Performances of San Diego Opera's La traviata featuring Alan Opie as Germont take place on Saturday 17, Tuesday 20, Friday 23 and Sunday 25 April 2010. Elizabeth Futral sings Violetta, Marius Brenciu is Alredo, Joseph Hu is Gaston, Scott Sikon sings the Marquis d'Obigny, Nicolai Janitzky is Douphol and Kristopher Irmiter is Dr Grenvil. Andrew Sinclair directs, choreography is by Kristina Cobarrubia and the conductor is Renato Palumbo. There's further information from www.sdopera.com or +1 619 533 7000. Alan Opie has recorded for CBS, EMI, Hyperion, Chandos, and Decca. Releases include Alan Opie Sings Bel Canto Arias as well as Britten's Gloriana, Albert Herring, Death in Venice, The Rape of Lucretia and Peter Grimes. He also sings the title role in Dallapiccola's Ulisse; Tonio in Pagliacci; Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Smirnov in Walton's The Bear, the title role in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Recordings for Chandos:
Britten: Owen Wingrave
Britten: Death in Venice
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Britten: Peter Grimes
Britten: Billy Budd
Britten: Albert Herring
Donizetti: Lucia of Lammermoor
Donizetti: Mary Stuart
Holst: The Wandering Scholar
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Menotti: Martin's Lie
Prokofiev: War And Peace
Puccini: arias
Puccini: La bohème
Rossini: The Italian Girl in Algiers (highlights)
Rossini: The Barber Of Seville
Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Rigoletto
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Verdi: Ernani
Walton: The Bear
Walton: Troilus And Cressida |
