catch our act at the met
So you doyenne may better know the minds of her cher public, she asks you to participate in the following online poll. Which Metropolitan Opera performances this year do you consider the most sizzling Sternstunden, the not-to-be-missed evenings of musico-dramatic madness, or (to put it another way) those nights when you know everyone will be there? So take your pick, my dears, and remember that you are allowed to select as many as five performances before clicking the “vote” box. The poll is right after the jump.
Questions? Opinions? Predictions? Or just general discussion? The floor is open, cher commenters: what’s the new Met season going to be like?
Several of the choices on the list should prove to be memorable and exciting but if Mattila’s Salome is as good as last time, it will be the definition of “not-to-be-missed evening of musico-dramatic madness”.
Looks like theres a softie out there who voted for Traviata and Rigoletto, the only two who a few hours ago had 0 votes.
Softie or not, I won’t dare miss Joseph Calleja in this season’s Rigoletto. If the presence of such a tenor in this day and age does not qualify an operatic production as “not-to-be-missed,” I don’t know what does (Karita Mattila’s exposed honk sacks aside).
Is comment 13 a technical term that my esteemed teacher omitted? Maybe there is a Lilli Lehmann book of esercizii for the honk sack?
Waiting for FQ to say she’ll have a go at it tomorrow
I freely admit my choices were influenced by morbid curiosity (Adriana, Thais, La Rondine) as well as hopes for the best (The Ring, Salome). Also, the first three were things I have never seen live (and may never have a chance to see live again).
I’ve seen Lucia many times, and Il Trovatore. As for Sonnambula, I can’t fathom why that is currently in the top spot. Except for the last 5 minutes it is rather a snooze fest.
Is it just the gin or has Orfeo gone down by 1% since I last looked?
Good thing too
ugh. why is everyone so excited about the sonnambula? the cast is wrong for the opera- voices too light. I much prefer the OONY cast last season. Fantastic!
The geek-within-me is now madly looking forward to the Malibran edition of Adriana Lecouvreur.
I think that Sonnambula has some of Bellini’s most beautiful and touching music. The Dessay/Florez pairing should be beautiful (she did a great job of the final scene at the Volpe Gala).
Peter Seiffert’s Tristan, Brewer’s Brunnhilde, Podles as La Cieca (whom I have not seen at the Met since her stunning Rinaldo), Mattila’s Tatiana, Stoyanova’s Donna Anna, Brownlee’s Ramiro … and it would be a pleasant change to have an attractive Trovatore at the New Met for the first time ever.
Another interesting poll would be the five things that most make one shudder in horrified anticipation (kind of like a McCain presidency). Guleghina’s Adriana vies with her Lisa for the honors in this category. Gasteen’s Brunnhilde is also up there.