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Violeta Urmana sings Isolde in Paris


Violeta Urmana sings Isolde in Paris

Violeta Urmana sing Isolde in Paris, photo: Ivan Balderramo

by Ruth Wischmann
PARIS/FRANCE: Following on from the extraordinary success of “Tristan und Isolde” at the beginning of the year in Madrid, the singer will return to the stage as Isolde in April at Paris’s Opéra Bastille. 
This visually stunning production, staged by director Peter Sellars and the video artist Bill Viola, has since attained cult status, having taken Violeta Urmana in the past to many of Europe’s prime music venues.
Singing with her are Robert Dean Smith as Tristan and Franz Josef Selig as King Marke

. Brangäne is played by Janina Baechle and Kurwenal by Jochen Schmeckenbecher

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. Principal conductor Philippe Jordan directs the Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris.

Violeta Urmana as Isolde, fra Teatro Real, Madrid
. Foto Javier

The New York Times described Urmana’s Isolde in Madrid thus: “Ms
. Urmana, an 

acclaimed Isolde, sang the narrative and curse with rich, textured sound, deep expressivity and chilling top notes.”

Performances:
April 8, 12, 17, 21, 25 and 29 and May 4, 2104 (Opéra Bastille, Paris)
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Reviews from Violeta Urmanas performances in Kulturkompasset: 
As La Gioconda in Paris:
http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2013/05/la-gioconda-with-urmana-and-alvarez-in-paris-bastille/
From Gurre Lieder, starring Violeta Urmana, during Enesco Festival in Bucharest, conducted by Leo Hussain: http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2013/09/big-succes-for-leo-hussain-with-gurre-lieder-in-bucharest/

As Santuzza in Paris: http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2012/04/urmana-in-cavalleria-rusticana-at-bastille/

In La Forza del Destino in Paris: http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2011/11/urmana-brilliant-as-leonora/

 

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