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TheaterByte at The Met: Giachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (New 2016 Production)

November 13, 2016 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Guillaume Tell Metropolitan Opera 2016 Production Publicity Still

The Metropolitan Opera scores big with their new production of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell.

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Entertainment Tagged With: Bryan Hymel, Classical, Fabio Luisi, Gerald Finley, Giachino Rossini, Guillaume Tell, Janai Brugger, John Relyea, Kwangchul Youn, Marco Spotti, Maria Zifchak, Marina Rebeka, Opera, The Met, The Metropolitan Opera

Rossini: Le Comte Ory [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

May 20, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

This is the first performance of Le Comte Ory recorded with a period orchestra, ably led by Maestro Muhai Tang.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, French Language, Opera Tagged With: Cecilia Bartoli, Decca, Giachino Rossini, Le Comte Ory, Muhai Tang, Opera

Rossini: Otello [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

May 19, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A rarely heard Rossini specialty, we get four good tenors contributing to terrific performance of Rossini’s retelling of the Shakespeare legend.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, Italian Language, Opera Tagged With: Cecilia Bartoli, Decca, Giachino Rossini, Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla, Otello

Giachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna [Teatro Communale di Bologna] Blu-ray Review

March 10, 2013 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The 2011 Rossini Festival gives us a marvelous Blu-ray premiere of a rare masterpiece by one of opera’s greatest composers. Cast, conductor, and director are firing on all cylinders with this one making it an easy recommendation for opera lovers.

Filed Under: Arthaus Musik, BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Italian Language, Opera, Unitel Classica Tagged With: Adelaide di Borgogna, Arthaus Musik, Classical, Giachino Rossini, Opera, Unitel Classica

Rossini: Mosè in Egitto [Teatro Communale di Bologna] Blu-ray Review

January 27, 2013 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Graham Vick and Trevor Nunn have created a major update of this Rossini classic. Transported to the modern middle East, the power of this opera seems extremely relevant to our times, and the cast seems to have caught the spirit, delivering terrific performances.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Opera, Opus Arte, Unitel Classica Tagged With: Classical, Giachino Rossini, Mose in Egitto, Opera, Opus Arte, Teatro Communale di Bologna, Unitel Classica

Giachino Rossini: Sigismondo [Teatro Communale di Bologna/Mariotti] Blu-ray Review

October 18, 2012 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A real rarity, Rossini’s Sigismondo makes its video debut in this well-done Teatro Communale di Bologna production. Musical values are well maintained and this updated staging works quite effectively.

Filed Under: Arthaus Musik, BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Opera, Unitel Classica Tagged With: Arthaus Musik, Classical, Giachino Rossini, Opera, Sigismondo, Teatro Communale di Bologna, Unitel Classica

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