Friday 30 April 2010

Baltsa/Cura in 2003 and more


2003-05-10 L'Italiana in Algeri (Gioacchino Rossini), Opernhaus Zürich (Isabella)
2003-06-27 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2003-06-30 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2003-09-19 Hérodiade (Jules Massenet), Wiener Staatsoper (Hérodiade)
2003-09-22 Hérodiade (Jules Massenet), Wiener Staatsoper (Hérodiade)
2003-02-23 Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni), Hamburgische Staatsoper (conductor)
2003-02-23 Pagliacci (Ruggero Leoncavallo), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Canio)
2003-03-12 Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zürich (Don Carlos)
2003-03-14 Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zürich (Don Carlos)
2003-03-17 Tosca (Giacomo Puccini), Wiener Staatsoper (Mario Cavaradossi)
2003-06-28 Turandot (Giacomo Puccini), Arena di Verona (Calaf)
2003-07-25 Opera Concert, Philharmonie Munich (tenor & conductor)
2003-07-29 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Arena di Verona (Don José)
2003-07-31 La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi), Arena di Verona (Alfredo Germont)
2003-09-19 Hérodiade (Jules Massenet), Wiener Staatsoper (Jean)
2003-09-22 Hérodiade (Jules Massenet), Wiener Staatsoper (Jean)

I loved Herodiade by Massenet with Agnes Baltsa & José Cura. Don Carlo in Vienna with Cura was great. Carmen and La Traviata in Verona with Cura was wonderful. Loved the concert with Cura in Munich. Almost broke my arm in Vienna before Tosca with Cura so I did not enjoy that one. Cav/Pag in Hamburg was good, very interesting, Cura conducted Cav and sang Pag.

2003-02-22 Eugen Onegin (Tsjaikovskij), Hamburgische Staatsoper
Tatiana = Danielle Halbwachs
Eugen Onegin = Jean-Luc Chaignaud
Lenski = Piotr Beczala

2003-03-11 La Favorite (Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper
Léonor de Guzman = Violeta Urmana (mezzo)
Fernand = Giuseppe Sabbatini
Alphonse XI = Carlos Alvarez

2003-04-25 Operagalla (Opera Nordfjord), Sogndal kulturhus
Cecilia Lindwall, soprano
Trine Øien, mezzo
Jørgen Talle, tenor

2003-07-27 Aida (Verdi), Arena di Verona
Aida = Micaela Carosi
Radames = Piero Giuliacci
Amneris = Larissa Diadkova

2003-08-23 Carmen (Bizet), Den Norske Opera (Oslo)
Carmen = Marina Domashenko
Don José = Torsten Kerl

2003-09-20 Il Barbiere in Siviglia (Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper
Almaviva = Juan Diego Florez
Rosina = Enkelejda Shkosa


For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com

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