September 30, 2002: Roberto Devereux in Vienna

2002-09-30 Roberto Devereux (Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper

Elisabetta = Edita Gruberova
Nottingham = Renato Bruson
Sara = Enkelejda Shkosa
Roberto Devereux = Josep Bros
Lord Cecil = Cosmin Ifrim
Sir Gualtiero Raleigh = In-Sung Sim

Frédéric Chaslin, conductor



Where you there?
You should have been there...

Lucky me to be in Vienna and have a ticket to this performance, a perfect seat, and as it progressed it was the perfect opera evening.

Loved it from the beginning when then conductor (Frederic Chaslin) came and a wonderful ouverture was played. First the chorus and then Sara (Enkelejda Shkosa) sang her aria. How wonderful it was, difficult to top that, one could think, but when the Queen came, Elisabeth I (Edita Gruberova), one knew, it was going to be splendid. "Die Gruberova" sang with heart, head, soul and making this belcanto opera so real, everything she put in her voice was be more a real person. My hands and shoulders started to ache after the first burst of applauds. Divine, this Queen of Opera!

José Bros, the Catalan tenor (Josep Bros), had a real beautiful voice and appearance, and he did well in the different duets. As he played Roberto Devereux, the title role, he was really a man that one could understand all the fuss the women was making about him. The Duke of Nottingham (Renato Bruson) was naturally a great man for this role. This cast was really perfect.

In the end, it was so much applause, and naturally, Brava!, we were all going "slightly mad" over Gruberova et al.

Wiener Staatsoper
montag, 30. september 2002
21. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung

Roberto Devereux
Tragedia lirica in drei Akten von Salvatore Cammarano
Musik von Gaetano Donizetti

DirigentFrédéric Chaslin
Inszenierung Silviu Purcarete
Bühnenbild und
Kostüme Helmut Stürmer
Choreinstudierung Ernst Dunshirn
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Ein Vertrauter Nottinghams Hiro Ijichi
Ein Page Hacik Bayvertian
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Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Diese Produktion wurde ermöglicht mit Unterstützung von
~ LEXUS

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September 2, 1995: Puritani in Vienna

1995-09-02 I Puritani (Vincenzo Bellini), Wiener Staatsoper

Lord Gualtiero Valton = Goran Simic
Sir Giorgio = Alastair Miles
Lord Arturo Talbot = Marcello Giordani
Sir Riccardo Forth = Roberto Frontali*
Sir Bruno Roberton = Peter Jelosits*
Enrichetta di Francia = Svetlana Serdar
Elvira = Edita Gruberova

Jan Latham-König, conductor






Inszenierung - John Dew

Bühnenbild - Heinz Balthes

Kostüme - Jose Manuel Vasquez

Chorleitung - Dietrich D. Gerpheide

Samstag, 2. September 1995 STAATSOPER
13. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung
Anläßlich des 25jährigen Bühnenjubiläums von Frau Kammersängerin Edita Gruberova
I Puritani
Oper in drei Akten von Carlo Pepoli
Musik vonVincenzo Bellini

Musikalische Leitung Jan Latham-König
Inszenierung John Dew
BühnenbildHeinz Balthes
Kostüme Jose Manuel Vasquez
Chorleitung Dietrich D. Gerpheide


Sir Riccardo Forth Roberto Frontali*
Sir Bruno Roberton, Offizier Peter Jelosits*

Soldaten Cromwells,
Herolde und Waffenträger
Talbos und Valtons,
Puritaner, Hofdamen, Pagen und Diener

Zeit der HandlungMitte des 17 Jahrhunderts
Im ersten und zweiten Akt spielt die Handlung in einer Wehrburg in
der Nähe von Plymouth, im dritten auf einem Feld vor der Burg

* Rollendebüt an der
Wiener Staatsoper



Wonderful to see Edita Gruberova live. in opera. It is exciting to hear a new opera for me. Gruberova is great as Elvira. The other singers are also first class. But in the duel scene it is impossible to see who is the tenor or baritone. They are too alike. I have to know who to cheer.

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June 22, 2005: I Puritani in Berlin

2005-06-22 I Puritani (Bellini), Deutsche Oper Berlin

Lord Gualtiero = Piér Dalàs
Sir Giorgio = Arutjun Kotchinian
Lord Arturo Talbo = Joseph Calleja
Sir Riccardo Forth = Franco Vassallo
Sir Bruno Robertson = Yosep Kang
Enrichetta ´di Francia = Cheri Rose Katz
Elvira = Edita Gruberova

Frédéric Chaslin, conductor



VINCENZO BELLINI :: DIE PURITANER
22. Juni 2005
Musikalische Leitung Frédéric Chaslin
Beginn: 19.30 Uhr


Spieldauer: 3:00 Std.
1. Akt: 75 Min.
2./3. Akt: 75 Min.

Pause
Pause [ca. 30 Min.]
nach dem 1. Akt




Inszenierung John Dew
Bühne Heinz Balthes
Kostüme José Manuel Vasquez
Chöre Ulrich Paetzholdt





A disappointment!!

A more heavy-voiced Puritani than in Vienna. Arutjun Kotchinian was an impressive and deep-voiced Sir Giorgio. Franco Vassallo was a great Sir Riccardo Forth although his voice was in my opinion too heavy for the role. Still Vassallo was a virtuous singer but a lighter voice would have been even better.

Edita Gruberova is of course a great singer and actress but her high notes was too shrill this time. Joseph Calleja, a great tenor promises but now his high notes was shrill and no so enjoyable as in Vienna. In all it seem to be more heavy-handed Puritani in Berlin. And when the opera ends like it does with a totally unwanted murder at the end, Arturo is killed by Riccardo which make it a very depressing opera indeed. The two lovers are saved only to have Arturo killed by Riccardo. But here we saw Riccardo falling on his knees after killing his rival, at the end he too is totally desperate; the rival is killed that no relief only desperation remains for him.

After Puritani Gruberova had Signierstunde in the opera house. I never found out where then but still I just wanted to go to the train station Zoologischer Garten and wait for my train to Munich and later Berlin. A long day was over I had traveled from Norway to Germany (with another flight that scheduled because my plane had left ahead of plan). And a few minutes later than scheduled my train arrived and left Berlin for Munich.

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June 22, 2000: Lucia di Lammermoor in Vienna

2000-06-22 Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper

Enrico = Franco Vassallo
Lucia = Edita Gruberova
Edgardo = Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Arturo = Torsten Kerl
Raimondo = Egils Silins
Alisa = Mihaela Ungureanu
Normanno = Tomislav Muzek

Marcello Viotti, conductor

Wiener Staatsoper
donnerstag,22. juni 2000
124. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung

Zum letzten Mal in dieser Spielzeit
Lucia di Lammermoor
Tragische Oper
Dichtung nach Walter Scott
von Salvatore Cammarano
Musik von Gaetano Donizetti

Musikalische Leitung / Marcello Viotti
Inszenierung / Boleslaw Barlog
Bühnenbild / Pantelis Dessyllas
Kostüme / Silvia Strahammer
Chorleitung / Ernst Dunshirn
.,
Enrico (Lord Henry Ashton) Franco Vassalloo

-,
Ort der Handlung
Schloß und Park von Ravenswood in Schottland
.Zeit Ende des 16 jahrhunderts

Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

0 Debüt an der Wiener Staatsoper

It was the most wonderful evening in the opera. Amazing this woman, Gruberova!! I had to remind myself that she was not really so young as she seemed as Lucia. An actress, a wonderful voice! I loved the production. The other singers was good too, Edgardo and Lucia's brother. And because Neil Shicoff was not singing I got a splendid ticket and wonderful seat.

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May 12, 2001: Roberto Devereux in Vienna

2001-05-12 Roberto Devereux (G. Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper

Elisabetta = Edita Gruberova
Nottingham = Carlos Alvarez
Sara = Enkelejda Shkosa
Roberto Devereux = Ramon Vargas
Lord Cecil = Cosmin Ifrim
Sir Gualtiero Raleigh = Marcus Pelz

Marcello Viotti, conductor

Wiener Staatsoper
samstag,12. mai 2001
10. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung
Zum letzten Mal in dieser Saison

Roberto Devereux
Tragedia lirica in drei Akten
von Salvadore Cammarano
Musik von Gaetano Donizetti

Musikalische LeitungMarcello Viotti
Inszenierung Silviu Purcarete
Bühnenbild und
Kostüme Helmut Stürmer
Choreinstudierung Ernst Dunshirn
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Ein Vertrauter Nottinghams Mario Steller
Ein Page Hacik Bayvertian
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Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper

12.5.01
The day starts with a delay in Oslo caused by sick person. A full hour go by after the time the plane was scheduled to go. This was not the worst part. The worst part was that many of us that was going to other planes in Zurich, had to be rescheduled there. Usually one would ask the other transit-planes to wait, but Swissair did not do that. For me it meant, that my plane was leaving as I came into the airport by airport-bus. I had all my luggage with me into the plane just to not miss any luggage nor plane.

New plane from Zurich is 1805. After one hour at the transit-checkin, I have my new boarding pass. During this time I was thinking about Roberto Devereux in Vienna in the evening (did I have any chance to get there in time?), or take the train to Friedrichshafen (only 2,5 hours from Zurich, call my hotel, skip Devereux, call the State Opera). It would have been more relaxing maybe in the end less expensive. But when my boarding pass was handed to me, I sort of thought, "Ok then" .

Bus to Westbahnhof at 1925 directly from the plane. U3 to Stephansplatz, found my hotel 20.30, 2055 I got my ticket to Roberto Devereux. This was just after act 1, it was intermission, and act 2 started 21.10.

19.30 (missed act 1)
Wiener Staatsoper
Roberto Devereux
Gaetano Donizetti



What can one say after an opera, when one seen half of it. This Sara was a wonderful, powerful voice. All praise to her!!! Gruberova as the old queen Elizabeth I, the end of Roberto Devereux was spectacular. Ramon Vargas seemed having slight of cold.
Bravo! Carlos Alvarez, great singer, really powerful. And the winner is Enkelejda Shkosa !!!

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