4 pieces since 2021 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
I watched the finals for this year’s George and Nora London Foundation competition and would like to offer, if not a traditional review, a brief roundup of who I found exceptionally watchable and whom I think you, dear parterre boxers, should watch out for in the next few years.
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions were one of the last events I attended in person in 2020. Now, one year on, the competition has returned, this time in an online format, and this time with an entirely new name: The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, after the event’s new sponsors.
The inaugural New Orleans Opera Festival goes big across the Big Easy.
Wolf Trap Opera triumphs in a fizzy, fun Cenerentola.
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