Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna

CONCERT - Vienne - Wienerstaatsoper

 

 

Programm

 

 

 

Cast - Performing 

 

Concert au Staatsoper de Vienne

Le 9 novembre 2016

 

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano)

Roberto Alagna (ténor)

Jozef Cohen (pianiste)

 

 

 

 

Press Review

 

 

Kronen Zeitung -  Stefan Musil (11/11/2016)

"A true great love, an impressive and colorful bouquet of arias/duets. Powerfully poignant as Eleazar, Alagna did wonders as Maurizio and Calaf..."
 
TRANSLATION (from German):
 
"While the Wiener Staatsoper is visiting Japan, on Wednesday the singers' couple Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna​ were invited to perform on its stage as part of the soloists' concerts. A colorful bouquet of arias and duets from the two artists' vast repertory thrilled the spectators.
 
"Lips are silent,violins whisper: Love me!" she sings in Polish, he in French. But naturally we understand well what Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna chose to perform as an Encore. A true couple - they are also partners in life - recently celebrated in Halévy's La Juive at the Bayerische Staatsoper​ in Munich.
 
Now in Vienna they offered an impressive tasting of it. She, overwhelming as Rachel, with "Il va venir", he, powerfully poignant in Eleazar's great aria "Rachel, quand du Seigneur". That makes us think, just at the time of the 78th anniversary of the Crystal Night, that we could also have an exciting "La Juive" Vienna with these two performers. It is in Fiordiligi's aria "Come Scoglio" that Aleksandra Kurzak proved all her talent in Mozart, while Alagna boosted his tenor a little bit further in an interesting rarity, an aria from "Joseph" by Méhul. A little later, both, and the audience with them, took great pleasure in the duet "Caro Elisir" from "The elixir of love".
 
In the second part of the performance, they could also express their love as Desdemona and Otello, then as Marguerite and Faust. Kurzak inspired the audience as Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea and as Liù while Alagna did wonders as Maurizio ( "Adriana Lecouvreur") and Calaf. Warm applause for this couple of sympathetic singers."

 

 

 

 

Gallery

 



07/12/2017