Monthly Archives: December 2014

Aida

Marco Armiliato conducts Metropolitan Opera

  • Amneris: Violeta Urmana
  • Aida: Tamara Wilson
  • Ramfis: Dmitry Belosselskiy
  • Amonasro: George Gagnidze
  • Radamès: Marcello Giordani
  • The King: Soloman Howard

时隔两年,又去看了阿依达。Urmana 的埃及公主夺去阿依达不少风头(做了一点功课之后发现 Urmana 之前还唱过阿依达)。我很喜欢 Frisell 的制作;忍不住要吐槽的一点是,埃及人不大可能一开始就把宫殿修成古墓的样子。雕塑完全不必风化做旧,而壁画的颜色也应该更鲜艳些。

2015 年 6 月补录。

La Traviata

Marco Armiliato conducts Metropolitan Opera

  • Violetta Valéry: Marina Rebeka
  • Alfredo Germont: Stephen Costello
  • Giorgio Germont: Quinn Kelsey

茶花女算是我看的第一部正经的文学作品,到今天现场看歌剧,十七八年过去。也只有文学和音乐能让我们相信自己“再也无法爱上别人”。

2015 年 6 月补录。

Chamber Music Society

At Alice Tully Hall

  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (1720)
  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1720)
  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (1720)
  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1720)
  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1720)
  • BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (1720)
    ·· John Gibbons, harpsichord
    ·· Aaron Boyd, violin1,2,3,4
    ·· Sean Lee, violin1,2,3,5
    ·· Daniel Phillips, violin1,3,4
    ·· Benjamin Beilman, violin2,3,4
    ·· Lawrence Dutton, viola2,3,5,6
    ·· Lily Francis, violin1,3,4,6
    ·· Timothy Eddy, cello3,4,6
    ·· Eileen Moon, cello3,5,6
    ·· Paul Watkins, cello1,2,3,6
    ·· Timothy Cobb, double bass
    ·· Sooyun Kim, flute2,4
    ·· Robert Langevin, flute4,5
    ·· Randall Ellis, oboe1
    ·· James Austin Smith, oboe1
    ·· Stephen Taylor, oboe1,2
    ·· Marc Goldberg, bassoon1,2
    ·· Julie Landsman, horn1
    ·· Julia Pilant, horn1
    ·· David Washburn, trumpet2

2015 年 3 月补录。

La Bohème

Riccardo Frizza conducts Metropolitan Opera

  • Mimì: Angela Gheorghiu
  • Musetta: Susanna Phillips
  • Schaunard: Alessio Arduini
  • Marcello: David Bizic
  • Benoit: John Del Carlo
  • Rodolfo: Michael Fabiano
  • Colline: Matthew Rose

冲着乔治乌,年度第四次看波希米亚人。可惜盛名之下其实难副。

2015 年 3 月补录。

王羽佳

At Carnegie Hall

  • SCHUBERT / LISZT “Liebesbotschaft” from Schwanengesang, D. 957 / S. 560
  • SCHUBERT / LISZT “Aufenthalt” from Schwanengesang, D. 957 / S. 560
  • SCHUBERT / LISZT “Der Müller und der Bach” from Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 / S. 565
  • SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959
  • SCRIABIN Prelude for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1
  • SCRIABIN Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, No. 8
  • SCRIABIN Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28
  • SCRIABIN Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
  • SCRIABIN Two Poems, Op. 63
  • SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, “Black Mass”
  • BALAKIREV Islamey
  • SCHUMANN “Der Kontrabandiste, Bar,” Op. 74, No. 10 (arr.: Tausig)(encore)
  • SCHUBERT “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” D. 118 (arr.: Liszt)(encore)
  • BIZET Carmen Variations (arr.: Horowitz)(encore)
  • CHOPIN Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (encore)
  • YOUMANS “Tea for Two” from No, No, Nanette (arr.: Tatum)(encore)

2015 年 3 月补录。

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

James Levine conducts Metropolitan Opera

  • Magdalene: Karen Cargill
  • Eva: Annette Dasch
  • David: Paul Appleby
  • Walter von Stolzing: Johan Botha
  • Fritz Kothner: Martin Gantner
  • Veit Pogner: Hans-Peter König
  • Sixtus Beckmesser: Johannes Martin Kränzle
  • Hans Sachs: James Morris
  • A Night Watchman: Matthew Rose

纠结了一下午还是来了。在前排正中的位置听 MET 真是一大乐事;美得令人发抖。

虽然是六小时的马拉松,虽然也有犯困的时候,但名歌手的现场观感绝不拖沓。要说有什么缺点,那就是瓦格纳厚重的风格并不很好地契合喜剧的感情。演唱方面,瓦尔特是那种一开腔就令人精神一振的瓦格纳男高音,极佳;萨克斯等也令人印象深刻。列文的乐队没得说。总之是(疲劳而)兴奋的一夜。瓦格纳借萨克斯之口说出的最后一段话是很值得玩味的。《名歌手》和《随想曲》一样是关于音乐本身的歌剧。

2015 年 6 月补录。