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Was anyone else at Caramoor tonight? Angela Meade was beyond stunning. Complete mastery of the role, sung with a voice of tremendous impact and astonishing technique. Anyone who can go, really, really should.
scifisci, I was at Caramoor & was overwhelmed by Meade’s performance. I totally agree with your comments & wish I could go again to the 2nd performance of Norma.
Scifisci, I agree. I was totally blown away last night. And her pairing with Keri Alkema’s Adalgisa was electric.
There must have been like alkemy–er um, alchemy.
Meant to say, “it must have been like alkemy–er um, alchemy.”
someone please tell me we will get to hear some of this…
I really want to get up there for the Maria di Rohan. Anyone want to get a group together from NYC?
Also, yesterday I listened to I Masnadieri from the ROH (I think it was Paula Delligatti, but I’m not sure). So I went looking for her on Youtube (she has no videos as far as I could tell), but OMG, I found this girl, and she is stupendous:
Caramoor is one of the coolest Festival venues I have been to, and really have missed going , for the past couple of years…hoping to somehow make the second “Norma”..and “Maria de …”
Here’s the AP review of the Caramoor Norma. It gives me the impression that she’s basically a big lyric soprano whose voice was stretched by the more dramatic outbursts.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2012331632_apusoperanorma.html
Enzo:
Funny the way people read and interpret a review differently…nu?
I didn’t get the same impression you did… just from reading this…… not even close…. but … oh, well…
Gee, it’s hard to interpret “even if they may have stretched her lyric instrument to its capacity” as meaning anything but “can crack walnuts with her nostrils.”
Betsy, you made my day!
Punk, you must have missed that crucial passage.
I would wager that this is a better review than the one we’ll get from Tony, if he was there.
Careful about gloating, Enzo. You’re the one who got an “impression” from a brass-band flag-waving blatant statement.