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Author Archives: CrewMantle
Romeo and Juliet Roundtable
COMMANDOpera is bringing to readers a roundtable discussion featuring the entire cast of the San Diego production of Romeo and Juliet which premiere’s Saturday March 14. COMMANDOpera has heard it said that an entire hour of artist’s talking and not singing is perhaps not the most worthwhile experience operatically. Nevertheless, the roundtables offered by The San Diego [...]
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The Art of Being a NOBODY
Ask anyone who writes in any forum how they would react to find that their work was copied and plagiarised without due credit and the response would be icy. When COMMANDOpera determined to be involved in the discussion of the art form of Opera, one was advised by no one less then Parterre and Opera Chic regarding how [...]
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The Royal Opera 2010 2011
COMMANDOpera has determined The Royal Opera House Covent Garden 2010 2011 season to be the finest in Europe for the 2010 2011 season. STUNNING casts everywhere: Mr. Roberto Alagna as Radames in the AIDA revival. Mr. Dimitri Hvorotosky as Rigoletto, Miss Eglise Gutierrez as Gilda, Mr. Andris Nelsons conducts Butterfly which stars Miss Patricia Racette [...]
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Paris Opera 2010 2011
COMMANDOpera is impressed with the 19 new productions offered by the Opéra National de Paris. Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra, Diana Damrau as Zerbinetta. The Paris Opera 2010 2011 season is landscaped predominately with European artists. Here is the direct link.
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Withdrawal at the Lyric Opera
COMMANDOpera has been alerted to this announcement moments ago. For those who have tickets, you are duly notified.
German soprano Anne Schwanewilms withdraws from Lyric Opera of Chicago revival of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO due to bronchial infection
American soprano Amanda Majeski portrays Countess Almaviva at Lyric March 9 and 12
American soprano Nicole Cabell will perform the [...]
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Lyric Opera Edition of IDOL
On so many levels COMMANDOpera smiles broadly at this story. Perhaps the most fun is that the Lyric Opera of Chicago is going to New York to poach some Eastern Seaboard vocal talent. COMMANDOpera HIGHLY advises vocal artists in the Tenor range who reside in the New York area to take a good look at this article. A year of [...]
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The Stratospheric Miss Nili Riemer
Photo Credit: Mr. David Neuse.
COMMANDOpera was researching the new season at the Cleveland Opera and found that Lucia di Lammermoor would be opening the season which begins in May. Most striking within the production was the Lucia whom COMMANDOpera had already been aware of and was watching having heard of her uniqueness in range combined with serious volume. The 28 [...]
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Elektra at the Teatr Wielki
Elektra comes to the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw for a run of four performances which commences the evening of March 24th. This is the 2000 production by Mr. Willy Decker for De Nederlandse Opera. For those who are unaware, Elektra wishes to revenge the murder of her father Agamemnon by her mother, who in her [...]
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The Royal Opera 2010 2011
The Royal Opera House Covent Garden will be releasing their 2010 2011 season this Wednesday and COMMANDOpera is aware it will rank as one of the finest offered internationally. COMMANDOpera will go live with an article outlining the complete details minutes after the announcement has been made public.
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Note to Aspiring Vocal Artists
Above is a photograph of an artist who perhaps some younger singers are not aware of. Which is a pity as COMMANDOpera fully appreciates you can not know your crown until you know your roots. The artist in question is the famed Swedish soprano, Miss Birgit Nilsson who enjoyed international recognition as the definitive Wagnerian soprano [...]
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Maestro Wilson Exclusive
As an informational venue, COMMANDOpera owns sufficient gravitas to engage top tier artists directly when the moment demands such a necessity. In this instance, COMMANDOpera will be attending the prima of Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra de Montreal on the evening of March 13th at 8 P.M. COMMANDOpera requested the possibility to speak with the highly acclaimed Italian Baritone [...]
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Mr. Greg Dahl: The Full Package
COMMANDOpera first encountered Mr. Gregory Dahl whilst researching the upcoming Lucia di Lammermoor at the Vancouver Opera. Mr. Dahl will be starring in this Vancouver/San Francisco co production with the white hot tenor Mr. Michael Fabiano as Edgardo and Miss Eglise Gutiérrez as Lucia. COMMANDOpera will be in attendance at the prima of this particular performance. One [...]
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El Palacio de Bellas Artes
Above are three recent video’s from the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. COMMANDOpera is pleased to report the website of the theatre has been updated slightly. Mexico which is celebrating 200 years of independence this year, has determined to refurbish the august theatre which was built to mark its first centennial. COMMANDOpera has gone [...]
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Rigoletto in Dusseldorf
To conclude COMMANDOpera’s trio of upcoming performances in European houses, we alight on the steps of the Opernhaus Dusseldorf where the Deutsche Oper am Rhein is mounting a production of Rigoletto. True to German deconstructionist modern style, this Rigoletto has been attended to by the spare hand of young Franco German modernist, Mr. David Hermann. COMMANDOpera is [...]
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Mefistofele in Rome
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is mounting a production of Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele which will see it’s prima on Tuesday March 16 at 8:30 Rome time. The double cast performances will all be under the baton of Mr. Renato Palumbo who appears to be accepting appearances just about everywhere across the globe. COMMANDOpera marvelled not a little to [...]
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Double Bill at De Nederlandse
De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam is presenting a double bill which will see its prima on the evening of March 5, 8 P. M. Amsterdam time. And on the bill? Mr. Luigi Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero paired with Mr. Bela Bartok’s Bluebeards Castle. This is a pairing not often seen, and worthy is the house who [...]
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Jory takes on the ENO Website
Freelance writer to COMMANDOpera, Jory of ANALOGUE sent an email to advise he would be shortly publishing a review on this venue dissecting the English National Opera website. For those readers from the theatres, this is a must read article as one of this specificity to opera sites has never been authored before. Top tier technical advice on Web Design does not [...]
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Vancouver Opera Nixon in China
Readers of COMMANDOpera are aware of the mesmerising array of marketing artillery the Vancouver Opera utilizes daily. Arriving in today’s crammed inbox was the following outreach which is only of use for local Vancouverites, but oh how one wishes to be there. The actual events on which Nixon in China are based were a thrilling [...]
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San Francisco Summer 2010