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This live from the Met telecast from October 1996 of Giordano’s infrequently performed verismo gem is an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to and I highly recommend it. Nicholas Joel’s production is extremely elegant while at the same time being simple and uncluttered. Act I, for example, is dominated by an enormous gilt-framed mirror precariously tilted. I assume that it is a metaphor for the imminent downfall of the decadent aristocracy at the party given by the Contessa di Coigny. The costumes designs by Hubert Monloup are terrific. The prerevolutionary costumes in Act I are simply stunning each one individually tailored for the choristers and major performers. |
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Love Affairs and Heartbreaks
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Death in Venice
Amadeus
Freydís and Gudrid
Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
Rigoletto
La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
La Traviata
The Ring of the Nibelung: The tetralogy in one single evening with actors and marionettes
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Il Trovatore
Owen Wingrave
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Gounod: Faust
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Don Giovanni
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