Anna Netrekbo In Dramatic Photos From Opernhaus Zürich "Bolena"

Stunning images have emerged from Anna Netrebko's performances of Giancarlo del Monaco's production of Anna Bolena at Opernhaus Zürich. The cast includes Ismael Jordi, Luca Pisaroni, and Veronica Simeoni. The opening night performance took place March 20, 2015. For ticket information, click here. Full cast list and more photos, after the jump.

Spanish, French and Romanian Nightingales Sing of Love

Listen to four different interpretations of "Rossignol de mes amours" from Le Chanteur de Mexico performed by international tenors Luis Mariano (Spanish), Roberto Alagna (French), Ismael Jordi (Spanish) and Corneliu Fanateanu (Romanian):


"Le Chanteur de Mexico is a French film directed by Richard Pottier starring Luis Mariano and Bourvil, released in 1957. It was a screen version of Francis Lopez' operetta that premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on December 15, 1951. 'Francis Lopez composed for Le Chanteur de Mexico one of his best scores in which the arias integrate well into the atmosphere of the action; the airs were rapidly on everybody's lips: 'Mexico,' 'Rossignol de mes amours,' 'Acapulco,' 'Il est un coin de France,' 'Maïtechu,' 'Quant on voit Paris d'en haut,' 'Quant on est deux amis.' The operetta was revived in 2006 at the Théâtre du Châtelet with a cast that included Ismaël Jordi, Rossy de Palma, Jean Benguigui and Clotilde Courau." [Source] Complete lyrics can be found after the jump.

Le Fils De Cadix: Ismael Jordi

In 1973 tenor Ismael Jordi was born in Jerez de la Frontera, a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southwestern Spain situated midway between the sea and the mountains. His great-grandmother was the only one with musical abilities in his family. He was a semi-professional soccer player, but was always interested in singing. He took voice lessons with Argentinian tenor Daniel Munoz.

He attended Madrid's Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía starting in 1998. He studied voice with Alfredo Kraus for two years. He went on to take lessons with Suso Mariategui, Edelmiro Arnaltes, Teresa Berganza and Manuel Cid. He currently studies voice with Angelo Capobianco in Verona.

Birds of a Feather Flock to the Canary Islands

Some of the world's most exotic opera canaries will be landing on the archipelago, from January 7th to February 12th, to celebrate the 27th year of the music festival. A wonderful way to spend the first winter months of 2011. Artist line-up after the jump.