes with an astonishing ease. Combined with Vittorio Grigolo -an excellent young tenor- I had my guarantee for a good evening.



And good it was! Anja was head and shoulders above the rest, Vittorio sang beautifully too,  The Bayrische Staatsoper orchestra was magnificent as usual, the other singers were good too, and so I survived "La Bohème" ;)

Hope Anja will be back here and sing something else [anything but Mimi ;) ]