Rolando...

For a long time I haven't been writting anything about Rolando, because - I don't know if you can understand that - I don't understand him anymore. I cannot understand why he does things and why he does them in the way he does (Must sound quite confusing ^^) The actual reason for posting this is, that Rolando had to discontinue his concert today in Kopenhagen due to a flu he's getting. After the break it was announced that Rolando is already at the hotel. During the first part he tried his best to finish the concert, but it didn't work...


Thanks to a friend...

An evening with Anna Netrebko donated to charity

Ein Abend mit Anna Netrebko für den guten Zweck

Die Website United Charity organisiert Auktionen für Kinder in Not. Dabei werden Erlebnisse und besondere Objekte versteigert, die man für gewöhnlich nicht kaufen kann, etwa „Meet & Greets“ mit Prominenten, signierte Gegenstände oder ausgesuchte Raritäten. Die Erlöse und Spenden werden zu 100 Prozent an Hilfsprojekte weitergeleitet und diesmal erwartet die spendenfreudige Auktions-Klientel ein Abend mit der Starsopranistin Anna Netrebko.

Zu ersteigern gibt es eine Karte für das Konzert von Anna Netrebko am 29.Juli 2010 in Baden-Baden und ein Treffen mit der Künstlerin im Anschluss an ihren Auftritt. Der Erlös der Auktion wird an das SOS Kinderdorf in Schleswig-Holstein gehen und wer zum Gelingen der Auktion beitragen will, kann sich gleich hier auf die Seite von United Charity weiterleiten lassen .


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Jonas and so on

Hi everybody out there,

I know I haven't been here for quite a long time and you're maybe all kind of a bit "disappointed", but I have to state: Yes, I still love opera, I still love Anna (well and yeah also Rolando, even if "our relation is a bit difficult at the moment ^^) and I still love my blog =)
The reason why I am not really blogging at the moment is first that I have a lack of time, you know I go to a foreign language school now and I have to learn a lot. Spanish is completely new for me (nevertheless I've learned French for 5 years...) and we just have 2 years for learning how to speak it like a professional - so a lot of work in front of us ^^
And the second (most important) reason is that I don't have the feeling anymore that my blog is "useful" 'cause there are so many other great blogs e.g. The Anna fan blog etc that there is no need for my one. They all have much more information then I do, so.....

But let me shout out why I am actually writting: Jonas ! *yeah* :D I will be on his concert in Munich next Tuesday ! How cool is that ?! Will anybody of you be there too ? Comment it below ! =)
I think it'll be once again a really great experience, especially because I have an operated foot ^^ I'm going to write a "review" about the concert and make a lot of photos, like you are used to it =)

Yours,
Christina

Dmitri about Anna

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First photo of Anna at the Salle Pleyel yesterday

Programme for Anna's concert on 24th September in Stockholm

Gounod Ouverture out of "Roméo et Juliette"

Gounod Va! je t'ai pardonné ... Nuit d'hymnénée out of "Roméo et Juliette"

Verdi Ouvertüre out of "Nebukadnezar"

Donizetti Regnava nel silenzio out of "Lucia di Lammermoor"

Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima out of "L'elisir d'amore"

Donizetti Caro elisir, sei mio ... Esulti pur la barbara out of "L'elisir d'amore"

Arditi Il bacio

Tosti L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra of Quattro canzoni d'Amaranta

Tchaikovsky Polonaise out of "Eugene Onegin"

Tchaikovsky Lensky's aria out of "Eugene Onegin"

Dvorák Song to the Moon out of "Rusalka"

Puccini Intermezzo out of "Manon Lescaut"

Puccini Che gelida manina out of "La Bohème"

Puccini Sì, mi chiamano Mimí out of "La Bohème"

Puccini O soave fanciulla out of "La Bohème"

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No concert at the red square ?!

The concert isn't on Jonas' schedule anymore, his first date at this season is first on 15th at the ROH.

Furthermore this is out of the latest interview of Bryn Terfel with the Hamburger Abendblatt (cause of his concert together with Anna in Hamburg this month):

[...]Actually was even a concert at the red square in Moscow planned, where next to Netrebko and Terfel also the at the moment precious tenor Jonas Kaufmann was named to sing. This date was cancelled, the perfomance in Hamburg remained. Without Kaufmann.[...]

Really sad that she will now not sing together with Jonas =( I think she should sing with him more often ! Their voices are matching good together !

The countdown is on - 2 days

Vocal chord cyst: Villazón cancels Hamburg concert

Startenor muss in Kürze am Kehlkopf operiert werden

Stimmbandzyste: Villazon sagt Hamburg-Konzert ab

Die von der Absage betroffenen beiden Konzerte am 30. April in Berlin und am 8. Mai in Hamburg sollen im kommenden Jahr nachgeholt werden.

Rolando Villazon muss wegen einer Stimmband-OP alle Konzerte absagen. Foto: dpa
Der Startenor Rolando Villazón wird in Kürze am Kehlkopf operiert und muss daher bis zum Jahresende pausieren. Das Management von Villazón sagt deshalb sämtliche Auftritte ab. Bei dem Sänger ist eine Stimmbandzyste diagnostiziert worden, die eine baldige Kehlkopfoperation erforderlich macht. Die von der Absage betroffenen beiden Konzerte am 30. April in Berlin und am 8. Mai in Hamburg sollen im kommenden Jahr nachgeholt werden

Photos of Rolando's concert with Nino Machaidze in Athens 2008

Valladolid - Do you know ??

Hhmm it seems like that Valladolid is not such a unknown place in the world of opera as I taught first, great singers like Kasarova and JDF have already been there ! Dear Villazónistas do you maybe know more about this town ?? Or about the concert hall ??