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FROM AROUND THE WORLD: MONTREAL.(Review)
Following up on the critical success of Jenufa three years ago, Bernard Uzan scheduled another of Janacek's tragedies for his penultimate season as artistic director of Opera de Montreal. Kata Kabanova (seen Nov. 9) is sure to remain one of his greatest legacies when he leaves the company next year, for it was a nearly perfect production in every respect.
Andre Barbe's sweeping, inverted parabola, made entirely of wood, formed the anchor to both the story and the sets. Abstract and modernistic, it served to convey multiple metaphors to the realistic backdrops that changed with each of the six scenes, each swathed in gorgeous colors from Guy Simard's lighting designs: browns and golds for the interior of the Kabanov house; blue, mauve and orange for the Act II Liebesnacht; austere greys and silvery blue for the final tragedy.
Oksana Krovytska invested the title role with an extraordinary range of nuances, dynamics and ...
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- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Desmeules, Raynald December 1, 2008 700+ words
...husband's life. In his role debut, Russian bass Mikhail Svetlov, with his ample voice and impressive stage presence...OdeQ debut in La boheme in 1997 under the name of Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov.) In Schoenberg's Erwartung, the audience...
- Lazaro Azar / Gotitas y gototas...(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) May 6, 2003 700+ words
...tipo, lstima que Roco Elizarrars pase vocalmente desapercibida. Definitivamente, quien "son" mejor fue Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov (Oroveso), ya que si bien Encarnacin Vzquez demostr ser la nica del reparto con conocimiento del estilo belcantista...
- 'Fausto': iSe lo Llevo el Diablo!(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) February 22, 2000 700+ words
...como la de cualquier desafortunada representacin escolar). Afortunadamente, se cont con el esplndido bajo Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov, quien ofreci un Mefistfeles pleno, tanto en sus facultades vocales como en su ldico histrionismo. Justo...
- Inicia la trilogia mistica de Wagner.(Primera Fila)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) March 14, 2003 700+ words
...Ambriz y Encarnacin Vzquez, adems de las voces extranjeras (Stephen West, Pierre Lefbvre, Marc Embree, Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov, Jrgen Linn, entre otros) quienes a pesar de ser veteranos en el repertorio wagneriano, cantan por primera...
- Katya Kabanova: Allan Glassman (Boris) and Oksana Krovytska in the title role...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Kaptainis, Arthur March 22, 2001 700+ words
...end of age and outlook was the merchant Dikoj, played with great presence by the double-rich Russian bass Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov. The Orchestre Metropolitain under Scottish conductor Stewart Robertson did justice to both the darkness and...
- From around the world: Santa Fe.(North America--five operas reviewed: La Belle...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Williams, Simon November 1, 2003 700+ words
...Varvara was a beacon of hope in the bleakness, and Michael Smallwood's Vana had a corresponding energy and sprightliness. Mikhail Svetlov provided grim comedy as a drunken Dikoj, who became frighteningly violent when crossed, and Judith Forst, monster of...
- Reestrenan 'Fausto' por falta de recursos.(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) February 15, 2000 700+ words
...tambin estn Jorge Lagunes en el papel de Valentn, Vernica Alexanderson como Siebel y los extranjeros Oksana Krovytska y Mikhail Svetlov Krutikovos, quienes debutan en Mxico con los personajes de Marguerite y Mephistopheles. La Peor Opera De Gounod Fausto...
- Arrancan con version de concierto.(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) April 30, 2001 700+ words
...Federica y Carlos Almaguer como Miller, incluye a Eugenia Garza -que debut en el mismo escenario el ao pasado- como Luisa Miller, Daniel Cervantes como Wurm, Mikhail Svetlov como el Conde Walter, y el mencionado De la Mora como Rodolfo.
- Llegan a la cumbre del bel canto.(Primera Fila)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) May 2, 2003 700+ words
...mezzosopranos Encarnacin Vzquez y Sandra Malik Villagra como Adalgisa, la joven sacerdotisa del templo de Irminsul; el bajo Mikhail Svetlov como Oroveso, el jefe de los druidas y padre de Norma; el tenor Oscar Roa como Flavio, centurin romano amigo de Pollione...
- Voicing the Soviet Experience: The Poetry of Ol'ga Berggol'ts.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Leiderman, Mark July 1, 2008 700+ words
...person, might have led to serious reprisals' (p. 30). This remark is applicable to numerous Soviet writers, such as Mikhail Svetlov and Iurii Olesha, Iurii Kazakov and Iurii Dombrovskii among numerous others: Berggol'ts's case represents a female...
