Ain’t no mountain high enough
A new production of La sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera is musically charming if dramatically confounding.
17 pieces since 2016 — in 15 roles, at 9 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Deborah Nansteel.
View allA new production of La sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera is musically charming if dramatically confounding.
The first time I heard of Ermonela Jaho it was as the ultimate understudy. In the aughts it seemed that every time Angela Gheorghiu or Anna Netrebko or whoever canceled, Jaho was standing by.
With no disrespect to Nadine Sierra, who as Lucia acquits herself honorably if not magically in vocal terms, the undisputed cause célèbre here is director Simon Stone.
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