Bravo Opera Australia, which once more has given us an unforgettable evening. Giacomo Puccini, the much loved late 19th and early 20th Century Italian composer wrote 12 Operas, many of them among the most consistently popular works. The soaring, sweet melodies of La Boheme, Tosca and Turandot and others share the fame attributed to Madama Butterfly.…
Bravo Opera Australia, which once more has given us an unforgettable evening. Giacomo Puccini, the much loved late 19th and early 20th Century Italian composer wrote 12 Operas, many of them among the most consistently popular works. The soaring, sweet melodies of La Boheme, Tosca and Turandot and others share the fame attributed to Madama Butterfly.…
Fromental Halévy’s La Juive is often considered a tenor’s opera. This is because the great Act IV aria “Rachel, quand du Seigneur” is the work’s most popular and tenors since Enrico Caruso have planned performances around their rendition of it. Don’t get me wrong, Diego Torre’s Eléazar sang it stupendously (and received the longest and…
I spoke with soprano Natalie Aroyan on the morning of the first rehearsal on the set of Fromental Halévy’s 1835 opera La Juive, the first day of production week. She was excited to get on to the ‘scary’ staircase which makes up most of the set. Staircases present all sorts of interesting challenges, not only…