Turn and face the strange
How appropriate that the Met should present this supposedly “Jewish” opera after many in the audience had just spent twelve days immersed in the genuine article over the High Holy Days.
Liudmyla Monastyrska
8 pieces since 2014 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
8
pieces
5
roles
2
companies
13
years
By role
By company
Role Abigaille
Babylon revisited
What if you could time travel back to the first run of Giuseppe Verdi’s first great success Nabucco?
Conversion narrative
Blood-and-guts singing is the reason to see Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera this season.
Role Aida
Side eye and bitch face
At the first intermission at last night’s Met revival of Aida, I turned to my companion and said, “So… what about the Aida? I thought she was supposed to be good.”
Role Santuzza
For the birds
A “lone voice in the wilderness” booed Barbara Frittoli’s calamitous Nedda.
Role Tosca
Veiled threat
Angela Gheorghiu‘ s idiosyncratically alluring, sometimes maddening, always fascinating Floria Tosca inevitably became the evening’s unmissable raison d’être.
Role Turandot
Thrust into the political spotlight
The Met’s revival of Turandot on Saturday night was surprisingly contentious.
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).