If I had to live with just one Tchaikovsky opera, it would be Iolanta.
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
When Maestro Carlo Rizzi lifted his baton and began leading the Lyric Opera Orchestra in a stirring, detailed account of the overture to Nabucco, the electrified audience knew we were in for an exciting evening of music making.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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