Attention: salzburg opera
A disc devoted to the nineteenth-century singer Maria Malibran illustrates Ms. Bartoli’s scholarly stylistic grasp of the music she sings.
The Maestro is now conducting a Beethoven cycle in gorgeous Taormina and he phone calls that Sicilian Competition “a serene oasis” in which lots of youngsters go to the concerts:
Her Elisabetta in Salzburg’s new manufacture of Don Carlo is fairly simply just sublime: majestically phrased, full of nuance, clear of diction and going easily from immaculately floated pianissimo to sterling fortissimo. Her “Tu che le vanità” will take us as near to heaven as we earthlings will ever achieve.
Just another night time, Opera Chic felt like basking from the glory of Pavarotti’s and Struggle’s singing – she watched their Elisir DVD. As wondrous as being the singing is, the visuals are just static, and dusty, and lame.
Salzburg Festival — runs from July 20 to...