Royal Hunt
I have been a devotee of Berlioz’s Les Troyens since I first discovered the Covent Garden recording conducted by Colin Davis.
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
39 pieces since 2006 — in 6 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
39
pieces
6
roles
5
companies
21
years
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
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Royal Hunt
Les Troyens is one of those things, or often two of those things, that should be a big event or it practically needn’t happen at all.* The keynote is grandiosity in the best way, from the subject to the musical demands (let’s include the implicit challenge of one singer performing both Cassandre and Didon—not because […]
Good gracious, Great Gatsby!
The first opera to be performed in the 21st century at the Metropolitan Opera, thankfully after the lack of total destruction from the Y2K bug, was the recently premiered The Great Gatsby by John Harbison. Commissioned to mark James Levine’s 25th anniversary with the company, the recording of this New Year’s Day broadcast is now […]