Sleek, unstoppable, electrifying
For me, Fedora is the perfect opera
4 pieces since 2017 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Teatro alla Scala.
For me, Fedora is the perfect opera
On Thursday evening, the Teatro alla Scala audience didn’t watch the familiar presentation of a “wayward woman” who overcomes moral inferiority only to be robbed of happiness when she finally deserved it.
The rule that governs Dante’s Inferno is called the “contrapasso” – that every sinner is given a punishment in poetic proportion to their crime.
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