Three faces of Violetta
Christopher Corwin surveys the three Traviata casts — led by Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho — at the Met this spring.
70 pieces since 2008 — in 14 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
7 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Edita Gruberova.
View allChristopher Corwin surveys the three Traviata casts — led by Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho — at the Met this spring.
The entire dinner was spent discussing conductors.
I proposed to Edita that we turn my 20-page paper into a book, a musical biography.
Tuesday the Met unveils its sixth new production of La Traviata since moving to Lincoln Center.
“Trove Thursday” gives a preview of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila with a broadcast featuring an unexpected temptress—Dolora Zajick—who will celebrate the 30th anniversary of her Met debut next month.
In observance of Edita’s Gruberova’s 50th anniversary in opera, I would like to offer a series of commentaries, over successive days, of my favorite performances.
Arabella with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting a prime-time 1980s Munich cast.
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