JOSE CURA, " La Fanciulla del West" -- Wiener Staatsoper, 2016

Puccini: " La Fanciulla del West " -- Wiener Staatsoper, 2016 ---LIVE on 3rd, December, 2016 Venue: Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna, Austria. Dates: 27, 30, November, and, 3, 6, December, 2016 In December 2016, JOSÉ CURA ended his operatic year with La fanciulla del west in Vienna, reprising his cinely honed, complex bandito for an appreciative audience. cast Dick Johnson (Ramerrez) - JOSE CURA Minnie - Eva-Maria Westbrock Sheriff Jack Rance - Tomasz Konieczny, Nick - Joseph Dennis Sid - Mihail Dogotari Bello - Igor Onishchenko Sonora - Boaz Daniel Harry - Peter Jelosits Trin - Thomas Ebenstein Happy - Clemens Unterreiner Jake Wallace - Orhan Yildiz José Castro - Orhan Yildiz Wowkle - Miriam Albano Conductor - Mikko Franck, Directed and light -: Marco Arturo Marelli Stage - Marco Arturo Marelli Costumes - Dagmar Niefind Der neue Merker --- That Minnie melts at this Dick Johnson is easy to understand. José Cura is currently in excellent form and puts his whole passion into this love story. The security and beauty of his wonderfully timbrized voice is impressive. Die Presse --- José Cura is here–as he was three years ago—a dark-timbre Dick Johnson without any fear of the high notes while being somewhat generous in dealing with rhythm and declamation. His nonchalance makes him appear highly desirable and certainly explains the appeal of the ‘intruder’ in the time of the gold rush. Der Standard --- The robust tenor José Cura, working with a character not as deep as [Minnie’s], manages to make Dick Johnson sympathetic… this is a rare, great stage magic.