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113 comments

• Calaf47 says:

  JDF did the encore!! Good for him

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:16 PM
• iltenoredigrazia says:

  Good for him! This is the way to make opera super-exciting. If he does it during the HD, he’ll get lots of publicity and will likely become a personality outside the opera world too. A superstar.

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:16 PM
• Santuzza Credimi says:

  Shameless, I say – shameless! Now it’s just becoming a “thing”, not really a spontaneous joyousness. Maybe undeniable at 5 minutes ovation – but not at 2 & a half.

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:18 PM
• CaroNome says:

  Wow! Go Juan Diego! I’m so happy for him. The audience certainly sounded like they wanted it!

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:18 PM
• Reggiani says:

  I have never heard his tone so beautiful, pure, and lilting. He’s a marvel.

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:23 PM
• kashania says:

  Who gets 5-minute ovations? Geez! I think the ovation warranted an encore and I say bravissimo. He was flawless and he delivered what the crowd wanted. I love it. Singing 18 high Cs in less than 10 minutes is no mean feat.

  La fille is my least-favourite Donizetti so this kind of spectator-sport stuff (and the leads who can deliver) is the only thing keeping my interest. Dessay is sounding pretty good too. She was quite moving in that last aria.

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:35 PM
• rysanekfreak says:

  I loved it. I just hope this doesn’t start a trend at the Met and that other superstars (Fleming? Netrebko? Gheorghiu?) demand the right to do encores. (and demand that their claques organize standing ovations after arias)

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:52 PM
• daintymouth says:

  Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Shameless?? You bet…but FUN!! This is what this opera should be FUN!!

  You’re absolutely right, Gelb the showman said just enough in that article to plant the seed of an encore….and if you don’t think he’ll do it in the HD broadcast, you’re crazy!!

  on April 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM
• chekurupi says:

  like daintymouth, it is fun, shameless, and all of the above. Even if the scene seems to overly planned, methinks the ovation would have continued for 5 if that is what some of us wanted before we think he deserved it.

  on April 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM
• High C's @ 4:20 says:

  I REALLY missed JDF in Barber in Chicago, and glad hes back in fine form after the fish boner… but i dont want him to become known as ‘the one who encores’ everywhere… esp. in cities where they clap at the drop of a hat… I should think it impossible to predict, as youd need to be there to see how it goes the FIRST time, anyway…

  on April 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM