February 23, 2003: Cavalleria Rusticana in Hamburg

2003-02-23 Cavalleria Rusticana (P. Mascagni), Hamburgische Staatsoper

Santuzza = Ildiko Komlosi
Turriddu = Kristjan Johansson
Alfio = Ko Seng Hyoun
Lucia = Olive Fredricks
Lola = Antigone Papoulkas

José Cura, conductor



049. Vorstellung seit der Premiere am 28. Januar 1988
INSZENIERUNG Gian-Carlo
dei Monaco
BÜHNENBILD UND KOSTÜME
Michael Scott
CHOR
Florian Csizmadia
HAMBURGER ALSTERSPATZEN
Jürgen Luhn
SPIELLEITUNG
Thomas Mittmann

Beginn 19.30 Uhr Ende gegen 22.30 Uhr Pause von
ca. 30 Minuten nach »Cavalleria rusticana«

TURIDDU
Kristjan Johannsson
(Für den erkränkten Attila B.Kiss)

José Cura conducts Cavalleria Rusticana
I really liked this production (Gian Carlo del Monaco) Ildiko Komlosi was wonderful as Santuzza. Kristjan Johannsson was OK as Turriddu (if only José Cura had sung it instead, what about, Cura conducts and sings Turriddu at the same time, somebody else acts Turriddu). Seng Hyoun Ko was wonderful as Alfio. Olive Fredricks was great as Mamma Lucia. Antigone Papoulkas was OK as Lola.


I think Cura was doing OK as a conductor, hard for me to say.


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June 26, 1997: Aida in Vienna

1997-06-26 Aida (Verdi), Wiener Staatsoper

Re D'Egitto = David Cale Johnson
Amneris = Waltraud Meier
Aida = Deborah Voigt
Radames = Kristjan Johannsson
Ramphis = Kurt Rydl
Amonasro = Simon Estes
Un Messagero = Franz Kasemann
Sacedotessa = Marjorie Vance

Marcello Viotti, conductor

Aida
Oper in vier Akten von Antonio Ghislanzoni
Musik Giuseppe Verdi

Dirigent Marcello Viotti
Nach einer Inszenierung von Nicolas Joel
Ausstattung Carlo Tommasi
Choreographie Jan Stripling
Chorleitung Dietrich D. Gerpheide



Die Handlung spielt in Theben
zur Zeit der pharaonen

Ballett: 2. Bild Das Corps de ballet
3. BildEva Polacek
Claudia Stocker
Silvia Tzankova
4. Bild Irina Lebedjewa
Wolfgang Grascher Christian Herden Christian Rovny
und das Corps de ballet
Eleven der Ballettschule
der Österreichischen Bundestheater Bühnenorchester
der Österreichischen Bundestheater

A wonderful Aida with Deborah Voigt in good voice. A great cast and a wonderful production. Many tourists in the State Opera, many Japanese kimonos to see.

The moment I remembered the most is when Waltraud Meier went down the steep stairs and then there was a big flash from a camera. My heart almost stopped, that could have been very dangerous for Waltraud Meier. But she got down still whole.

I have seen an opera performance with so many camera flashes while the performance lasted. Usually people have the wits to wait until the applause.

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