donizetti’s elixir easy to swallow
So says Our Own JJ, who had a lovely time at Caramoor’s L’elisir d’amore, and lived to tell the tale at musicalamerica.com.
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I love reading reviews that actually address singing technique. I have a pretty clear picture of the performance based on this review. Would that all reviews were this cogent.
Nice to read a review where you can really explain different elements of the performance.
Now, that’s a review worth printing and reading.
Thank you for this fantastic review! I do hope that we can look forward to a review of Caramoor’s Semiramide on the 31st!
It’s great to see James Jorden also being published in Musical America. In the days of print, when that publication was really important for the arts in this country, being published there would have been deemed an even bigger honor. I love the MA site and the people who made it possible.
Wonderful review! You could almost hear the singing without being there. Congratulations JJ!
Lovely review, and so glad Brownlee sang well. He is so great.
Just on quiblle/question with the review…
“The crisp rhythms and tangy melodies of Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” can make even midwinter Manhattan glow with the warmth of a Tuscan summer”
I thought the opera took place in Ascain, in the French Part of the Basque country…