2005-02-06 Il Corsaro (Verdi), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Corrado = José Cura
Medora = Marina Mescheryakova
Gulnara = Susan Neves
Seid = Carlo Guelfi
Giovanni = Josep Ribot
Selimo / Un Eunuco Negro / Schiavo
= José Manuel Zapata
Marco Guidarini, conductor
Il corsaro (versión concierto)
Musical Director
Marco Guidarini
Orquestra Simfònica
del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu
06/02-2005
2005-02-06 Il Corsaro (Verdi), Barcelona
another wonderful concert performance with Jose Cura as Corrado,
Susan Neves as Gulnara, Marina Mescheryakova as Medora, & Carlo
Guelfi as Seid.
Some madrileño had come to Barcelona just to disrupt this
performance. But the Catalan audience hushed him.
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
February 6, 2005: Il Corsaro in Barcelona
Saturday, February 3, 2018
February 3, 2005: Il Corsaro in Barcelona
2005-02-03 Il Corsaro (Verdi), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Corrado = José Cura
Medora = Marina Mescheryakova
Gulnara = Susan Neves
Seid = Carlo Guelfi
Giovanni = Josep Ribot
Selimo / Un Eunuco Negro / Schiavo
= José Manuel Zapata
Marco Guidarini, conductor
First I took the night bus to Oslo as usual. Luckily my bus was not affected by the bad weather, real snowy conditions that had closed som montain roads. So I came in Oslo in good time for my flight. And then I was in Barcelona after almost 3 hours on the plane. All one had to look forward to was untasty plane food. So bad
that only the cola light and Pringles tasted good. At last, Barcelona airport and my first encounter with the Catalan way of queuing. Very polite and nice queu for taxi. And there were many taxis and many people, and it was quick and polite. So then I was at my hotel. Nice hotel but my room was very cold. Then I went to Placa
Catalunya to get used to going to the centre and to have some nice food (and get my tickets). Then soon it was time to get to the Liceu for a concert version of Verdi´s Corsaro.
The orchestra was onstage. It was chairs and note-stative for the singers. I was on front row. It was a wonderful sung and "acted" Corsaro, Medora was wonderful, Gulnara even more wonderful, & Corrado, the Corsair, Jose Cura was splendid. After a long wait Jose Cura came out at the stage door. He was photographed, and after signing and talking to his fans, at proximo midnight it was truely
over.
Today, Friday 4th, I have been suffering headaches, after my first try out, I had to stop before I came to Placa Catalunya, I stopped at Provinca and sat down at a small cafe, unfortunately It was heavily music'ed. So I had to get to Muntaner and my hotel. After more tablets and eating, and laying in my bed. I was ready to go out again. Placa Catalunya and down la Ramblas to Liceu and down to the harbour (almost) and the up again. At Placa Catalunya I visited Fnac, at Liceu I visited the Shop and then Placido Domingo came, he is singing Parsifal day, and I got one good photo of him, when I came up from the harbour, I was hijacked into a restaurant, ate great ensalada and had a bite of pollo, then back to Muntaner, and
my hotel.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
September 25, 2014: L'Opera e la grande Bellezza in Arena di Verona
Saturday, July 8, 2017
July 8, 2009: Pagliacci in Zurich
2009-07-08 Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo), Opernhaus Zurich
Canio (Pagliaccio) = José Cura
Nedda (Colombina) = Fiorenza Cedolins
Tonio (Taddeo) = Carlo Guelfi
Beppe (Arlecchino) = Martin Zysset
Silvio = Gabriel Bermudez
Erster Bauer = Uwe Kosser
Zweiter Bauer = Christopher Hux
Stefano Ranzani, conductor
Pagliacci started with a disappointment. The Prologue with Carlo Guelfi (Tonio) was boring, and he was already dressed up as a Commediante player. It really made me think skip the prologue, let's have the opera already.
Finally it started. Again it was the attention to detail and that every person on stage had personality and a life that impressed me. Martin Zysset as Beppe was nothing special here, why? Was it that it was the last performance of Cav/Pag in the season. As he did not excel here, Beppe (Martin Zysset) was the clue that fitted all together. Gabriel Bermudez as Silvio was a real good-looking, muscular man. No wonder Nedda fell for him. Especially since this Canio was more of drunkard than anything else. But when José Cura plays the drunkard one does feel sympathy for him. No sympathy for Nedda, Fiorenza Cedolins, the adulteress. Shameless... And then how would one feel for Nedda, the character does not have a forgiving feature. Only in Genoa, where Nedda/Canio had a daughter this I feel for Nedda, Svetla Vassileva. And then Carlo Guelfi in the opera, was better than in the prologue...
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Original blog post:
Real verismo in Zurich on July 8th, 2009
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Monday, June 19, 2017
June 19, 2011: Pagliacci in Zurich
2011-06-19 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Opernhaus Zurich
Canio (Pagliaccio) = José Cura
Nedda (Colombina) = Myrtò Papatanasiu
Tonio (Taddeo) = Carlo Guelfi
Beppe (Arlecchino) = Boiko Zvetanov
Silvio = Gabriel Bermudez
Erster Bauer = Uwe Kosser
Zweiter Bauer = Christopher Hux
Daniele Callegari, conductor
Producer/production - Grischa Asagaroff
Set and costume design - Luigi Perego
Lighting - Hans-Rudolf Kunz
Choir rehearsal - Jürg Hämmerli
Choreography - Tetsu Taoshita
Unlike 2009 when the prologue with Carlo Guelfo was a disappointment I now enjoyed it. In 2009 the Italian soprano Fiorenza Cedolins sang the role of Nedda, now we had the Greek soprano Myrto Paptanasiu as Nedda. Now I could almost root for the unfaithful Nedda. Beppe was another role sung by another singer, instead of big Martin Zysset, a Swiss favorite, we had Boiko Zvetanov, the little, round tenor with a Great Voice and personality that fitted his voice. He fitted right into the show.
Sloppily conducted by Daniele Callegari, the singers with Jose Cura (Canio) and Gabriel Bermudez (Silvio) as the routine tenors, it still was a great Pagliacci. I still don't like the blue in Pagliaccio's face, but that is minor.
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CAV/PAG in Zurich 2011-06-19 (original blog post)
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
May 18, 2000: Rigoletto in Zurich
2000-05-18 Rigoletto (G. Verdi), Opernhaus Zurich
Der Herzog von Mantua = Piotr Bezcala
Rigoletto = Carlo Guelfi
Gilda = Elena Mosuc
Sparafucile = Pavel Daniluk
Maddalena = Stefania Kaluza
Giovanna = Tuija Knihtilä
Monterone = Valery Murga
Marullo = Peter Kálmán
Borsa = Volker Vogel
Graf von Ceprano = Jozsef Dene
Maurizio Arena, conductor
Inszenierung GRISCHA ASAGAROFF
Bühnenbild JORGE VILLAREAL
Kostüme JAN SKALlCKY
LichtgestaltungJ AKOB SCHLOSSSTEIN
Chor JÜRG HÄMMERLl
Choreographische Mitarbeit RUDOLF BUDAVÁRY
Die Gräfin, seine Gemahlin CHRISTINE KNORREN°
Die Herzogin von Mantua CIIARLOTTE ROHRBACH
Ihr Page VIOLETA RADOMIRSKA o
Wache RÚNI BRATTABERG0
0 lMitgliedl rIes Inlternationalen Opcrnstndios
Damen wId Herren am Hofe,CHOR DES OPERNHAUSES ZÜRICH
Pagen, HcllcbardiereBEWEGUNGSCHOR UND STATISTENVEREIN
ORCHESTER DER OPER ZÜRICH
Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2000Migros-Volksvorstellung
Pause nach dem 1.. Akt (2. Bild)
Beginn: 1.9.30 Uhr
Ende:22.30 Uhr
May 18th
Opernhaus Zurich 1930-22.30
Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
A wonderful production of Rigoletto
Rigoletto = a great Carlo Guelfi
Gilda = a fantastic Elena Mosuc
Duca = a wonderful Piotr Beczala
Maddalena = Stefania Kaluza (always good)
May 19th
Train from Zurich to Vienna
22.33-08.08
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
May 17, 2000: Sly in Zurich
2000-05-17 Sly (Wolff-Ferrari), Opernhaus Zurich
Sly = Boiko Zvetanov
Graf von Westmoreland = Carlo Guelfi
Dolly = Isabelle Kabatu
John Plake = Oliver Widmer
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Französischer Edelmlaun/Musiker MIROSLAV CHRISTOFF
1, Edehmann/Mohr MARTIN ZYSSET
2, Edelmann/Indianer VOLKER VOGEL
3, Edehmann/ Alter Diener PETER KELLER
4, Edelmamn/Chinese RUDOLF A. HARTMANN
5. Edelmann/Doktor PETER KÁLMÁN
Wirtin STEFANIA KAILUZA
Rosalina ANNETTE JOHANSSON°
Snare, PolizeibeamtweRUNI BRATTABERGo
Page EUN-YEE YOUo
Kellner KENNETH ROBERSON°
Landrichter MATTIIIAS AEBERHARDO
Soldat SIMON JAUNIN°
Koch HEIKKI YRTTIAHO
Fuhrmanm ENGELBERT CARL
1. Säufer CARL HIEGER
2. Säufer JÖRG HEPPE
1. Dame JULIA NEUMANN°
2. Dame ANNETTEJOHANNSON°
3. Dame VIOLETTA RADOMIRSKA o
1. Diener RUDOLF A. HARTMANN
2. Diener SIMON JAUNIN°
3. Diemer PETER KÁLMÁN
Mitglied des Internationalen Opernstudios
Dubiose Individluen Julia Cheremeteff, Elisabeth Fues,
und junge Höflinge Katharina Gebauer, Yael Herz, Megan Laehn,
Cornelia Meierbans, Simone Spicak,
Marisa Waldburger, Eva Zmekova
Richard Dozsa, Markus Gehrig, Daniele Gullo, Marc Meier, Bernhard Rubin
CHOR DES OPERNHAUSES ZÜRICH
STATISTENVEREIN AM OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
ORCHESTER DER OPER ZÜRICH
Inszenierung HANS HOLLMANN
Spielleitung ULRICH SENN
Bühnenbild HANS HOFFER
Kostüme DIRK VON BODISCO
Lichtgestaltung JÜRGEN HOFFMANN
Chor ERNST RAFFELSBERGER
May 17th
(National Day Norway)
SAS from Oslo to Copenhagen 13:30-14:40
From Copenhagen to Zurich 15:20-17:10
Opernhaus Zurich 19.30-22.45
SLY with Boiko Zvetanov
Luckily I had recently looked up JC's schedule at JCarreras.com . So it was no shock to find out that Boiko Zvetanow was singing Sly. Boiko was in great voice, and he is a good actor. Isabelle Kabatu was Dolly. She was a revelation. Touching, marvelous voice. Carlo Guelfi was the Count of Westmoreland. Difficult role. He was good, but Juan Pons was better. Oliver Widmer sang John Plake. He was drowned by the orchestra. (Carlos Chausson was formidable in this role).
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