5 pieces since 2011 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
Say what you will about Naxos, but this company has created a sizeable number of recordings of works on the periphery of the standard repertory and have managed to document quite a few interesting singers in the bargain-and at bargain prices.
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production of L’Italiana in Algeri for the Met remains steadfastly ignorant of postcolonial theory.
“It’s not easy being green”: especially if you’re the two greatest Italian opera composers.
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