Here, I post my reviews and document my love of opera. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to comment on any of my posts or contact me if you wish to.
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David Buchler
All tagged Dessay
Eat your heart out Florez and Dessay. A new pair of principals have hit London and star in Laurent Pelly’s 12 year old production of La Fille du regiment. The mishmash production is very much a ‘Dad’s Army’ fun billing. The comedy is always at the forefront and is infectious and the two new principals bring the house down. In fact there appears no singing weak link in a most enjoyable evening.
Lucia di Lammermoor was Donizetti’s 46th opera written in 1835 and based on Sir Walter Scott’s similarly titled novel. It was premiered in Naples in its original Italian version, but very soon thereafter a French version (which is rarely performed) was commissioned for the Paris Opera. Many of the great sopranos have sung the role of Lucia, some of whom have made their career as a result, such as Melba, Callas, Sutherland, Anderson, Serra, Gruberova and more recently, Damrau and Dessay.
