Shirley Verrett: La Luce Langue, Macbeth – La Scala, Milano
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Opera Meets Film: Verdi’s Requiem As Camp in ‘Django Unchained’
The film itself contains no music from the maestro at Bayreuth. That said, it does contain one section of “Operatic” music, specifically the “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem.
In the context of the film, playing alongside shots of the Ku Klux Klan riding into a valley, torches in hand and horses running at full speed, it comes off as a bit exaggerated and over-the-top. Of course, this is what Tarantino wants as what follows is one of the most hilarious scenes in any of his films, the corrupt organization portrayed as a bunch of fools, at best.
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[News] Sonya Yoncheva’s New Album Dedicated To Verdi
Platea Magazine has announced Sonya Yoncheva’s upcoming album.
According to the online magazine, the soprano is set to release an album dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi featuring arias and duets. The album coincides with the sopranos upcoming Verdi tour this season with her brother tenor Marin Yonchev, who is also featured on the new album.
The album will be conducted by Riccardo Zanetti and is slated for a February 2018 release.
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Renata Tebaldi “Pace, Pace Mio Dio” from La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi
[News] Verdi’s ‘Otello’ at Royal Opera House, London
“Otello” the opera created by Giuseppe Verdi based on Shakespeare’s play Othello will run through July 15, 2017, at Royal Opera House, London.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare, ‘Otello’ narrates the story of love, jealousy, betrayal, and death. The tragedy of Otello is the plot as he seeps into jealousy and murders his faithful wife Desdemona manipulated by the trickery of a cunning Iago. Through the confessions of Iago’s accomplices and his unknowing wife Emilia his plot is revealed and Otello grief-stricken takes his own life.
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Carlo Bergonzi “Quando le sere al placido”
Francesco Meli – Giovanna D’Arco