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Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro / Metropolitan Opera, 1985 (2)

(Previous section here.) Figaro is probably the angriest person in this opera. With the possible exception of the count, the most anyone else ever gets, as far as I can tell, is agitated. Which brings… more →

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Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro / Metropolitan Opera, 1985 (2) — 8 comments

earwormopera wrote 10 months ago: (Previous section here.) Figaro is probably the angriest person in this opera. With the possible exc … more →

Tags: Music, Mozart, le nozze di figaro, ponnelle, Raimondi, battle, vaness

Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro / Metropolitan Opera, 1985 (1) — 4 comments

earwormopera wrote 10 months ago: This production of Figaro was designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (it’s distinct from the film ve … more →

Tags: Music, Mozart, le nozze di figaro, ponnelle, Raimondi, battle, vaness

Ponelle's Cenerentola — 2 comments

operaramblings wrote 10 months ago: There’s been a fair amount of discussion of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s film version of Mozar … more →

Tags: DVD Review, Abbado, Araiza, desderi, DVD, guglielmo, La Scala, montarsolo, Plishka

Idomeneo at the Met — 8 comments

operaramblings wrote 1 year ago: The 1982 Metropolitan Opera recording of Mozart’s Idomeneo will likely please those who like t … more →

Tags: DVD Review, Levine, Metropolitan Opera, Mozart, large, Cotrubas, Pavarotti, behrens, Ponelle

La Clemenza di Tito / Burrows, Baker, Popp, Minton, von Stade / ROH / Colin Davis — 2 comments

earwormopera wrote 1 year ago: I bought this on a whim, because the idea of Janet Baker as Vitellia was too intriguing to pass up. … more →

Tags: Music, Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito, Janet Baker, Stuart Burrows, popp, Yvonne Minton


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