parterre box

23 comments

• 1
  La Cieca says:

  November 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM

  Your doyenne has an extra ticket to this event if one of you in the cher public would care to come with. First to respond gets it. (If you’re interested please include an email address in your response so I can get back to you.)
• 2
  rommie says:

  November 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM

  la c it would have been an honor and a titillating pleasure to attend this with you but unfortunately, i have previous…ahem…commitments.

  cant wait for your review! or will JJ review this?
• 3
  La Cieca says:

  November 17, 2009 at 4:58 PM

  La Cieca is attending this event as “herself.”
• 4
  squirrel says:

  November 17, 2009 at 5:04 PM

  oh I so hope you will wear the Sydney Opera House as a hat!!
• 5
  jumping clapping man says:

  November 17, 2009 at 5:15 PM

  if only i could just on a plane and be there in time! i just REALLY hope she doesn’t have to pull out of this one, so she can have her official “NY recital debut”. i can’t wait to hear about it!!!
• 6
  kashania says:

  November 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM

  It’s times like that Kashania wishes he could be in NYC. He would love to catch the Millo recital, gossip with parterre contributors and our doyenne, and then catch House of the Dead on another night. Oh well. Y’all have fun for those of us who can’t be there, ya hear?
• 7
  Hippolyte says:

  November 17, 2009 at 6:07 PM

  Well, given that there are 12 (!) other people listed as participating–two pianists, a violinist, a cellist, a harpist, a tenor, a baritone, 4 dancers and an accordionist (!!), perhaps no one will notice if Millo herself doesn’t show up?
• 8
  La Cieca says:

  November 17, 2009 at 6:16 PM

  La Cieca has a taker.
• 9
  Camille says:

  November 17, 2009 at 7:29 PM

  Once more, in bocca al lupo, Aprile.
  Knock’em dead!
• 10
  paddypig says:

  November 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM

  She had a huge success tonight, People may quibble over a few vocal details, but no one can argue with the fact that she was a hit. She was incredibly human and honest, often hysterically funny, and gave sincere performances, pulling all the stops out in the L’altra notte and receiving a standing ovation. It was a great exciting evening. Brava Aprile
• 11
  Sanford says:

  November 18, 2009 at 12:51 AM

  From where I sat in a box, she looked stunning. And she sounded wonderful. If there were any doubts about whether she could still sing, I hope their shattered. She moved from one strength to another. The Italian songs were lovely, the rachmaninov was lovely. She saved the best for last, though. Fanciulla, L’altra notte in fondere, ZaZa, the duet from Trovatore. Pretty terrific singing. But then she sang Danny Boy with harp accompaniment. Simple, honest, heartfelt, and I cried.
• 12
  CruzSF says:

  November 18, 2009 at 1:06 AM

  Who sang the duet with her?
• 13
  ciao-ciao sop says:

  November 18, 2009 at 1:37 AM

  Michael Fabbiano. Met National Council winner, 2007. Featured on “The Audition” DVD.
• 14
  CruzSF says:

  November 18, 2009 at 1:54 AM

  Nice exposure for him!
• 15
  Tamerlano says:

  November 18, 2009 at 2:38 AM

  Happened upon this last night…My god, what glorious singing! Millo is absolutely stunning in this scene. Has anyone sung it better? The ethereal pianissimi, the fabulous sense of Verdian line, and the delicious Italian diction--just transcendent.
  Those who claim her to be a hack are just not LISTENING.
• 16
  MontyNostry says:

  November 18, 2009 at 3:46 AM

  Fabiano had a hit in London at English National Opera in Rigoletto. I didn’t see him (Verdi in English? Jonathan Miller’s ancient Mob production?) but heard good reports.

  What duet was it from Trovatore? Soprano and tenor don’t really have much of a duet, do they, apart from that tiny one before they’re due to get married? Unless she moved to mezzo and they did ‘Ai nostri monti’.
• 17
  Opera South says:

  November 18, 2009 at 7:18 AM

  I’m such a Millo fan – I got a great report via e-amil from a friend who went to the recital. I hope Gelb was listening – if even through some Met employee – it’s time for some authentic Italian performances at the Met. Aprile was so taken for granted in the 80s and 90s – I guess to close to the careers of Tebaldi and Price to be appreciated for her own, enormous talents, rather than suffer from comparison to her recent predecessors. Today, such Verdi singing would be heralded as a new golden age. Voigt in the centennial “Fanciulla”…
• 18
  jrance says:

  November 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM

  The AIDA was 20 years ago…
• 19
  ciao-ciao sop says:

  November 18, 2009 at 9:27 AM

  Sorry, Fabiano sang the ZaZa duet with her. He’s also performed at La Scala.
• 20
  Tamerlano says:

  November 18, 2009 at 10:18 AM

  That clip wasn’t from last night?
• 21
  kashania says:

  November 18, 2009 at 11:52 AM

  I don’t know if Millo was taken for granted in the 80s and 90s. She was constantly referred to as the next great Verdi soprano. During her 7-8 years at the top, she was a big star, especially at the Met.
• 22
  stamman says:

  November 18, 2009 at 11:57 AM

  I think Tamerlano is saying that he found the clip last night, not that it was sung last night. At first, I thought the same thing also.
• 23
  Tamerlano says:

  November 18, 2009 at 5:47 PM

  I think jrance was implying that the clip, due to it’s vintage, is no longer relevant and that she is indeed a has-been. This was my interpretation of his statement.