alison Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 ... (namely the Royal Opera production) that I don't? Aka, why are there still loads of tickets available for something which is in the Spring season and features some very big names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Pretty traditional - and actually delightful - production. The show tends to be a banker so I am sure tickets will shift nearer the time (as has been discussed here in the past, London audiences are making up their minds later and later these days). Also it has been on a fair bit in the last years - and of course Donizetti does not arose the interest of the truly obsessed audience members in the way that, say, Wagner does. Hope you go as you should have a great time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Yes, but with Villazon *and* Alagna?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 4 hours ago, alison said: Yes, but with Villazon *and* Alagna?! I wouldn't fork out for Villazon these days, even if he weren't such a cancellation risk. And Alagna is on again in Turandot, which has featured less than the Donizetti recently (though you could argue that Nemorino is a better fit for him). Agree it's a lovely, sunny production, though, and definitely worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 On the other hand Villazon has the personality for Nemorino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) I'd just like to point out the performance on Sunday 11th June when the tenor is Ivan Magri, who I presume has been engaged for the whole run to cover the other two tenors, neither of whom is 100% reliable at turning up. I attended Magri's recital at the Wigmore Hall last Monday and he should make a fine Nemorino - a nice warm timbre and appealing stage presence. Edited April 6, 2017 by RuthE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I would also recommend Pretty Yende very highly in the role of Adina - she has done two London recitals but this will be her UK opera debut. I Heard her Pamina at the Met and her Lucia di Lammermoor in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Was anyone else at last Monday's amazing performance? Young Artist Jennifer Davis stood in for Aleksandra Kurzak for the second time and Ioan Hotea, in an ROH debut, was pulled up from the audience to replace Roberto Alagna after the thankfully short first act. All I can say is Wow! Every one of those audience bravos was richly deserved. Together they delivered the freshness and credibility that this production so needs. Amazing chemistry, note-perfect delivery and one of the best performances of Una Furtiva Lagrima that I have heard in a long time. Here's hoping the casting directors were present! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Was Alagna bad, or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Dunno, he didn't sing the night I went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 25 minutes ago, alison said: Was Alagna bad, or something? He was ill. Happily, according to Twitter this week he has fully recovered and is in fantastic voice in Turandot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 6 hours ago, Geoff said: He was ill. Happily, according to Twitter this week he has fully recovered and is in fantastic voice in Turandot. To quote from another thread:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 6 hours ago, Geoff said: He was ill. Happily, according to Twitter this week he has fully recovered and is in fantastic voice in Turandot. And how! He was fabulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 I was just checking on tonight's cinema relay of L'Elisir and see that Bryn Terfel has been replaced by Ambrogio Maestri - does anyone know anything about him, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Maestri played Dulcamara in the 2012 run so knows the production. I saw him in that run & thought he was very good in the role. He had great stage presence. I'd seen on Twitter that Terfel missed the previous performance & was replaced by a singer I'd not heard of. Since tonight is the cinecast presumably they wanted a bigger name as the Dulcamara replacement - and Maestri counts as a bigger name in every sense of the word! His best known role is Falstaff, which he's sung all over the place including the ROH, Met & Wiener Staatsoper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, alison said: I was just checking on tonight's cinema relay of L'Elisir and see that Bryn Terfel has been replaced by Ambrogio Maestri - does anyone know anything about him, please? Oh no....some friends of mine splurged on good tix at the ROH especially to see Terfel. They almost never go to the opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Apologies - I hadn’t noticed the dates until I got to ‘6 years later’. I do recall hearing Pavarotti many years ago. Fabulous voice of course but he remained virtually stationary on stage with the other singers having to provide all the movement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 He'd never have fitted in this production, then! I have to say, I'm not sure I've heard such sustained applause at the ROH for any performance as tonight's - at least, as far as I could judge from the cinecast. It was certainly well deserved - and Maestri was a highly acceptable substitute for Terfel. My only problem was the subtitles being out of sync, which made it pretty difficult to work out what was going on at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 13 hours ago, Sim said: Oh no....some friends of mine splurged on good tix at the ROH especially to see Terfel. They almost never go to the opera. They won’t feel short-changed with Maestri. Great performance, perfect fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Yes they really enjoyed it! And they were sitting next to John and Norma Major! 😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Scheherezade said: They won’t feel short-changed with Maestri. Great performance, perfect fit. Absolutely. I just hadn't registered the name before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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