Vienna is one of the most amazing theatres, not only in how it looks or where it’s situated, but because of the people who buy the tickets. They go to see singers and not productions.
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| — | Bryn Terfel talking to the FT Weekend Magazine. |
You go [to the opera] to spoil yourself with three hours of world-class artists telling you stories about what it’s like to be human.
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| — | Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House talking to the FT Weekend Magazine. |
The trick for me has always been to say ‘You should put on your nicest clothes [to the opera]’, not for my sake but for your own sake, to celebrate that opera is something special.
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| — | Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House talking to the FT Weekend Magazine. |
Riccardo Muti is the second ever recipient of the $1m Birgit Nilsson prize - after Placido Domingo. Congratulations!
Came across this video of Vittorio Grigolo preparing for his part in Faust at the Royal Opera House - September 2011. What a diva!
It sounds like film music… in a very positive way. It carries you away. It’s a combination between James Bond and Batman.
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So for my first post, I thought I would share with you the thoughts of one of my favourite singers, Jonas Kaufmann, on my favourite opera, Puccini’s Tosca. BBC Radio 3 - Saturday 1st October. |
