Category Archives: Rossini
Le Comte Ory in HD
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 10th April 2011Rossini’s penultimate opera, Le Comte Ory, received its first staging at the Metropolitan Opera this season. This is a charming work that is Rossini just below his best – which means that it’s very good, indeed. The opera needs three virtuoso singers well versed in the bel canto style. In Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato,…
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Le Comte Ory Premieres at the Met
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 25th March 2011Last night the Metropolitan Opera gave its first ever performance of Rossini’s penultimate opera Le Comte Ory. It was broadcast on the Sirius network and streamed live by the Met. It will be telecast in HD on April 9th. I’ll comment on it then; but last night’s broadcast showed all three principals in outstanding vocal…
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DRM, Rossini, One Euro, and Otto Klesz in No Particular Order
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 30th December 2007If you haven’t listened to opera on 1.FM, I’d recommend that you do. The easiest way to listen to the internet station is to use the iTunes software which is free and easy to use. The station has more channels than a millipede has legs, but one of them plays opera 24 hours a day….
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