mais nous ne voyons pas la borodina
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… and they play polo there, of course.
Renaaay tightens her PR stranglehold with an interval interview about Desdemona and what it’s like to be both a superdiva and a supermom.
Maybe, since she is now a broadcast journalist, she could have interviewed herself …
Stoyanova just did a beautiful job with my aria. I like her too, more that Kovalevska (who was refined and pleasant but not enchanting).
If anyone hears Gavrilova tonight could they report?
Stoyanova also had the best French in the cast.
Alvarez may not be subtle, but what a lovely strong, natural sound with a real, ringing top. (Alagna and Villazon, take note)
There are too few Italianate dramatic tenors. The jobs go begging. In an intermission interview today, Alvarez named the heavy roles that he will be doing. God help him!
he barely gets thru this one to lukewarm applause and slightly open boos in the house.
Herrera did a decent job, though I don’t think it’s a Grade 1 voice. Shame some notes disappeared completely in a couple of phrases!
Actually, I think “rooster of soloists” is a pretty accurate description of the Met’s personnel…
one of these days i’ll skip my weekly football game to listen to the broadcasts again.
yes, krassimira should be a MAJOR STAR! i saw her live twice, the last time as nedda and she is amazing. gorgeous voice, gorgeous figure, great actress too. i just listened to her liu again on CD, and she was the star of the evening. i don’t know how good her coloratura is, but they should give her the belcanto roles they keep pushing on netrebko (let me not say anything again about gleb).
borodina, i love her voice, wonderful contralto depth and gorgeous wine-colored tone, but she should be forbidden to sing things like amneris and eboli — she’s not a dramatic mezzo, and her top notes are not there (the only one with a shorter top is graves). again, let me not get started on the genius who runs the met… i saw her amneris and it’s just wrong, in spite of how gorgeous her lower register sounds.