parterre box

123 comments

• jatm2063 says:

  Balls of Christ!

  Who sang Almaviva next to that? Vladimir Atlantov?

  Had she eschewed her two attempts at interpolated D? or E flat? (I assume she is singing it in F) it is sort of okay. The high notes sure do work a lot better for her then than they do now. She is also (sort of) pretty.

  And people think casting at the MET is strange!

  on February 5, 2009 at 4:27 PM
• Sanford says:

  OMG! Ghoul as Rosina? She really kind of makes me appreciate Trebs.

  on February 5, 2009 at 4:42 PM
• jatm2063 says:

  This must have been a LONG time ago. How old was she when she did this?

  on February 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM
• Lederhosen says:

  back when she had a middle and bottom, sort of. Domingo didn’t sing the dress? Why? She is no adriana, and I fear he ain’t a Maurizio.

  on February 5, 2009 at 5:02 PM
• brian says:

  that brings back bad memories of Pique Dame from Novermber.

  on February 5, 2009 at 5:26 PM
• kashania says:

  I think I prefer the wild “Sempre libera” that La Cieca posted a while back.

  on February 5, 2009 at 5:31 PM
• kashania says:

  jatm: I believe her Almaviva was Vickers.

  on February 5, 2009 at 5:32 PM
• calaf47 says:

  DAMN…those Russian girls just go for those high notes whether they have them or not (..and they don’t).

  on February 5, 2009 at 6:23 PM
• Little Stevie says:

  The voice is way too heavy for the role, yet surprisingly there are parts that aren’t so bad. She has been pushing the sound for a while now, but I think this clip shows that she was meant to sing the big roles from the outset of her career. I’m going tomorrow night and wishing her the best as always.

  on February 5, 2009 at 6:27 PM
• Alessandro Visconti says:

  She looks a bit like a plumper version of Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy) in this excerpt.

  on February 5, 2009 at 6:30 PM