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Leap of faith

Maria Gavrilova jumps in as Tosca tonight at the Met, replacing the ailing Karita Mattila.

50 comments

  • operadent says:

    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!

  • squirrel says:

    am i the only one who missed the last part of act 3? the bcast just blipped out

  • CruzSF says:

    squirrel, I listened via Sirius and could hear the entire Act III.

  • mrmyster says:

    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.

  • squirrel says:

    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!

  • brooklynpunk says:

    Squirrel:

    They were REAL bullets…and he dies…( just in case ya were afraid ya missed anything…)

  • squirrel says:

    brooklynpunk
    Thank You! I was on pins and needles.

  • operadent says:

    #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.)

  • OhNO says:

    operadent liked it a lot.

  • kashania says:

    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.