Don Carlo in Amsterdam: Talented Mr. Decker and Amazing Mr. Maltman

Don Carlo, De Nederlandse Opera (DNO) in Amsterdam, May 13 2012

Director ..... Willy Decker

Conductor ..... Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Filippo II ..... Mikhail Petrenko

Don Carlo ..... Massimo Giordano

Rodrigo ..... Christopher Maltman

Il grande inquisitore ..... Sir John Tomlinson

Elisabetta di Valois ..... Camilla Nylund

La principessa d'Eboli ..... Ekaterina Gubanova

Un frate ..... Andrea Mastroni

Tebaldo, paggio d’Elisabetta ..... Eugénie Warnier

La contessa d'Aremberg ..... Mariëtte Oelderik

Il conte di Lerma/Un araldo reale ..... Rudi de Vries

Una voce dal cielo ..... Lisette Bolle

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Koor van De Nederlandse Opera

Tea at Five with Wotan and friends

Season opener at La Scala season will be the first Ring opera Die Walküre (Rheingold is only a prologue).
This joint new production of La Scala and Staatsoper in Berlin will be directed by Guy Cassiers and conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and it will be premiered on Tuesday, December 7 starting at 5 p.m. (cet). The show will be live broadcast to many cinemas around the world, but also via ever more cool Mezzo-TV.

Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) and Vitalij Kowaljow (Wotan)

While waiting to see this fantastic cast* in action (in an interesting production too!) you can follow the rehearsal vlog this link.


*Siegmund - Simon O’Neill, Hunding - John Tomlinson, Wotan - Vitalij Kowaljow, Sieglinde - Waltraud Meier, Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme, Fricka - Ekaterina Gubanova


UPDATES: 

(Dec 3) 

Simon O'Neill is apparently ill. Frank van Aken is covering for him. Alas,  during the stage rehearsal last Wednesday Frank fainted.  Wishing the best to Frank and to the whole production team!

(Dec 4)

1. Photos of the show taken during dress rehearsals added below [all photos ©AP]

2. Live radio broadcast will be provided by Rai-3 on this link, France Musique on this link...

Talking about Verdi...

Requiem, Théâtre du Châtelet - Paris, October 22, 2010

Brauer, Zeppenfeld, Gatti, Meli, Gubanova, Stoyanova

Daniele Gatti ..... conductor

Matthias Brauer ... chorus dir

Krassimira Stoyanova ..... Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova ..... Mezzo-soprano

Stuart Neill Francesco Meli ... Tenor

Georg Zeppenfeld ..... Bass

Orchestre National de France

Chorus of Radio France

Les Contes de Hoffmann at Opera Bastille

Les contes de Hoffmann, Opéra Bastille, May 7, 2010

Giuseppe Filianoti at his best

Jesus Lopez-Cobos    Conductor
Robert Carsen    Stage Director

Laura Aikin Olympia
Inva Mula Antonia
Béatrice Uria-Monzon Giulietta
Ekaterina Gubanova La Muse / Nicklausse
Giuseppe Filianoti Hoffmann
Cornelia Oncioiu Une Voix
Rodolphe Briand Spalanzani
Jason Bridges Nathanaël
Alain Vernhes Luther, Crespel
Léonard Pezzino Andres, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio
Franck Ferrari Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr Miracle, Dapertutto
Vladimir Kapshuk Hermann
Yuri Kissin Schlemil

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus