Classical Music

Barno Ismatullaeva's silvery vocal beauty, full of pristine sheen, accentuates Pierluigi Samaritani's elegantly traditional production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

A dapper stage presence, a richly marbled lower extension, and heaps of noble virility are what constitute Rodrigo Garull's portrayal of Count Loris Ipanov. Please enjoy my review and let me know your

Debonair nobility and gallant valiance were at Etienne Dupuis' side in his portrayal of Simon Boccanegra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

The holiday season is fast approaching. Nina Minasyan's luscious creaminess and lovely elegance as Olympia, the mechanical Christmas doll, are wonderful gifts to give any opera fan. Please enjoy my review

A veritable cavalcade of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's shining stars have placed their shining stamps on this Liederabend full of Maurice Ravel songs. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Start spreading the news, for Lydia Steier's production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann takes on a New York setting at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your

Sensitive charm and youthful virility have been engendered in Jonathan Tetelman as Werther, while graceful elegance and noble poignancy have defined Aigul Akhmetshina as Charlotte. Please enjoy my review

After several years of being the flighty Musetta, Elena Tsallagova steps into Mimì's gracefully humble yet tragically ill-fated shoes, supported by a pristinely consummate Bel Canto technique. Please enjoy

This is a cross post of @currentxchange/bring-cxc-music-back-to-hive by @currentxchange.Let's make Hive more musical. 🎶 (DHF Proposal #314)

So here's another post about the film project that I just might pull off at some point. Until now I have made a script, technical experiments and music. This post is about music. The list of Open source

Sneak peek of upcoming gig with story telling in WA

Serena Sáenz's elegant charm, charismatic beauty, courageous resilience, and fine musicianship as a lyric coloratura soprano were evident in her graduation concert. Please enjoy my review and let me know

While Jonas Kaufmann's 2022 best-of album can benefit from more variety in recorded repertoire, it is still a nice listen, especially for die-hard Jonas Kaufmann fans. Please enjoy my review and let me

Here are my renditions of different versions of Ave Maria. Special thanks to Uncle Bert Decena for recording. Giulio Caccini's and Vladimir Valivov's version Franz Schubert's version Johann Sebastian Bach's

Happy First Advent, everybody. Antoni here with some ecstatic news. From two days ago until yesterday, my review of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin starring Diana Schnürpel as the

The young lyric coloratura soprano Julia Muzychenko tackles Gilda from Verdi's Rigoletto, one of the many roles that define her ever-flourishing operatic career from soubrette to lyric coloratura. Please

Sally Matthews, a lyric soprano renowned for both her lyric and coloratura work predominantly in Mozart, tackles Beethoven's iconic heroine who is a paradigm for unconditionally conjugal love, justice

Eve-Maud Hubeaux tackled the elegantly voluptuous yet emotionally temperamental Amneris from Verdi's Aida at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.

From his beginnings as a light lyric tenor to his current tenures in challenging leading tenor roles, Saimir Pirgu tackles Idomeneo the Cretan King torn between his regal duty and filial bond with his

A host of young singers make their mark at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin in the third Mozart opera that had Lorenzo da Ponte collaborating as his librettist. Please enjoy my review and let