Three-part series tracing the history of Italian opera presented by Antonio Pappano, world-renowned conductor and music director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The series features sumptuous music, stunning Italian locations and some of the biggest names in opera as contributors.
Lucy Worsley's Nights At The Opera, a two-part series featuring Sir Antonio Pappano, will explore the history and music of key opera cities.
In this four-part series, the conductor Sir Antonio Pappano (Music Director of the Royal Opera House) explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types - Soprano, Tenor, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone & Bass. Through discussion, demonstrations, and workshops, he explores every aspect of the art of great singing....
Suzy Klein introduces America's most talented young musicians in an ambitious concert from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Antonio Pappano conducts the UK premiere of Benjamin Beckman's new work, Occidentalis and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Berlioz's beautifully crafted miniatures Les nuits d'été. The impressive programme culminates with Richard Strauss's epic w...
由18世纪法国风靡一时的爱情小说《骑士格里欧与曼侬·莱斯科的情史》带来的灵感,歌剧史上有多位作曲家都以此创作了歌剧,其中最为著名的当属马斯内的《曼侬》和普契尼的《曼侬·莱斯科》。尽管有马斯内的珠玉在前,但普契尼之作以华丽的乐曲、灵动的结构、丰沛的情感、充满活力的绮丽旋律而大获成功,受到观众与评论界的一致好评。
本版《曼侬·莱斯科》是英国皇家歌剧院30年来的首版全新制作,有“首席普契尼女高音”美誉的克里斯汀·奥博莱斯饰演曼侬·莱斯科,乔纳斯·考夫曼饰演格里欧,二人之间的默契令整体制作大放异彩,让这一对苦命鸳鸯奥德赛式的流放命运更加令人动容。著名导演乔纳森·肯特强化了这部歌剧的戏剧性,将背景从18世纪搬到了现代,故事的内核依然是关于一个身处自由、危险和虚伪环境中的女人,在明码标价的浮华与纯真热烈的爱情之间做出了错误选择,并最终付出了生命的代价。
Contrast is the essence of Giacomo Puccini’s operatic triptych, Il trittico. The one-act works that form the trilogy – Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi – range from gritty melodrama to life-affirming comedy. While each opera stands alone, the three come together to create a sense of a complete event, rich in textures and musical forms.
Il trittico had its premiere ...
Antonio Pappano takes an in-depth look at one of the most famous and dramatic of all operas - Puccini's Tosca.
This documentary goes behind the scenes of the recent production of Tosca by the Royal Opera House, conducted by Pappano and starring some of the hottest names on the opera stage today - Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann. Pappano examines the drama and m...
Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (The Players) are today Italian opera’s most famous double act, but they were written independently. Cavalleria rusticana came first, its hugely successful premiere in 1890 doubtless an influence on Leoncavallo. His Pagliacci in 1892 was another triumph. The two works, each undeniable m...
Nothing pulls harder at the heartstrings than an opera aria – that key moment when the action stops and the character draws us right in to the heart of the drama, revealing his or her innermost feelings and thoughts. These are chances for the singers to really show off, to wow an audience with some of the most famous music in opera.
Antonio Pappano shares his personal selection...
To celebrate the bicentenary of Wagner's birth, Sir Antonio Pappano, the charismatic music director of the Royal Opera House, guides us through the epic composition which changed opera and the theatre for ever - the Ring of the Nibelungen.
Pappano shares his insights into Wagner's music and the mythical world the composer created, visiting the extraordinary theatre at Bayreuth ...