Thrust into the political spotlight
The Met’s revival of Turandot on Saturday night was surprisingly contentious.
Alexey Lavrov
8 pieces since 2016 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
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3 pieces as Ping — stats above show all coverage for Alexey Lavrov.
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Orientation
There were plenty of Turan-do’s and only a few Turandon’ts at the Met’s Turandot Sunday afternoon.
Turandon’t
From the perspective of current identity politics, Puccini’s Turandot is a disaster of epic proportions.
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
