With his spectacular production of Umberto Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier”, director Keith Warner unites intellectual depth and exciting entertainment for the eyes and ears using every possible resource offered by Bregenz’s floating stage. The colossal set by David Fielding is inspired by Jacques- Louis David’s famous painting “Death of Marat”. The opera is both a moving love story and a historical thriller with a highly emotional score. Ulf Schirmer, the Wiener Symphoniker and the excellent soloists Hector Sandoval, Norma Fantini and Scott Henricks unleash the entire power of this Italian verismo work.
Plácido Domingo at Arena di Verona
Opera legend Plácido Domingo returns to the spectacular Arena di Verona with a programme dedicated to the great Italian composers Verdi and Giordano. Jordi Bernàcer conducts the orchestra of the Arena di Verona from the center of the Arena, which creates an incredible surround sound, embedded in a perfectly staged light show. The musical heart of the evening are long excerpts from La Traviata, where Domingo’s dark voice fits wonderfully for the role of Germont. An extraordinary evening, culminating in long applause for the charismatic singer. “Domingo performed with bravura, alternating with the spectacular Saioa Hernández” (operaactual.com).
Recital Leo Nucci
Thirty years at La Scala: this is what Leo Nucci’s recital commemorated, an event celebrated by the fact that it was sold out only a few days after the booking opened. It was in 1977, and it was naturally the Barbiere by Rossini that opened in style the career at La Scala of a singer amongst the dearest in the heart of opera audiences, in particular in Milan. From then onwards, Nucci has performed in the greatest theatres in the world. He has sung with the most famous opera singers in the world, has worked with conductors such as Karajan, Solti, Giulini, Muti, Abbado, Maazel, Mehta, Levine and has participated in two ‘opera-films’: Macbeth and Il barbiere di Siviglia, in addition to numerous videos of live opera performances.