Ramón Vargas
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Cuori al verde
Mar 28, 1996Stefano, a philosophy grad student without a future, tries to commit suicide after his girlfriend leaves him. He is saved by Giulio, a wisecracking plumber who takes him home and teaches him the tricks of the trade. When Lucia, a woman disappointed in both men and conventional jobs who has started to work as a prostitute, calls them to repair a sink, for Stefano it's love at first sight.
Comedy
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
Jan 08, 2007Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elına Garanca, Ramón Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tézier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera favorites. This recording features highlights from concerts at Baden- Baden's Festspielhaus, where tickets to this extraordinary event sold out in record time. The DVD features the four young stars performing duets and the popular quartet "Bella figlia dell'amore" from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes' famous flower duet from Lakmé performed sumptuously by Anna and Elına.
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Don Giovanni
Sep 12, 2008DON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to life in Francesca Zambello’s engrossing production with its rich and colourful designs by Maria Bjornson. The music is memorable, dramatic and enjoyable: from the seductive solo voices of the famous ‘La ci darem la mano’ to the fabulous ensemble as Don Giovanni’s infatuated conquests, vengeful victims and their outraged relatives join forces for justice. And retribution does finally come to Don Giovanni, a serial womanizer and a murderer, with the searing flames of Hell ready to engulf him. Simon Keenlyside heads the outstanding cast at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, conducted by renowned Mozart expert Charles Mackerras.
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Don Carlos
Jan 01, 2005![La Bohème [The Metropolitan Opera]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gusZQbT6SiRxxYBOJardF3BC2CX.jpg)
La Bohème [The Metropolitan Opera]
Jun 01, 2008La production emblématique de Franco Zeffirelli de l'hymne de Puccini au jeune amour et à la vie de bohème a captivé des générations d'amateurs du Met. Le public de cinéma pu voir cette mise en scène en transmission haute définition d'un œil nouveau, dans une performance touchante mettant en vedette Angela Gheorghiu et Ramón Vargas dans le rôle de la frêle couturière et de son amant poétique.
Drama
![Don Giovanni [The Metropolitan Opera]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x3UHvAjDWeD0z88r4pp7yrjVALV.jpg)
Don Giovanni [The Metropolitan Opera]
Oct 29, 2011Mariusz Kwiecien dans le rôle-titre de l'amant le plus notoire du monde mène une gamme étoilée de mozartiens raffinés dans l'élégante production 2011 de Michael Grandage. Luca Pisaroni chante Leporello, le serviteur de Giovanni qui admire et déteste à la fois son maître. Marina Rebeka en Donna Anna, Barbara Frittoli en Donna Elvira et Mojca Erdmann en Zerlina forment le trio de femmes séduites par Giovanni. Ramón Vargas joue Don Ottavio, le fiancé d'Anna, et Joshua Bloom dans Masetto et Štefan Kocán dans le rôle du Commendatore autour du casting. Met le chef d'orchestre principal Fabio Luisi dirige l'orchestre et joue du clavecin continuo.
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La Cenerentola
Oct 27, 1997A timeless tale told in a florid bel canto style, Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story offers an ideal propellant for a virtuosic mezzo-soprano to rocket from rags to riches. But in this retelling, the supporting characters soar just as high: Cinderella’s Prince, her stepfather, and the Prince’s valet are given memorable arias, and the composer rounds out his score with ingenious ensemble flourishes. A vivacious masterpiece, La Cenerentola brings stock fairy tale characters to dazzling life.
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La Traviata
Jul 07, 2007Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organises a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man.
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Mefistofele
Jul 09, 2013The season kicks off with Boitos resplendent retelling of Goethes Faust, a monumental work of 'choral grandeur and melodic richness' (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House. The cast includes Ramón Vargas, a tenor 'in ravishing voice' (Financial Times), as the philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil; the 'luminous, compelling' Patricia Racette (Washington Post) as the woman he desires; and, in the vividly menacing title role, the 'seductively malevolent' bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov, a 'fullbodied bass-baritone' renowned for his 'wonderfully evil portrayals' (The New York Times).
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Aug 09, 2013Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the theatre’s reopening in 1973. With traditional staging and lavish costume design, the production garnered high acclaim in the national and international press, with GB Opera commending the ‘sumptuous’ setting and French online music magazine ResMusica praising director Hugo de Ana’s decision to revive the show ‘in all its splendour’. Shown here in the four-act version, Don Carlo is the fascinating tale of father-son power struggles, adultery and love that borders on incest. The cast – under the powerful baton of Gianandrea Noseda – is headed by renowned Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas, and also features Ludovic Tézier, who has been hailed as ‘one of the best Verdian singers of our time’
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Les Contes d'Hoffman
Nov 15, 2017This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
Drama
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Nov 15, 2016This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
Drama
Ernani
Nov 17, 2017Stage director Jean-Louis Grinda and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo present Verdi’s early smash hit opera Ernani. Ramon Vargas heads up an incredible cast in the heroic title role and maestro Daniele Callegari leads the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in the sumptuous melodies of Verdi’s score.
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Les contes d'Hoffmann - Opéra Bastille novembre 2016
Nov 03, 2016Existe-t-il plus bel hommage à celui qui inventa le réalisme fantastique en littérature que d’en faire le personnage principal d’un opéra où toute vraisemblance est abolie et où l’imaginaire impose ses propres règles ? Dans l’oeuvre d’Offenbach, Hoffmann, présenté comme un poète et compositeur maudit, évoque ses souvenirs amoureux et nous conduit dans un univers où les frontières entre rêve et réalité sont poreuses. Le metteur en scène Robert Carsen se joue magistralement du théâtre dans le théâtre et, à travers un spectaculaire procédé de mise en abyme, nous dévoile les coulisses de l’opéra.
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![Eugène Onéguine [The Metropolitan Opera]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zV7X5zY1DBQzyEbQ4sRgiKoPK2E.jpg)
Eugène Onéguine [The Metropolitan Opera]
Feb 24, 2007La douleur d’un amour non partagé est dépeinte de manière inoubliable par deux des plus grandes stars d’aujourd’hui. Renée Fleming est radieuse musicalement et dramatiquement dans le rôle de la timide Tatiana, qui tombe amoureuse du mondain Onéguine, interprété avec un charisme dévastateur par Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Leur chant et leur alchimie envoûtantes explosent dans l’une des scènes finales les plus déchirantes de l’opéra. Avec Valery Gergiev sur le podium dirigeant la partition passionnée de Tchaïkovski, cette performance restera dans les âges.
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A Verdi Gala from Berlin
Apr 16, 2002Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Recorded in 2000, the program includes excerpts from the composer's "La Traviata," "Falstaff," "Rigoletto," "Don Carlos" and "Un Ballo in Maschera," with solos by Andrea Rost (soprano), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone) and Lucio Gallo (bass-baritone).
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Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
Sep 22, 2008Keeping with a long-standing tradition, Renee Fleming kicks off the new season at the Met with scenes from Verdi's Traviata, Massenet's Manon, and Strauss' Capriccio. She is joined by Ramon Vargas and Thomas Hampson.
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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 2000 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Andrea Rost (soprano), Alan Titus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), and the Prague Radio Choir. On the programme: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Excerpts), Don Carlos (Excerpts), Rigoletto (Excerpts), La Traviata (Excerpts), Falstaff (Excerpts), Johann Strauss: Maskenfest – Quadrille.
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Idomeneo
Mar 19, 2007Mozart's opera telling the story of the King of Crete who returns from Troy to find his his son in love with the daughter of the slain Paris, King of Troy. Conducted by Sir Roger Norrington and performed by Ramon Vargas, Magdalena Kozena, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Siurina.
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Don Carlo
May 22, 2016The 2016 Don Carlo production at the Vienna State Opera, directed by Daniele Abbado, offered a modern, minimalist take on Verdi's masterpiece. Abbado emphasized the psychological and political tensions within the story, employing stark sets and subdued colors to evoke a timeless, oppressive atmosphere. Lighting played a crucial role, intensifying the focus on the characters' inner struggles and conflicts. The cast featured René Pape as a commanding and deeply nuanced Philip II, alongside Ramón Vargas as Don Carlo and Anja Harteros, who delivered a luminous and emotionally charged portrayal of Elisabetta.
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