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- Niel Rishoi
  I find that the more extraneous gimmicks are used in a staging, the more it detracts and distracts from the music.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 55 minutes ago
- H_Badger
  Excellent discussion - thank you! December's Frau was my first and I've fallen in love with it. One of the best parts of it is the symbolism and archetypes which are so ripe for...
  
  The unkindest Kind · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  That may have been me. I thought it unlikely that the Met would devote the necessary time and resources to re-creating the pre-taped video sequences with new singers. A bit of a pity because a...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 1 hour ago
- NPW--Paris
  https://youtu.be/Xy5tetNgQ7I?si=X0kGPeUZytrKD3-S
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 1 hour ago
- Cornelia
  Just with LA Opera. I frankly found the production pretty patronizing and surface level. I adore things like the Castorf Ring and other productions that use videos heavily, but it all felt...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 1 hour ago
- Cornelia
  I have heard her numerous times for over a decade in a number of theaters both in America and Europe, and, each and every time, my impression has been "I don't think this is the right...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 1 hour ago
- Dr. Hodel
  I guess they were a little ahead of the curve, with so many theater productions adding video elements this season. Was this a co-production? I can't imagine the Met would produce a staging...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 1 hour ago
- Cornelia
  I think the Met planned to bring it back this season or next with Oropesa/Bernheim, but that it got canned for whatever reason. I suspect they didn't anticipate high demand even with those...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Sanford Schimel
  I would love to hear her tackle the Nabucco aria and cabaletta.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Sanford Schimel
  IN history on this date: IN 69, Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeated Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome. He appears as a character in...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Leyla GenderBender
  I have a soft spot for the Loy production of FroSch (Salzburg) where the regie is set in the first recording of the opera after WW2, but after reading this I wonder if a more appropriate (and...
  
  The unkindest Kind · 2 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I don’t consider myself a dinosaur but I was not 100% sold on this Lucia. I liked a lot of it but also found a lot of it very distracting. The video screen or screens I don’t remember were very...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Leyla GenderBender
  I adored this production - and we're all living it now, sadly - but the ghosts were redundant.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- H_Badger
  I feel like someone somewhere on here said it was kind of a one and done for MetOpera - too hard to bring back with the video recordings (or something?)
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I agree totally. I just didn’t see it as a repertory Lucia. Different casts might not work with concept.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Llewellyn Sinclair
  Thanks for this H_Badger. I didn't see this production, but certainly appreciate Sierra in the role. I heard what I think was her first essay in Barcelona and found much of it ravishing
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  While I like Buratto, I just don't hear any similarity with Caniglia. Buratto's voice does not have the size, freedom, or soaring expansiveness of Caniglia's, nor Caniglia's use...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 4 hours ago
- PCally
  Grigorian really rubbed me the wrong way tbh - for all her intensity I don't think she really had any affinity for the role, musically and verbally. I've liked her in things but this was...
  
  Norma · 4 hours ago
- Telramund758
  Lanzillota more consistent this time. Of our 3 recent starters, Willis Sorensen is the most bel canto player and balances all aspects of the role well. Adalgisa youthful and touching. Nothing to...
  
  Norma · 4 hours ago
- Cornelia
  Right; I more or less agree with this assessment. Of the three, RWS is probably the most conventional Norma voice for an international house. I found Grigorian most interesting of the three along...
  
  Norma · 4 hours ago