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Voices Off: Famous examples of offstage voices in opera
Emily Magee and Michaela Schuster in Die Frau ohne Schatten, La Scala, Milan, 2013 © Monika Rittershaus/Teatro alla Scala Live opera is as much about enjoying the visual spectacle as listening. But...
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Recommended recordings: May 2015
Antonio Pappano at ROH Insights ©ROH/Sim Canetty-Clarke 2012 Il trittico (CD – Warner Classics) The three disparate musical canvases that make up Puccini’s operatic triptych require the most skilled...
View ArticleWatch: Nicola Luisotti on Puccini – ‘You can learn more from one of Puccini’s...
‘Puccini was a genius’, says Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti. ‘You can learn more from one of Puccini’s scores than from books of orchestration.’ Luisotti, Music Director of San Francisco Opera,...
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Puccini unpacked: A guide to one of the most-loved operatic composers
Giacomo Puccini photographed by Studio Bertieri, 1907 Operatic Beginnings: Le villi and Edgar Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is arguably the world’s most popular opera composer – but it took several years...
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Remembrance of things past: Nostalgia in opera
Krassimira Stoyanova as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, The Royal Opera © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2013 Nostalgia – wistful memories of the past; a desire to return to a former, departed happy time. It’s an emotion...
View ArticleWatch: Ermonela Jaho on returning to Suor Angelica — 'I sing with a different...
When she first accepted the title role in Richard Jones' production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica in 2011, Ermonela Jaho reveals she wasn’t very familiar with Puccini's one-act opera: ‘The bit that I...
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Watch: Antonio Pappano explores the music of Il tabarro and Suor Angelica
Antonio Pappano at ROH Insights ©ROH/Sim Canetty-Clarke 2012 In 2011, prior to the premiere of Richard Jones’ subsequently acclaimed production of Puccini's Il Trittico, Conductor and Music Director of...
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Opera Essentials: Il trittico
Lucio Gallo as the title role in Gianni Schicchi, The Royal Opera © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2011 The Story Begins… In Il tabarro, Giorgetta seeks relief from her misery at the death of her baby by having an...
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A three-course meal: Puccini’s Il trittico and the tradition of piecing short...
Puccini's Il trittico, The Royal Opera © Royal Opera House When you go to the opera, you're usually there to see just one work, perhaps La traviata or Le nozze di Figaro. Puccini’s three operas Il...
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Your Reaction: Il trittico 2016
Elena Zilio, Rebecca Evans, Carlo Bosi, Lucio Gallo, Gwynne Howell, Marie Mclaughlin, Jeremy White in Gianni Schicchi © ROH 2016. Photographer Bill Cooper Best thing about Il Tabarro was...
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