Better than the sum of its parts
Is there any opera more bullet-proof than Le Nozze di Figaro?
Marianne Crebassa
11 pieces since 2014 — in 9 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
11
pieces
9
roles
5
companies
13
years
By role
Role Cherubino
Role Isabelle Linton
Moor than a feeling
While Bernard Herrmann is remembered primarily for the seven films on which he collaborated with Hitchcock, he also composed one opera: Wuthering Heights, written between 1943 and 1951.
Role Lakmé
L’Heure exquise
Although she didn’t sing that eponymous song by Reynaldo Hahn at Weill Recital Hall Thursday evening, Sabine Devieilhe did offer an “exquisite hour” of early 20th century French songs.
Role mezzo-soprano
Summer of the mezzo
August on “Trove Thursday” begins with Midsummer Mezzo Madness featuring a sterling quartet of lower-voiced ladies
Role Romeo
I will remember you
Only time can tell if some performances enter the collective opera memory, if such a thing even exists, as “historical”
Role Rosina
Sparkle, Lyric, sparkle!
It’s an old chestnut of a joke that applies even more to opera than to the theatre: A veteran actor is on his deathbed.
Role Servilia
A very little night music
The unevenly-beating Heart unfortunately proved less than the sum of its deluxe parts.
Role Stephano
Sher on this shining night
Bartlett Sher’s “new to Chicago” production of Romeo et Juliette came to the Lyric Opera at Monday’s opening after appearances at Salzburg and Milan.
Role the Woman
Rise and look around you
My first opera of the new season in Paris, after kicking off in Brussels with Kris Defoort’s thought-provoking The Day of our Singing, was another nearly-new work, totally new to me: Sir George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this.