Leap of faith
Maria Gavrilova jumps in as Tosca tonight at the Met, replacing the ailing Karita Mattila.
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Except for the end of Vissi D’arte she had all the notes and was exciting. As happens so often at the Met, the stand in stood out! A good perf!
am i the only one who missed the last part of act 3? the bcast just blipped out
squirrel, I listened via Sirius and could hear the entire Act III.
How were Gavrilova’s high-B with the tenor,
and the very exposed high-C in Act III?
Sorry she had bad luck with the Vissi Bb.
I don’t know why that is such a hard not
for so many women; must be that ascending
step-like approach; Puccini actually gives
T. several minutes of rest before she sings
the aria.
Damn, on my end it suddenly went out during the very beginning of the execution scene, and went into the bows chitchat. I assume something in my broadcast was running late (on a delay?) and then suddenly jumped forward. Sucks!
Squirrel:
They were REAL bullets…and he dies…( just in case ya were afraid ya missed anything…)
brooklynpunk
Thank You! I was on pins and needles.
#44 the C in the stabbing narrative was right on, brilliant and held for effect – a very good job. The B with Alvarez was there but they cut it a bit short – both seemed to be very “on” tonite. As for Vissi D’arte, I thought the Bb was good, but she got into trouble on the descent from the Ab to the G, and dropped it quickly. Aside from this I thought she gave a fine performance considering she probably had very little orchestral rehearsal (if any.)
operadent liked it a lot.
I too see the similaries between Rysanek and Mattila. No, Mattila doesn’t have Rysanek’s freedom at the top (especially lately) but they both have a “raspy” quality to their voices. And I think that tempramentally, there are similarities.