Almaviva’s gangster gang

Martin Kušej’s production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Salzburg in 2023 came 20 years after he had last directed a Mozart opera at Salzburg.  My reviews (and follow up pieces) of his productions of Don Giovanni (2002, revived 2006) and La clemenza di Tito (2002) are probably two of the most commented on on this blog.  So I’m interested to see where this goes.

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The Greek Passion

Bohislav Martinů’s The Greek Passion is a 1961 opera based on the novel Christ Recrucified by Nicos Kazantzakis.  The English language libretto is by the composer.  It was staged in the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg in 2023 in a production directed y Simon Stone and recorded for video.

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