Dienstag mit Marianne
I think my love/hate relationship with Händel stems from the fact that during my early days as an operagoer there simply wasn’t any to hear.
Hilary Summers
6 pieces since 2011 — in 5 roles, at 1 company, most often at Academy of Ancient Music.
6
pieces
5
roles
1
company
16
years
By company
Role Goffredo
Role Ino, Juno
Mortal purpose
The advance publicity about Zhang Huan’s production of Handel’s luscious Semele currently having its US premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music prominently featured a provocative claim.
Role Juno
All hell baroque loose
Many American opera-lovers take the “Grand Tour”—a pilgrimage to Europe to attend opera at its great houses—Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera in London or Otello at La Scala in Milan, or perhaps for the more well-heeled a visit to the summer festivals of Glyndebourne, Salzburg or Aix-en-Provence.
Role Miss Prism
There ought to be clowns
Have you ever had the unfortunate experience of listening to someone tell a joke badly?
Role Mother Goose
Tenors gone wild
Among several fine productions at Aix this summer, Dmitri Tcherniakov’s brilliantly conceived and executed Carmen proved a game changer.