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Recent ArticlesOpera Lively interviewed in person Dominique Meyer, the Intendant (general director) of the Vienna State Opera, the man who currently occupies the position once held by Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Karl Böhm, and Herbert von Karajan. Speaking with the polite and soft-spoken administrator was a pleasure, and his interesting answers provide and inside view of the world-class operation of this magnificent company.
This interview is part of our Central Europe coverage trip in the summer of 2018, when we visited four countries, seven cities, and eight opera companies where we attended sixteen performances in as many days and interviewed twenty-one artists. We gathered this material in a portal with links to all articles, reviews, and interviews. Click [here] to consult the portal, or else, click on Read More or on the title of this article, to read Mr. Meyer's words.
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We featured several reviews and interviews, and travel pictorial blogs.
This portal functions as the entry point for the coverage. We posted links to all the articles here, so readers can simply click on them to be taken to the various pieces.
Reviews
Review of Pelléas et Mélisande. Click [here]
Review of Così fan Tutte. Click [here]
Review of Il Trionfo del Tempo et del Disinganno. Click [here]
Review of a masterclass on Movement in Opera. Click [here]
Review of the recital "Les Péchés de Rossini." Click [here]
Review of the concert "Motets Festifs à Grand-Choeur" (part of the Vingtième Festival de Musiques Patrimoniales Aix-en-Baroque). Click [here]
Interviews
Interview with Kate Lindsey (Dorabella) - click [here]
Interview with Stéphane Degout (Pelléas) - click [here]
Interview with Laurent Naouri (Golaud) - click [here]
Interview with Barbara Hannigan (Mélisande) - click [here]
Interview with Sandrine Piau (Despina) - click [here]
Interview with Bernard Foccroulle (Festival Director) - click [here]
Interview with Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) - click [here]
Q&A session with Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) -click [here]
Travel Pictorial blogs
The festival venues - click [here]
The local food - click [here]
The city - click [here]
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Following this, during the same trip Opera Lively attended and reviewed Simon Boccanegra at La Scala in Milan, then officially covered the Infektion Festival of New Musical Theatre at the Berlin Staatsoper, with review and interviews for Salvatore Sciarrino's contemporary opera Luci Mie Traditrici. We also reviewed Il Trovatore (with Anna Netrebko) at the Staatsoper, and Cendrillon at the Komische Oper Berlin. This coverage in Berlin got its own portal, [here], also with some reviews for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Finally, we reviewed Aida at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, and headed back to the United States.
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The Exclusive Opera Lively Interview with Ambrogio Maestri
This interview is part of our Central Europe coverage trip in the summer of 2018, when we visited four countries, seven cities, and eight opera companies where we attended sixteen performances in as many days and interviewed twenty-one artists. We gathered this material in a portal with links to all articles, reviews, and interviews. Click [here] to consult the portal, or else, click on Read More or on the title of this article, to read Mr. Maestri's words.
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