Duet to me one more time
Patrick Mack reviews yet another Puccini album from Jonas Kaufmann
Maria Agresta
15 pieces since 2014 — in 7 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
15
pieces
7
roles
5
companies
13
years
By role
Role Butterfly
Role Liu
Forever, Amber
My takeaway from this evening is that I want to hear a lot more from Amber Wagner.
Turandon’t
From the perspective of current identity politics, Puccini’s Turandot is a disaster of epic proportions.
Role Lucrezia
Rooting for the underdoge
“Take a good deal of trouble with it, because it is a fine subject, delicate and full of pathos.”
Role Micaëla
Not my dragoon
The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Carmen began with a bit of drama Thursday night when tenor Rafael Davila replaced Marcelo Álvarez.
Role Mimi
Best in snow
Lyric Opera of Chicago resumed its season on Wednesday evening with the new-to-Chicago production of Puccini’s perennial audience pleaser La bohème.
E lucevan le stelle
The Stars of Lyric Opera weren’t under the stars last night, prevented by a persistent cloud bank, but they nonetheless provided a stirring evening of music in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Embroidered silk
Maria Agresta‘s delicately-acted, sumptuously-sung seamstress transformed what might have been just an average Wednesday night revival into something finer.
Role Norma
Night and dreams
At the Opernhaus Zürich, the coat check is not optional.
Role Tosca
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.