Something I like

No, it's not Stridono lassu :). Although I was tempted to post a new version. For this weekend I chose Vissi d'arte , sung in Puert...

Tosca @ROH, "Friends" booking on March 9

. Big day on Wednesday. Royal Opera House opens sales for Summer performances. Tosca included. Two performances in particular, those on Ju...

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...

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 ...

Musical Criticism says: "Adriana Lecouvreur and Tosca at ROH in 2010/2011"

. Before getting the official information on the Royal Opera House website, Musical Criticism published a preview of the new 2010 - 2011 se...

More rumours from the Met - no more Tosca

Sieglinde updated the BLOG today. There's nothing confirmed by the MET, but curious minds can have an idea about the next seasons. . Th...

Rumours.... from the Met

. People like to talk a lot. And to write a lot. Especially now when the opera houses around the world are ready to release the 2010 - 2011...

Interview on Antena 2 - part 3

You said that if Puccini was alive you would be in love with him. I’m sure that you’d manage to make him give up his bad habits. No, definit...

Autographs for $$$$

Money can buy a lot of things. The commercial for Mastercard is very suggestive. It's something like this: "pair of boots - xx $$, ...