Verdi: Luisa Miller

Verdi: Luisa Miller

 This mediocre opera needs stronger atmosphere than it gets in this strangely monumental staging for a domestic drama. The singing and conducting is strong, but it is more convincing to just listen than to watch. Michael Tanner
 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:25 pm

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Luisa Miller
PERFORMER: Takova, Sabbatini; La Fenice Chorus & Orchestra/Benini; dir. Bernard (Venice, 2006)
CATALOGUE NO: 2.110225-26

This mediocre opera needs stronger atmosphere than it gets in this strangely monumental staging for a domestic drama. The singing and conducting is strong, but it is more convincing to just listen than to watch. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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