Javier Arrey

4 pieces since 2015 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

4 pieces
4 roles
2 companies
12 years

1 piece as Lescaut — stats above show all coverage for Javier Arrey.

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Pazzo son, guardate!

Manon Lescaut was Giacomo Puccini’s first big international success. His publisher, Giulio Ricordi, tried to put him off the project by citing Jules Massenet’s very successful adaptation just nine years previously. Puccini was intent on making the story his own, insisting, “A woman like Manon can have more than one lover… I shall feel it […]

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