I shall be released
Welcome, beloveds, to the Jessye Norman Memorial Museum. I’ll be the docent for your tour today.
Hanna Schwarz
11 pieces since 2010 — in 8 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
11
pieces
8
roles
3
companies
17
years
By role
Role Brangäne
I saw three ships
“Never in my life having enjoyed the true happiness of love I shall erect a memorial to this loveliest of all dreams…”
Role Countess Geschwitz
Jewfro meets tone row
“I just saw a woman upstairs,” said poet/translator Richard Howard, “wearing a very large pair of sunglasses that made her look for all the world like a great dragonfly.” “Upstairs” was the balcony at the Met; at the time, I was taking Howard’s lecture on the subject of frivolity in literature, and so when I […]
Role Grandmother
Slash by night
Enthusiasts of Janácek’s opera will want to pick up this video immediately.
Role Grandmother Buryja
Rock, star
The centerpiece of Janácek’s Jenufa was the performance of Karita Mattila as the murderous Kostelnicka.
Role Grandmother Starenka
All is forgiven
Why do we go to the opera? Because the world needs a reminder of the power of forgiveness, particularly in these dark and gloomy times!
Role La Badessa
Three ages of woman
Asmik Grigorian’s scorching turn in Il trittico in Paris has Nigel Wilkinson wondering, ‘what is it that makes Americans so weepy?’
Role Mrs. Peachum
Teeth like razors
A broadcast of Weill and Brecht’s pungent Die Dreigroschenoper
Role Nenila
Witch hunt
Later this month Asmik Grigorian will star in Covent Garden’s new Jenufa, which Trove Thursday anticipates presenting the acclaimed Lithuanian soprano in a broadcast from 2014 of Tchaikovsky’s rare opera The Enchantress (Charodeyka).