Enigma
At this point, Maria Guleghina is still listed as tonight’s Turandot at the Met. Any of the cher public attending this performance are encouraged to share news, reviews and scuttlebutt about what did or did not happen (broad enough for you?) here in the comments section.
Aloki, what a well-considered review. Thank you for sharing it.
bullshit, she was great last night! seems like this great soprano is not one of the favorites here!
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Parterre posters specialize in severely criticizing imaginary performances by singers doing roles that are not in their repertoire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L75mGE6C6g
Well, this is her from a year and a half ago, and it shows what she is capable of (or was) on a good night for her. Better than I expected.
Trying this again…
Guleghina great last night? LOLOLOl Looks the Russian mafia (or is it Ukrainian?) is invading Parterre the same way they invaded Grand Tier last night.
I hope she does the HD, we can use the disc @ Halloween parties to entertain guests. A monstrosity. And the Ghoul never sang Gioconda? Thank heavens, I’m sure Ponchielli is resting more peacefully in his grave.
La Gioconda is not a verismo opera. It is from the school of scapigliatura.
ok, Gioconda is not verismo the same way Guleghina’s not a Turandot. I hope I don’t have to listen to her screechy, massively damaged voice ever again in the role.
I always thought Gioconda was from the school of sciocchezza, which furnishes the plot of so many operas…
I’m finding that “scapigliatura” in music refers to only 3 operas.
From Grove Music: “Only three operas were produced by the scapigliati: Faccio’s I profughi fiamminghi (1863) to a libretto by Praga, Amleto (1865) by Faccio and Boito, and Boito’s emblematic Mefistofele (1868).”