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Placido Domingo at 80 – A personal appreciation
My relationship with Placido Domingo is special: We are almost of the same age. And Placido is the singer which I have seen and heard in the theater most of all tenors. I became aware of Placido in 1971 when I purchased the LPs with his Don Carlo (Giulini; Caballe, Verrett, Milnes, Raimondi) This tenor […]
COVID OPERA
By now we all know about the enormous impact the Corona pandemic had on opera. All opera houses were closed and some such as the Met will remain closed until mid 2021. But in these dire times the human species showed great resilience and incredible inventiveness. First new forms of performances started to appear. Opera […]
OPERA in Movies – a blog/list
I am a great opera fan as you know. But I am also very fond of movies and I have collected a lot. Opera and movies have always been associated with each other: There are many and great opera films which I have blogged about earlier in Opera Movies – An Historical Overview And there […]
Opera Gazet – A great website for opera lovers
OPERA GAZET a website with opera reviews Flamand Olivier is a reviewer for Opera Gazet Here is an example of his reviews: Nabucco, Zürich 2019 Flamand says: *This is not only one of the oldest opera review website in Europe – it is also one of the best. It covers all important and significant new […]
Cecilia Bartoli in Iphighénie en Tauride Zürich February 2nd, 2020 – A Review
Iphigénie en Tauride by C.W.Gluck at the Opernhaus Zürich on February 2nd 2020 Iphigénie: Cecilia Bartoli Oreste, her brother: Stephane Degout Pylade, Oreste’s friend: Frederic Antoun Thoas, King of Tauris: Jean-Francois Lapointe Diane: Birgitte Christensen Femme grecque: Katia Ledoux Orchestra La Scintilla Chor of the Opera Zürich Conductor: Gianluca Capuano Staging: Andreas Homoki On Sunday, […]
Anna Netrebko Turandot Munich Jan 31, 2020 – Review and Clips
I attended the Friday January 31st performance of Turandot in Munich. My review is here on Opera Gazet You can compare her perfomance with the following clips: Riddle Scene Munich January 2020 In questia reggia Munich January 2020 Or view this YouTube clip of Anna singing In questa reggia on another occasion: (Visited […]
La Cenerentola with Cecilia Bartoli in Zürich Dec 31, 2019 – a review
La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini Opernhaus Zürich performance of Decemeber 31, 2019 Angelina La Cenerentola Cecilia Bartoli Don Ramiro Javier Camarena Dandini Oliver Widmer Don Magnifico Alessandro Corbelli Tisbe Lileana Nikiteanu Clorinda Martina Jankova Alidoro Stanislav Vorobyov There is no recording of this performance. You can view other recording excerpts with Bartoli here. Or watch […]
December Newsletter
Dear friends of Opera on Video, We have got many questions from you about videos which you cannot play properly in your browser. Let me try to clarify and explain and to offer some advice. As you may know Opera on Video links to videos hosted elsewhere such as YouTube, Vimeo, ok and others. Thus […]
Die Tote Stadt Munich 2019 – Review
Die Tote Stadt – A great psychothriller – but no city Performance on November 26, 2019 Bayerische Staatsoper Munich This review was also published on OperaGazet Here is a video (excerpt, documentary, interview) about the performance Paul Jonas Kaufmann Marietta/Marie Marlis Petersen Frank/Fritz Andrzej Filonczyk Brigitta Jennifer Johnston Juliette […]
November Newsletter
In October we added again several hundred of new and historical performances. We offer you now 8500 performances of which over 4500 are full-length. On October 31st we upgraded the operaonvideo.com website to use secure protocol (SSL/https) in order to achieve better operational safety. This should be entirely transparent to you as a user. Should you experience any […]
The great old man of opera returns – Placido Domingo – A review of Nabucco Zürich, October 13, 2019
Nabucco, opera by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 9 March 1842. Premiere of this production at the Opernhaus Zürich on 23 June 2019. Nabucco: Placido Domingo Ismaele: Otar Jorjikia Zaccaria: Vitalij Kowaljow Abigaille: Oksana Dyka Fenena: Veronica Simeoni High Priest of Baal: Stanislav Vorobyov Abdallo: Leonardo Sanchez Anna: Ania Jeruc Philharmonia Zürich Chor […]
October Newsletter
We have now published over 8000 videos on Opera on Video As you know we removed registration and login because of the many hacker attacks we had. With this you lost the Favorites feature which allowed you to save a list of your favorite operas and videos. You can of course bookmark the videos with […]
September Newsletter
We added many videos in August. There are now more than 7800 videos available via operaonvideo.com. Over 4300 videos are full-length performances! Opera on Video links to videos which are published elsewhere in the Internet. As you are probably aware videos are published and disappear again on the various websites. To find the ones which […]
Alcina Salzburg August 8, 2019 – A Review
Alcina: Cecilia Bartoli Ruggiero: Philippe Jaroussky Morgana: Sandrine Piau Bradamante: Kristina Hammarström Oronte: Christoph Strehl Melisso: Alastair Miles Obert: Sheen Park (Wiener Sängerknabe) Bachchor Salzburg Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Stage Director: Damiano Michieletto This staging of Handel’s Alcina was premiered at the 2019 Salzburg Whitsun Festival with the same singers. It was now re-staged for […]
Verona – A tale of Romeo and Julia and the two Annas
Verona – A tale of Romeo and Julia and the two Annas (July 2019) Verona is mainly known for two things: Romeo and Julia and Opera in the Arena of Verona. I went to Verona for the latter: Il Trovatore and Aida in the Arena. Reviews of these later. Arriving in Verona I was struck […]
Verdi Nabucco Zürich Opera June 23, 2019 – A Review
Verdi Nabucco Zürich Opera June 23, 2019 – A Review – This review was published by Opera Gazet on June 24, 2019. Full video of the performance here Nabucco, opera by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 9 March 1842. Premiere of this production at the Opernhaus […]
Wiener Staatsoper 150 Years – a personal hommage
The Staatsoper (as it is called in Vienna) has been present in my whole life. Already in the 1940s as a small child I was very much aware of the “Haus am Ring”. I knew the half-ruined building on the Ringstrasse and I was aware that it was going to be rebuilt. In the meantime […]
High-tech Opera Videos
Video has evolved with new and better? techniques in recent years. There is now opera on Blu-ray disc even in 4K resolution. The 3D fad has faded but there are still some three dimensional operas available. You need a TV which supports 3D. AIDA from Verona is a classic performance and 3D adds some new […]
Massenet Manon Zürich Opera April 7, 2019 – A Review
This review was published by Opera Gazet on April 8. 2019 Fotos (Foto: T+T Fotografie Toni Suter) Manon, opéra in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique […]
Operas with a special place in my heart
Sure I love all opera and I love some more than others but there are a few operas which occupy a very special place in my heart. Well, you say how can one choose between great masterworks and prefer one over the other? Is La Traviata better than La Boheme? Do you prefer Otello over […]
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