Exciting and Touching Norma in Essen
Exciting and Touching Norma in Essen Bellini’s Norma is not an easy opera to stage. The demanding title role requires a soprano with considerable vocal as well as dramatic talents in order to convey […]
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Herheim’s Don Giovanni: sinning with religious zeal
Stefan Herheim’s Essen production of Don Giovanni, which earned the Norwegian director his first election (of three) as opera director of the year by Opernwelt in 2007, still impresses almost ten years after its premiere. […]
The Overture and Operatics’ first bars
It must have been incredibly difficult for unknown opera composers of centuries past to capture the attention of their audiences from the very beginning – the overture. Often, audience members visited the opera house because […]