parterre box

154 comments

• All-Knowing Seashell says:

  I have to agree also with Mrs. Claggart about the 1976-77 Met run with Scotto and Pav. I would only add that, while I mostly revered Mo. Gavazzeni’s work, he wasn’t much help with that cast regarding balances. With a cast that lyric (only Manuguerra and Morris were sufficiently big-boned to hold their own in their roles at the Met, regardless of the conductor’s approach), more transparency would have helped, but Gavazzeni went for a no-holds-barred effect as if he had Corelli or Del Monaco, Milanov or Price, and Simionato as his cast rather than Scotto, Pav, and Verrett.

  on March 2, 2009 at 3:19 PM
• Anna Chronism says:

  moffo is wonderful but she doesn’t trill.

  on March 3, 2009 at 3:25 PM
• JoeBoo36 says:

  I was there Saturday, and I rank the performers as follows:
  1. Radvanovsky
  2. Youn
  3. Zajic
  4. Hvorostovsky
  5. Álvarez (and he was OK)

  My wife, mother, sister-in-law, and friend (four different people) enjoyed the bare-chested anvil guys the most.

  And of course, my rankings couldn’t mean less under any circumstances.

  on March 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM
• GayGlitter says:

  of course JoeBoo forgot to mention he is married to Sondra!

  just kidding, but something has to explain his lack of hearing.
  In pitch mean anything, dear?

  on March 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM