I saw him as
Jack Rance 2005-09-15, 2005-09-18
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OperaBase
Mark Delevan Home Page (I like his homepage)
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Friday, 30 April 2010
21. Mark Delavan, baritone
I saw him as
Jack Rance 2005-09-15, 2005-09-18
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OperaBase
Mark Delevan Home Page (I like his homepage)
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
20. Adriana Damato, soprano
I saw her as
Lina 2006-03-24, 2006-03-26
Mimi 2010-03-20
LINKS to more information about this artist (agency, schedule etc.):
OperaBase
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
2004 OperaDuets Gala Year
What a wonderful year? 2004: Carreras Gala in Vienna and Verdi Gala in Parma. But more than that Stiffelio in Zurich and Vienna with José Cura as Stiffelio. It was wonderful to see Agnes Baltsa and Josep Carreras together in Carmen, even if it was just the 4 act at the end of the Carreras Gala.
BALTSA
2004-02-27 José Carreras Gala, Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2004-05-31 L'Italiana in Algeri (Gioacchino Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper (Isabella)
2004-06-03 L'Italiana in Algeri (Gioacchino Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper (Isabella)
2004-07-21 Griechische Nacht mit Agnes Baltsa, Ingolstadt (mezzo)
2004-07-22 Griechische Nacht mit Agnes Baltsa, Regensburg (mezzo)
2004-09-25 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Carmen)
I loved her in Carreras Gala as Carmen in February, and loved her as Isabella in May and June, enjoyed her singing Greek Songs in July. And even got to see her as Carmen in Berlin in September, but I only got half Carmen since my flight was delayed from Oslo.
CURA
2004-02-13 Andrea Chenier (Umberto Giordano), Wiener Staatsoper (Andrea Chenier)
2004-03-20 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns), Royal Opera House, London (Samson)
2004-05-07 La Fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini), Opernhaus Zurich (Dick Johnson)
2004-05-09 La Fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini), Opernhaus Zurich (Dick Johnson)
2004-05-29 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Otello)
2004-06-05 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Otello)
2004-07-06 José Cura & Montserrat Caballé, Classic Open Air Berlin (tenor & conductor)
2004-09-26 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich (Stiffelio)
2004-10-07 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich (Stiffelio)
2004-10-10 Buon Compleanno Maestro Verdi, Teatro Regio Parma (tenor)
2004-11-19 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Wiener Staatsoper (Stiffelio)
Can I say I loved it all? Yes, I can. Chenier, Samson, Fanciulla, Otello, Stiffelio and the concert and Gala, was all wonderful.
2004-02-28 I Puritani (Bellini), Wiener Staatsoper
Lord Arturo Talbot = Joseph Calleja
Elvira = Stefania Bonfadelli
2004-05-30 Romeo et Juliette (Gounod), Bayerische Staatsoper
Romeo = Marcelo Alvarez
Juliette = Angela-Maria Blasi
2004-06-02 I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich
Elena = Paoletta Marrocu
Arrigo = Marcello Giordani
Procida = Ruggero Raimondi
2004-07-07 Die Sache Makropulos (Janacek), Deutsche Oper Berlin
Emilia Marty = Anja Silja
Albert Gregor = Pär Lindskog
2004-09-11 Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Den Norske Opera, Oslo
Figaro = Magne Fremmerlid
Susanna = Kari Postma
2004-10-02 Werther (Massenet), Royal Opera House London
Werther = Marcelo Alvarez
Charlotte = Ruxandra Donose
2004-11-06 La Forza del Destino (Verdi), Royal Opera House London
Don Alvaro = Salvatore Licitra
Leonora = Violeta Urmana
NEXT: 2005 Carreras 1 - Cura 11 - other 15
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
2004-02-27 José Carreras Gala, Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2004-05-31 L'Italiana in Algeri (Gioacchino Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper (Isabella)
2004-06-03 L'Italiana in Algeri (Gioacchino Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper (Isabella)
2004-07-21 Griechische Nacht mit Agnes Baltsa, Ingolstadt (mezzo)
2004-07-22 Griechische Nacht mit Agnes Baltsa, Regensburg (mezzo)
2004-09-25 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Carmen)
I loved her in Carreras Gala as Carmen in February, and loved her as Isabella in May and June, enjoyed her singing Greek Songs in July. And even got to see her as Carmen in Berlin in September, but I only got half Carmen since my flight was delayed from Oslo.
CURA
2004-02-13 Andrea Chenier (Umberto Giordano), Wiener Staatsoper (Andrea Chenier)
2004-03-20 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns), Royal Opera House, London (Samson)
2004-05-07 La Fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini), Opernhaus Zurich (Dick Johnson)
2004-05-09 La Fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini), Opernhaus Zurich (Dick Johnson)
2004-05-29 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Otello)
2004-06-05 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Otello)
2004-07-06 José Cura & Montserrat Caballé, Classic Open Air Berlin (tenor & conductor)
2004-09-26 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich (Stiffelio)
2004-10-07 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich (Stiffelio)
2004-10-10 Buon Compleanno Maestro Verdi, Teatro Regio Parma (tenor)
2004-11-19 Stiffelio (Giuseppe Verdi), Wiener Staatsoper (Stiffelio)
Can I say I loved it all? Yes, I can. Chenier, Samson, Fanciulla, Otello, Stiffelio and the concert and Gala, was all wonderful.
2004-02-28 I Puritani (Bellini), Wiener Staatsoper
Lord Arturo Talbot = Joseph Calleja
Elvira = Stefania Bonfadelli
2004-05-30 Romeo et Juliette (Gounod), Bayerische Staatsoper
Romeo = Marcelo Alvarez
Juliette = Angela-Maria Blasi
2004-06-02 I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich
Elena = Paoletta Marrocu
Arrigo = Marcello Giordani
Procida = Ruggero Raimondi
2004-07-07 Die Sache Makropulos (Janacek), Deutsche Oper Berlin
Emilia Marty = Anja Silja
Albert Gregor = Pär Lindskog
2004-09-11 Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Den Norske Opera, Oslo
Figaro = Magne Fremmerlid
Susanna = Kari Postma
2004-10-02 Werther (Massenet), Royal Opera House London
Werther = Marcelo Alvarez
Charlotte = Ruxandra Donose
2004-11-06 La Forza del Destino (Verdi), Royal Opera House London
Don Alvaro = Salvatore Licitra
Leonora = Violeta Urmana
NEXT: 2005 Carreras 1 - Cura 11 - other 15
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
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)
JOSE CURA 2003
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
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From Finland with Love (2002)
In 2002 I saw Carmen in Helsinki, Finland with Agnes Baltsa and Alberto Cupido. It was great. I loved it just as much as Carmen in Deutsche Oper Berlin 2000-02-05. That time also with Agnes Baltsa and Alberto Cupido. In Berlin it was dialogue, in Finland sung recitatives. A few days earlier I had enjoyed Il Trovatore in London with José Cura, Veronica Villarroel, Vladimir Chernov and Yvonne Naef. It was a great month, May 2002!!
I loved my Cura year 2002
2002-05-11 Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi), Royal Opera House, London (Manrico)
2002-06-28 José Cura & Giuseppina Trotta, Dalhalla (tenor & conductor)
2002-07-13 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zürich (Otello)
2002-11-09 Opera Concert, Aalborg Kongress & Kultur Center (tenor & conductor)
2002-11-29 Opera & Symphonic Concert, Konzerthaus Wien (tenor & conductor)
2002-12-13 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns) (dress rehearsal), London (Samson)
2002-12-15 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns), London (Barbican) (Samson)
I loved his Manrico in London, his Otello in Zürich. Was overwhelmed by his concerts in Dalhalla (Sweden), Aalborg (Denmark), and of course his concert in Vienna. I even loved the Rachmaniov. I love Samson et Dalila and his Samson, the only thing for me was that it was just concert and not opera version. But I loved it. The funny thing about me and the Barbican concert was that I was staying in a hotel called Barbican ... and I got really sick. I vomitted over the whole bed. Luckily with a lot of soft drink I never got the dry vomit which I think is the worst of the worst. But it must have been a nightmare to come into the hotel room and be cleaning. I told the staff so that the person would not get shock. Because I was so sick in the night before I had to leave for home I really worried about that travel. But I got a taxi and then I got home and all was well.
My Baltsa year 2002. First Janacek opera for me, Jenufa. 2 times Jenufa, and 4 times Carmen.
2002-03-02 Jenufa (Leos Janacek), Wiener Staatsoper (Die Küsterin)
2002-05-15 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Finland National Opera (Helsinki) (Carmen)
2002-06-09 Jenufa (Leos Janacek), Wiener Staatsoper (Die Küsterin)
2002-06-23 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2002-06-26 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2002-09-29 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
In all it was 25 performances that I saw in 2002. And it was my first time on Inter-Rail. Opera-Rail I called it: Vienna (Jenufa, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Juive), Zurich (L'Italiana in Algeri), Munich (Aida), Düsseldorf (L'Italiana in Algeri, Don Carlos), Zurich (Carmen, I hated it so I left in the middle), Vienna (Carmen *2 w/Baltsa, antidote to Zürich), Dalhalla in Sweden (wonderful, wonderful concert with Cura). That was in June.
In January: Nabucco, Parsifal (Vienna). March: Jenufa (Vienna). April: OperaGala. May was great, and so was June. July: Otello with Cura, Raimondi in Zürich. September: Carmen and Roberto Devereux (loved it, the whole opera this time) in Vienna. November: Two concerts with Cura, one in Aalborg and then in Vienna. December: 2 times Samson et Dalila and La Traviata in between.
Baltsa/Cura in 2003 and more
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
2002-05-11 Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi), Royal Opera House, London (Manrico)
2002-06-28 José Cura & Giuseppina Trotta, Dalhalla (tenor & conductor)
2002-07-13 Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Opernhaus Zürich (Otello)
2002-11-09 Opera Concert, Aalborg Kongress & Kultur Center (tenor & conductor)
2002-11-29 Opera & Symphonic Concert, Konzerthaus Wien (tenor & conductor)
2002-12-13 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns) (dress rehearsal), London (Samson)
2002-12-15 Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns), London (Barbican) (Samson)
I loved his Manrico in London, his Otello in Zürich. Was overwhelmed by his concerts in Dalhalla (Sweden), Aalborg (Denmark), and of course his concert in Vienna. I even loved the Rachmaniov. I love Samson et Dalila and his Samson, the only thing for me was that it was just concert and not opera version. But I loved it. The funny thing about me and the Barbican concert was that I was staying in a hotel called Barbican ... and I got really sick. I vomitted over the whole bed. Luckily with a lot of soft drink I never got the dry vomit which I think is the worst of the worst. But it must have been a nightmare to come into the hotel room and be cleaning. I told the staff so that the person would not get shock. Because I was so sick in the night before I had to leave for home I really worried about that travel. But I got a taxi and then I got home and all was well.
My Baltsa year 2002. First Janacek opera for me, Jenufa. 2 times Jenufa, and 4 times Carmen.
2002-03-02 Jenufa (Leos Janacek), Wiener Staatsoper (Die Küsterin)
2002-05-15 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Finland National Opera (Helsinki) (Carmen)
2002-06-09 Jenufa (Leos Janacek), Wiener Staatsoper (Die Küsterin)
2002-06-23 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2002-06-26 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
2002-09-29 Carmen (Georges Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper (Carmen)
In all it was 25 performances that I saw in 2002. And it was my first time on Inter-Rail. Opera-Rail I called it: Vienna (Jenufa, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Juive), Zurich (L'Italiana in Algeri), Munich (Aida), Düsseldorf (L'Italiana in Algeri, Don Carlos), Zurich (Carmen, I hated it so I left in the middle), Vienna (Carmen *2 w/Baltsa, antidote to Zürich), Dalhalla in Sweden (wonderful, wonderful concert with Cura). That was in June.
In January: Nabucco, Parsifal (Vienna). March: Jenufa (Vienna). April: OperaGala. May was great, and so was June. July: Otello with Cura, Raimondi in Zürich. September: Carmen and Roberto Devereux (loved it, the whole opera this time) in Vienna. November: Two concerts with Cura, one in Aalborg and then in Vienna. December: 2 times Samson et Dalila and La Traviata in between.
Baltsa/Cura in 2003 and more
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010
2001, a great year with a few sour notes
2001, another travel to Spain but one that caused me some unhappiness. March 2001: I wanted to see Parsifal in Madrid with Plácido Domingo and Agnes Baltsa, and Samson et Dalila with Josep Carreras in Barcelona. It is irrational to hate Madrid, Real Madrid and Teatro Real because I could not get a ticket in Madrid. But there it is. I am irrational... José Cura sang Samson instead of Carreras. Maybe the negative experience just made me not able to enjoy Cura this time as Samson. Maybe I was the one with sour notes... One thing that went right in Madrid was that I could get the Coloquio Parsifal with Agnes Baltsa and Franz Grundheber.
In May something else went wrong and right. Wrong was to see half of Roberto Devereux, which I loved (the opera was great). And then it was 2 rights, concerts with Agnes Baltsa, Friedrichshafen and Vienna. In June a great concert in Hampton Court (UK) with Carreras in great form. In September Tosca in Zürich with Cura, Dessi and Raimondi.
In September Josep Carreras gave two recitals in Norway, Stavanger & Oslo. In October it was L'elisir d'amore with Opera Nordfjord sung in Norwegian, and then Capuleti ed i Montecchi as concert in Oslo.
But the year ends in Vienna with Jacobleiter (boring), Gianni Schicchi (fun) and finally A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Agnes Baltsa as Isabella in Vienna on November 19th.
From Finland with Love 2002
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What I loved about year 2000
Not only was it in 2000 that I saw my first Carmen with AGNES BALTSA as Carmen but it the best Carmen, ever. I also loved Baltsa as Despina in COSI FAN TUTTE in Zürich. As Herodiade in Vienna she was magic. Then she was Santuzza in Vienna. What can I say? I love her as Carmen, Despina, Santuzza. Then came SAMSON ET DALILA in Zürich with Baltsa as Dalila and José Cura as Samson. Dream-magic!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agnes Baltsa as Isabella in Vienna on June 20, 23 with Juan Diego Florez as her Lindoro. And my opera ended with Agnes Baltsa again Carmen, but in Zürich with Gösta Winbergh. The only time for me to see the Swedish tenor live. He replaced José Cura who was injured. It makes me sad to think that Gösta Winbergh died in Vienna by a heart disease in 2002.
2000 was also the first time to Barcelona, Spain where I saw Josep Carreras as Sly on June 13, 16. But wait it was more: Luisa Miller (March), Sly w/o Carreras (May),, Rigoletto, Pagliacci, Die Lustige Witwe (June), Lucia di Lammermoor & Werther.
2001, a great year with a few sour notes
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Agnes Baltsa as Isabella in Vienna on June 20, 23 with Juan Diego Florez as her Lindoro. And my opera ended with Agnes Baltsa again Carmen, but in Zürich with Gösta Winbergh. The only time for me to see the Swedish tenor live. He replaced José Cura who was injured. It makes me sad to think that Gösta Winbergh died in Vienna by a heart disease in 2002.
2001, a great year with a few sour notes
For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com
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