parterre box

50 comments

• 41
  operadent says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM

  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!
• 42
  squirrel says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM

  am i the only one who missed the last part of act 3? the bcast just blipped out
• 43
  CruzSF says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM

  squirrel, I listened via Sirius and could hear the entire Act III.
• 44
  mrmyster says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:27 PM

  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.
• 45
  squirrel says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:33 PM

  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!
• 46
  brooklynpunk says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:44 PM

  Squirrel:

  They were REAL bullets…and he dies…( just in case ya were afraid ya missed anything…)
• 47
  squirrel says:

  October 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM

  brooklynpunk
  Thank You! I was on pins and needles.
• 48
  operadent says:

  October 15, 2009 at 12:27 AM

  #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.)
• 49
  OhNO says:

  October 15, 2009 at 5:21 AM

  operadent liked it a lot.
• 50
  kashania says:

  October 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM

  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.