Those monsters look like us
“This used to be a funhouse… but now it’s full of evil clowns / It’s time to start the countdown…. I’m gonna burn it down”
Luca Pisaroni
37 pieces since 2010 — in 18 roles, at 9 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
37
pieces
18
roles
9
companies
17
years
By role
3 pieces as San Francisco Opera — stats above show all coverage for Luca Pisaroni.
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Married to the mobcap
I have an idea (soon to be angrily debunked in the comments section) that Le nozze di Figaro is rarely a source of unalloyed bliss to the chronic operagoer.
Desert fox
Karol Szymanowski’s 1926 King Roger was the sleeper hit of SFO’s season, not so much for its weird, mystical theme and feeble libretto but because the music is powerfully effective.