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Three new releases this month (March) feature tenor Rolando Villazon–a CD of Zarzuela arias, one of works by Monteverdi, and this new DVD of a
Recorded at Barcelona’s Teatro del Liceu over three evenings in June, 2007, David McVicar’s take on Massenet’s Manon, though it looks entirely traditional at first,
This CD was recorded in March, 2007; in June, Rolando Villazon withdrew from the stage for six months, presumably because he was “burnt out”. I
This is somewhat of a disappointment. It was recorded live in April, 2007, two months before Rolando Villazón took an extended break from singing, and
Here, in a lavishly Hollywood-worthy (or Franco Zeffirelli-worthy) production by set and costume designer Giovanni Agostinucci, is a star-turn Traviata that will please almost everyone.
Unless something strange happens, I’d be willing to bet that relative newcomer Rolando Villazon will have a phenomenal career. The somewhat dark-hued-but-lyric voice has an
Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko, opera’s “golden couple” (or is it “dream team?”), have just released their first CD of duets. Oddly, in the DVDs
Here, in his third solo-recital CD, Rolando Villazon continues to impress; in fact, he gets better and better. Most tenors paint in broad strokes–the listener
Having practically waxed poetic recently about the Traviata from Madrid starring Norah Amsellem, I’m feeling a bit fickle: the one under consideration here, the hit
This stunning new Traviata, fresh from the stage of the Salzburg Festival last summer (2005), is a performance to live with. There’s a big hole
