Fedora in Zurich 1994?

Fedora in 1993/1994?

I was in Zurich to see Agnes Baltsa and Jose Carreras in Fedora but Mirella Freni and Sergej Larin sang instead. I am absolutely certain Mirella Freni sang Fedora. I am not so certain that it was 1993/1994 but it was my first travel alone abroad and I lived in Swissôtel or Radisson SAS hotel just outside Zurich so I had to use the train to get to the opera. And it was probably easter where suddenly all the shops and restaurants were closed. But unfortunately I do not have a program from Zurich, strangely I have a program from Wiener Staatsoper Samson et Dalila with Baltsa/Carreras from April 1993, which I really would have liked to see. Is it impossible to find this out?

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October 25, 1998: Fedora in Zurich

1998-10-25 Fedora (Giordano), Opernhaus Zurich

Fedora Romazoff = Agnes Baltsa
Loris Ipanoff = Josep Carreras
De Siriex = Philippe Duminy
Olga Sukareff = Sona Ghazarian
Boleslao Lazinski = Thomas Grabowski
Dr. Boroff = Rolf Haunstein
Baron Rouvel = Emilio Ruggiero
Grech = Giuseppe Scorsin
Cirillo = Rudolf A. Hartmann
Désiré = Miroslav Christoff
Nicolas = Arno Weinländer
Sergio = Peter Kálmán
Dimitri = Judith Schmid
Dr. Lorek = Damon Nestor Ploumis

David Gimenez, conductor

1.act : A room in Vladimir's house in St. Petersburg. The servants drinking, and playing cards. Then the great Fedora (Baltsa) come in. This was so special, that I got tears in my eyes. Never experience something quite like this. Great acting-singing everyone. Great Cirillo.

2. act : Fedora's house in Paris. Ballroom. A great ballroom, nice dresses. When Carreras came into the stage, my heart almost stopped. So good-looking, in god form. Singing like a god. Baltsa was great, but she was overwhelmed by Carreras. Amor ti vieta, was a dream. The high-charge duets, was gorgeous.

3. act : Love-nest in Switzerland. A great act, with overwhelming duets.
Never was Fedora's death so moving.

Musikalische LeitungDAVID GIMÉNEZ
InszenierungGRISCHA ASAGAROFF
BühnenbildANDRZEJ MAJEWSKI
KostümeJAN SKALlCKV
BeleuchtungJAKOB SCHLOSSSTEIN
ChorJÜRG HÄMMERLl


Bedienstete, Ballgäste
und PolizeiagentenANNA-MARIA JOURVELIN*O,
JENNIFER M. CHUNG*o, KARIN FRIDH*o,
CHRISTA RATZENBÖCK*o,
.,FRANCISCA BEAUMONT*o, SIMON JAUNIN*o,
DANIEL DIMITROV*o, ANDREW COSTELLO*o,
KENNETH ROBERSON*o, ARNO WEINLÄNDER*o
STATISTENVEREIN AM OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
Ein SavoyardeJUDITH SCHMID*
Chor der BäuerinnenZUSATZCHOR OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
* Rollendebüt
0 Mitglied des Internationalen Opernstudios
ORCHESTER DER OPER ZÜRICH
,Sonntag, 25. Oktober 1998Wiederaufnahme, Freier Verkauf
Pausen nach dem 1. und 2. Akt
Beginn: 20.00 Uhr

And after a fantastic evening at the opera.
Signierstunde in the Opera Foyer.


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October 19, 1998: Fedora in Vienna

1998-10-19 Fedora (Giordano), Wiener Staatsoper

Fedora Romazoff = Agnes Baltsa
Loris Ipanoff = José Cura
Olga Sukarew = Ildiko Raimondi
De Siriex = Georg Tichy
Dimitri/Savoyarde = Svetlana Serdar
Baron Rouvel = Peter Jelosits
Cirillo = Aik Martirosyan
Dr. Boroff = Yu Chen
Grech = Rudolf Mazzola
Dr. Lorek = Marcus Pelz
Nicola = Peter Tuff
Sergio = Hakki Özpinar
Michele = Josef Stangl
Boleslao Lazinski = Paul Harris
Ivan = Nicholaas van Huyssteen

Anton Guadagno, conductor

Fedora in Vienna

A good Choice: Taking the night to Vienna, having bought ticket already. I could get right to the opera.

This time, the best seat in the house, ATS 2000 so 9.33 my train left from Zurich, and 18.45 I was in Vienna.
19.05 in the Vienna State Opera.
Got my splendid ticket, and bought a program, sat down in my seat after having to wait a long time at the stairs.
What kind of Fedora did I get:
The opera started at 2000, and lasted till 2230.
At 23.30 my train left from Vienna.

The Tenor (Jose Cura) was much improved, my favorite Mezzo (Agnes Baltsa) was divine.
His Amor ti vieta, and Vedi io piango was great.
The 3rd act, fantastic.(Better than in 1997)
Very sexy: Baltsa & Cura.

AND I COULD SEE EVERYTHING


Montag, 19. Oktober 1998 STAATSOPER.
30. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung
Koproduktion mit den Bregenzer Festspielen

Fedora
Oper in 3 Akten nach Victorien Sardou
von Arturo Colautti
Musik Umberto Giordano

Dirigent Anton Guadagno
Inszenierung Jonathan Miller
Ausstattung Tobias Hoheisel
Lichtgestaltung Paul Pyant
Choreinstudierung Ernst Dunshirn



Bühnenorchester der
Österreich ischen Bundestheater

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" Stipendiat des
Herbert von Karajan Centrums

October 13, 1997: Fedora in Vienna

1997-10-13 Fedora (Umberto Giordano, Wiener Staatsoper

Fedora Romazoff = Agnes Baltsa
Loris Ipanoff = José Cura
Olga Sukarew = Anat Efraty
De Siriex = Davide Damiani
Dimitri/Ein kleiner Savoyarde =
Dana Liliana Ciuca
Desire = Helmut Wildhaber
Baron Rouvel = Franz Kasemann
Cirillo = Peter Köves
Dr. Boroff = Marian Pop
Grech = Rudolf Mazzola
Dr. Lorek = David Cale Johnson
Nicola = Friedrich Springer
Sergio = Johann Reinprecht
Michele = Martin Thyringer
Boleslao Lazinski = Paul Harris
Ivan = Nicholaas van Huyssteen

Anton Guadagno, conductor



I chose a cheap ticket that made the opera look like this:

Act 1 Vladimir's Palace
I saw Agnes Baltsa in a beautiful red dress 3 times.
Nothing else. Luckily I knew the opera, so I knew what was going on. Wonderful singing. But my question was: "How was the acting. And the room?"


Act 2 Fedora's Palace in Paris
This time I saw more. I could see 1/3 of the stage. And luckily I could most of Agnes Baltsa & Jose Cura when they were together. I had to lean out to see them. GREAT singing!
But Cura was sobbing in "Vedi, io piango" ruined the moment.

Act 3 LoveNest in Switzerland
I could see everything. GREAT.

Inszenierung
Jonathan Miller

Ausstattung
Tobias Hoheisel

Lichtgestaltung
Paul Pyant

Choreinstudierung
Johannes Meister

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