Nadezhda Karyazina – Mark Ronan (original) (raw)
Luisa Miller, Glyndebourne, August 2021
Posted on 6 August 2021
Based on Schiller’s play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) this opera deals with the machinations of a local aristocracy on a father and his daughter. The Count seeks to thwart the marriage of his son to the honest Luisa since he has a better match for him. The Count himself got his position though …
Manon Lescaut, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, June 2014
Posted on 18 June 2014
The coldness of Jonathan Kent’s new production, and the barrage of boos greeting the creative team at the curtain calls, contrasted with the huge warmth of the singing and conducting. Antonio Pappano, who has claimed this to be his favourite Puccini opera, fully brought out the vividness and emotion of the composer’s first major success. The …