Guillermo is an old man who has wasted the best years of his life due to the belief that there is still much time to live. After the death of his parents, Guillermo takes refuge in his house. The days were long and the years passed until he meets someone who shows him a world he has never seen before.
Live performance at the Grand Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in 2009. When Donizetti s comedy, updated to the mid-20th century by the Uruguayan-born director Mario Gas, was mounted at Barcelona's magnificent Liceu opera house in 2005, Opera News wrote that: The absolute hit of the production was . . . Rolando Villazón, a commanding, vulnerable and hilarious Nemorino.
Clorinda
La Cenerentola, de Gioachino Rossini y libreto de Jacopo Ferretti inspirado en el cuento de hadas" La Cenicienta "de Charles Perrault y los libretos de Charles-Guillaume Etienne para una ópera de Nicolas Isouard y de Francesco Fiorini para una ópera de Stefano Pavesi. La acción de esta obra lírica se sitúa en una época indeterminada a los dominios del príncipe de Salerno. Grabado en vivo en el Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 2008 con DIRECTOR DE ESCENA Joan Font (Els Comedians) siendo una COPRODUCCIÓN Gran Teatre del Liceu. Welsh National Opera. Houston Grand Opera.Grand Théâtre De Genève
Clorinda
This is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb singing and orchestral playing. And it's not just the two headliners; listen, for example, to the entrance of the stepsisters at the beginning of Act One. Nevertheless, some viewers may find the staging problematic, with singers in clown-like costumes and sets featuring human-sized rodents. Those seeking a more conventional production might want to consider the Houston Grand Opera DVD, also on Decca, with Cecilia Bartoli and Raul Jimenez. Both sets are wonderful, but, for me, Joyce Didonato and Juan Diego Florez are slightly to be preferred. Highly recommended.
Poussette
Natalie Dessay and Rolando Villazón bring Jules Massenet's classic opera to the stage in this dazzling production. In 18th-century France, Manon (Dessay) faces life as a nun, despite catching the eye of many men. When she meets the handsome but penniless des Grieux (Villazón), she falls deeply in love. The pair elopes, but their future together is threatened by outside forces.
