Quand votre sœur Charlotte est là!
Trove Thursday previews Massenet’s Werther—due to return next month at the Met—with a 1984 Paris performance starring two marvelous protagonists, Tatiana Troyanos and Alain Vanzo.
Etienne Dupuis
13 pieces since 2013 — in 9 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
13
pieces
9
roles
5
companies
14
years
By role
Role Albert
Role Almaviva
Better than the sum of its parts
Is there any opera more bullet-proof than Le Nozze di Figaro?
Role André
Revolutionary étude
Thérèse is a compact work consisting of two short acts and clocks in just under seventy minutes.
Role Don Giovanni
Those monsters look like us
“This used to be a funhouse… but now it’s full of evil clowns / It’s time to start the countdown…. I’m gonna burn it down”
Role Macbeth
Thane enthusiasm
Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi’s perennially appealing Macbeth, premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center.
Role Marcello
Must the winter come so soon?
On Tuesday we got one of the Met’s inveterate classics, which meant yet another opportunity to gaze upon the old accessories: Donkey cart! Teal shawl! Fugly plaid slacks!
Role Marquis of Posa
We’ll always have Paris (or maybe not)
The revival of Don Carlo(s) which opened on November 3 restored the translated Italian text and the cut 1882 four-act revision not seen at the Met since Rudolf Bing’s last season in 1972.
Role Rodrigo
A cross to bear
A uniformly strong cast triumphs over a dull production of Don Carlo at the Dallas Opera.
Role Rodrigue
Back to black
When was the last time the Metropolitan Opera mounted a new production that was musically outstanding yet the direction and/or design mostly sucked?
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).