Playing the diva vs. being the diva
In the last weeks of January, as the Metropolitan Opera season wound to a close (prior to the winter hiatus) two striking sopranos were thrust into the limelight.
Joseph Calleja
37 pieces since 2006 — in 11 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
37
pieces
11
roles
7
companies
21
years
By role
5 pieces as Cavaradossi — stats above show all coverage for Joseph Calleja.
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Charisma and chemistry
For this revival of Tosca Teatro Real has configured several casts with some of the best singers in the world: Sondra Radvanovsky, Maria Agresta, Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Michael Fabiano, Yusif Eyvazov, Jonas Kaufmann, Carlos Álvarez, Gevorg Hakobyan and Luca Salsi.
Jump for my love
Soprano Iulia Isaev proved to be in just about every way a lovely Tosca.
Atonement
Sondra Radvanovsky changed my opinion of her through a single performance—I’ll never think of her the same way again; the power of her singing overwhelmed my previous impressions.
Hard candy
It’s perhaps because Puccini is the master of operatic pathos that Tosca has proved so hard for people to get a handle on.