The Academy of Magic in Bucharest

Antonio Pappano . "Ragazzi, ragazzi, più piano, ascoltatela!" The "ragazzi" were the members of  Orchestra dell'Acca...

Tosca reviews

While waiting for some more photos, here there are some reviews and personal opinions. Evening Standard - 5 stars from Barry Millington The...

ROH vs RAH

. A few weeks ago the program for BBC Proms 2011 was released. I almost fell off the chair when I saw that Martha Argerich is playing at th...

Guess who'll record Aida...

As I thought, not all the interesting stuff was published on the online version of Opernglas . They kept some things for thouse who can buy ...

Pappano, Barenboim, Mehta, Perahia, Bostrige and more. All in Bucharest!

I think this is the longest title I've ever written. But hey, the list is waaaaaay longer. I could dance all night, as the song says. Fo...

Ioan Holender said "Good bye, Vienna"

Photo @ APA . After 19 years of hard working, he left the spot (director of the State Opera Vienna) to another colleague. The Gala in his h...

The Triumph of Puccini. Tosca and Madama Butterfly

Two fragments of part 3 of Opera Italia , a BBC program presented by Antonio Pappano. This part is about Giaccomo Puccini, his life and work...

Classical Legends - podcast

. The CD is already in stores and at the same time EMI released a podcast . It's a summary of some impressions of some of the best artis...

Put down in your agendas - Tosca at ROH

. Only two performances of the dream cast in Tosca next season at Royal Opera House - July 14th and 17th 2011 (the last two in a row of 1...

Classical Legends - new release from Emi Classics

. This new CD, entitled Classical Legends - In Their Own Words , will be released on June 8th 2010 . . Jon Tolansky, producer and narrator f...

2 x Adriana and 3 x Tosca at ROH

. Royal Opera also put dates to performances. As you can see below. There's another performace of Adriana added, on December 10th and ...

Antonio Pappano: "ROH is my number 1 job"

. He's everywhere in the world. Rome, Vienna, US, touring in Japan, recording with Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, condu...

Opera 2010 - a new compilation from Virgin Classics

. The cover of this CD looks almost the same with the one for Classical 2010. But there are not the same tracks. This 2CD box is already av...

NEWS from ROH. Rumour has it...

... According to Opera Magazine we'll get a Tosca revival in Spring 2011 with a starry A-cast of Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Terfel, cond. ...

Gramophone Award Winner - Best Opera Recording

Receiving 97 votes from the speciaists, “Madama Butterfly” double CD won the Gramphone 2009 Award for best recording of an opera. . Congra...

Angela in Top 5 with Pappano

There is a very interesting interview with Antonio Pappano in September issue of Gramphone. He recently recorded the Requiem by Verdi, a CD ...