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OPERA Lisa Davidsen as Isolde in Wagner's MET OPERA

Re vi ew of the Opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagne r

Reviews of Opera

António Lourenço

Andrea Chénier

André Chénier was a French poet sentenced to death and executed during the French Revolution.

António Lourenço

I Puritani

Bel Canto in Close-Up: I Puritani from the Met at Gulbenkian

António Lourenço

Fidelio

The only opera by Beethoven that had the title Leonora and then FIDELIO, with text by Josef Sonnleitner, the work was subject to several versions, ending up being altered and reduced into 2 Acts in 1806, ending up being the final version in 1814.

António Lourenço

Tristan und Isolde

In this semi staged version of the concert 'Tristan und Isolde' at the Teatro Real Madrid, without a score, but with the singers acting together, i always find myself in a phenomenon in which for a music lover, i can enjoy with deeper inner concentration.

António Lourenço

Madama Butterfly

This is one of the most famous and most sung Opera in the world. It opens the 2023-2024 season at the TNSC, in Lisbon, being an event in the cultural sphere. This time starring Zarina Abaeva, on the 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th October and Elisa Cho, on the 12th and 14th of October.

António Lourenço

Orphée

The lyric singing, vocal techniques, beauty of the voices as well as melodic vein are absent! All the singers were Portuguese, also the Conductor Maestro Pedro Neves.

António Lourenço

Il Viaggio a Reims

This event was mentioned on the book 'Memoire d'Outre Tomb’ by the famous writer Chateaubriand, who attended the ceremony at Reims. He wrote: “…the current coronation will be a representation of a coronation, not a real one.”

António Lourenço

Jenůfa

It was a surprise, the original production in Czech, performed by the National Theatre of São Carlos at CCB!

António Lourenço

Falstaff

The comedy turns between the mischief of the voluminous character Sir John Falstaff, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV. in which he tries to seduce and obtain money, from two married women, from the cunning Mistress Quickly and Mistresses Page and Ford!

António Lourenço

La Wally

Catalani had composed the most famous aria, independently as "Chanson Groënlandese" in 1878 and, later, incorporated it in his Opera.

António Lourenço

La clemenza di Tito

By Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART(1756-1791), a drama with a mythological subject, serious and heroic, composed in honour of the sovereign Leopold II:

António Lourenço

Russalka

Russalka has beautiful melodies and orchestral timbres but, only last years, has been performed more regularly.

António Lourenço

Ernani

It was one of the biggest hits of recent years. The cast gathered to interpret Verdi's opera, less sang.

António Lourenço

Iolanta

The libretto was written by himself, translated from Danish, by Vladimir R.Zotov, and this being the last opera by the composer, best known for the music of famous Ballets such as " Swan Lake", " The Nutcracker", Sleeping Beauty", also piano and violin Concerts, and several symphonies.

António Lourenço

Pelléas et Mélisande

Now staged in 2022, this Opera it isn’t at our only lyric theater - TNSC - São Carlos of Lisbon but at CCB!

António Lourenço

Il Tabarro

The vibrantly and emotional music of Puccini filled all Theatre São Carlos of Lisbon, under the conductor's baton of Roman Maestro Antonio Pirolli, in a genuinely Puccini interpretation, transporting spectators to his melodic and sublime world.

António Lourenço

Il trovatore

Legendary tenor Enrico Caruso used to say: This masterpiece requires the four greatest singers in the world!

António Lourenço

Carmen

This production, staged by Alejandro Contreras and performed at the Coliseu de Lisboa, was both inventive and practical, with projected panels enhancing the visual effect.

António Lourenço

Rigoletto

Opera composed by Verdi with libretto by Piave, from the melodrama Le Roi S'Amuse by Victor Hugo.

António Lourenço

Nabucco

The excellence of the voices was a surprise, whose singers, although unknown to us, have excellent singing skills. The main characters, both the baritone and bass, the soprano (Abigaille), stood out for their beauty, musicality and timbre of voices.

Festivals of Opera

António Lourenço

Thaïs

Millennium FESTIVAL AO LARGO 2025. Opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet.

António Lourenço

Suor Angelica

Opera in 1 Act, with music composed by Puccini and text by Forzano and debut in 1918. Musical direction of Maestro Luis Sepúlveda.

António Lourenço

Julie

On September 5, Culturgest hosted Julie by Philippe Boesmans, presented as part of Operafest Lisbon .

António Lourenço

Opera Fest 2024 Lisboa

The grand celebration of the National Opera, lasting 21 days, is themed "Fatal Instinct." OPERAfest 24 is in its 5th edition, this time set in the sumptuous and historic gardens of the Marquis of Pombal, in Oeiras.

António Lourenço

Opera Fest 2023

It constitutes a great victory and jubilation for the lovers of Opera these ‘OPERAFEST’ in Lisbon, in which is already going on the 4th year, with the brilliant director and creator Catarina Molder!

António Lourenço

Opera Fest Lisboa 2020

Amazing initiative to launch an opera festival, in such a dramatic moment that humanity faces, as it was a real "spear in Africa", generated by a great passion of Catarina Molder, a lyrical singing.

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