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Met Tosca: a first glimpse!

by | 10:22 pm | Sep 16, 2009

Don’t ask La Cieca how she obtained these photos of the Met’s new Tosca production, because if she told you, she’d have to kill you. Suffice it to say that admirers of Karita Mattila will not be disappointed! 

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  • MonkeyBoy says:

    I am looking forward to being in the house on 10/10 for the broadcast. Two of the most memorable operas I’ve seen in recent years had no sets of which to speak, and only minimal production value. Yet the singers conveyed an excitement and a sense of urgency to make the evenings memorable.

    Matilla is a singing actress, and as such, will probably sing the tits off the role. Her Salome was phenomenal, understanding of course that it’s a completely different style of opera.

    on September 17, 2009 at 12:38 PM
  • Alto says:

    “i didn’t think she had it in her to be so demented.”

    Then you can never have been in her presence offstage for a moment.

    on September 17, 2009 at 3:21 PM
  • Alto says:

    And, oh, I worship Matilla — as only a queen can worship a diva.

    on September 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM
  • tebaldidiva says:

    Browser and justanothertenor --

    Thank you so very much for your lovely comments. I am honored.

    Melody

    on September 18, 2009 at 7:54 PM
  • iltenoredigrazia says:

    La Cieca, I think the problem here is that the Met is in the mode of giving the new productions a lot of advance publicity with emphasis on the dramatic aspects, the production, scenery, and new directorial concepts. Notice that the discussion here has not been about Puccini’s or Mattila’s Tosca, the baritone’s Scarpia, or the tenor’s Cavaradossi, but about the director’s Tosca. Yes, we haven’t seen it yet, but Tosca is a familiar work , with a straightforward plot, and in well assigned locales. So when one’s teased with the idea of a “new concept” for a work like this, it’s impossible not to ask: why? Or: how different can it possibly be? Or how will it convey the composer’s intentions?

    We’ve already dealt with atrocities like Zimmerman’s Sonnambula -- not to mention her Lucia, Wilson’s Lohengrin, etc., etc. So it’s very hard not to anticipate this Tosca with quite a bit of trepidation. Yes, it may work. Actually, I hope it works. But it’s like going to the dentist hoping that it doesn’t hurt. You know what the odds are.

    on September 18, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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