Light up my Rameau
For those who complain (not entirely unfairly) that Handel operas are “just a string of da capo arias,” I sometimes mutter to myself, “Have they ever tried Rameau?”
Cyrille Dubois
5 pieces since 2015 — in 5 roles, at 1 company, most often at Opéra national de Paris.
5
pieces
5
roles
1
company
12
years
By role
By company
Role Achante
Role Brighella
Females on the beach
Karita Mattila is a gift to this planet.
Role Iopas
This means war
Considering the size and the logistics for staging Les Troyens, every new production of Berlioz’s epic masterpiece is a special event.
Role Jason
A woman scorned
Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Thomas Corneille’s Médée is a monument of the 17th century French baroque lyric tragedy.
Role Marzio
The high and the mighty
Last Wednesday the 92nd Street Y presented the friendliest-ever episode of American Gladiators when Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres continued their bel canto bromance with a delirious (almost) all-Rossini recital accompanied by Myra Huang.