The trouble with troubadours
Anita Rachvelishvili and Quinn Kelsey towered over an otherwise pedestrian if still exciting Il Trovatore.
Sarah Mesko
7 pieces since 2016 — in 5 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
7
pieces
5
roles
5
companies
11
years
Role Ines
Role Marcellina
Servant leadership
Christina Colanduoni on Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Role Mercedes
Fleur du mal
Too bad, then, that this season’s tossed flower was a bit of a wilted one.
Role second fate
Give my regards to Carthage
A semi-staging of Dido and Aeneas starring Broadway divas and frequent collaborators Kelli O’Hara and Victoria Clark seemed a screwy idea at best.
Role Second Lady
Dark matter
In Schikaneder’s patriarchal cosmology, darkness is the province of emotional women—not just the erratic fury of the Queen of the Night, but the pathetic supplications of Pamina as well.