Leave it to… Jane?
Per the Met’s press office, “Jane Archibald will make her Met debut as Ophélie in the Met’s new production of Thomas’s Hamlet, singing the role on April 5 and 9.”
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Re: Konstanze: Joan was pretty great but Margaret Price was a superlative Konstanze as well. Still, here’s my fave, even if it is auf Englisch:
Dawn F, not that I recommend this approach to all singers, but Marjorie Lawrence learned all three Brunnhildes in something like three weeks for her Paris debut. It all depends on the singer’s training and innate musicality, along with the skill of the coach.
Ophelia is a very short role. The mad scene is longish, but it’s not difficult to learn. Jane should be able to learn it on the short notice. She looks very pretty. This Hamlet seems very interesting now. I wasn’t very excited when I thought that Dessay would sing all of the performances.
My interest is piqued as well. A good amount of dramatic heft in that lyric voice lends itself well to Konstanze. very agile and facile enough. I don’t think there are too many singers today who can pull it off that well. It sounds like a dependable voice if not the best instrument.
I heard Jane Archibald’s Cunegonde last December in Antwerp and loved her. Not a huge voice, and a bit whitish, but well projected, and very expressive.
She was fun to watch on stage too. One moment she looked like Cameron Diaz, the next like Virginia Woolf. And she never once looked stupid. Well, maybe just once, in the pole dancing bit with Karan Armstrong, but she probably was supposed to look stupid there.
She got the biggest ovation of the night for her Glitter and Be Gay. The distracting choreography, involving dancing toilet bowls, did not distract from her act at all. I hope she does well. Canada will hear her Zerbinetta next season, I would like to hear her in that too.
I saw her as Zerbinetta (surely the more difficult role in purely technical terms) a few years back in Geneva – she was GREAT, both singing and acting wise. I for one would be happy to see her in Hamlet – but, regrettably, a bit far for me…
@25-Buster — from a previous thread — could you kindly explain a ‘minaret tunic’ and why they are expensive? Dank U Vel.
Camille, of course: minaret tunic is the name for the Poiret model la Cieca was wearing that unfortunate night:
“There is no doubt about the success of the minaret tunic. It is here, to stay at least for six months. Whether it remains longer than that is a conundrum that would have to be answered by a Delphic oracle. Several new things have been learned about it since it began its meteoric career in July.”
From the NYT, October 26 1913, Sunday
Section: SOCIETY FASHIONS WOMEN DRAMA MUSIC QUERIES (whatever happened to that section?)
Even Elsa Schiaparelli could not afford Poiret. Luckily he turned her into a walking advertisement for his clothes, and kept giving her free stuff. More details in her book “Shocking Life.” Worth reading.
Thanks for asking!
Granted it’s not a monster part, but still, 3 weeks is not a lot of time to learn a new role.
Her website states that she learned Zerbinetta in 4 weeks, so i will guess she is a very good musician and a quick learner. Good for her.
Has the “reply” option been done away with? I see no reply link on any of the comments. is this a permanent change or just an oversight?
A little more info.
http://divajane.blogspot.com/