Girl of the Golden North
Two years before she brought the role to Wiener Staatsoper in a production somewhat dominated by Jonas Kaufmann, soprano Nina Stemme sang her first-ever Minnie in La fanciulla del West at Stockholm’s Royal Opera.
20 pieces since 2012 — in 10 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Dick Johnson — stats above show all coverage for Aleksandrs Antonenko.
View allTwo years before she brought the role to Wiener Staatsoper in a production somewhat dominated by Jonas Kaufmann, soprano Nina Stemme sang her first-ever Minnie in La fanciulla del West at Stockholm’s Royal Opera.
Coming from placid, luxurious Geneva, where I am currently living, Berlin felt even more jarring than usual.
Strange as it is to encounter two such disparate works presented with the identical production concept, it’s odder still that the opera you’d think would be the slam dunk is anything but.
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