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- Sanford Schimel
  I would love to hear her tackle the Nabucco aria and cabaletta.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 minutes ago
- Sanford Schimel
  IN history on this date: IN 69, Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeated Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome. He appears as a character in...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 5 minutes ago
- Leyla GenderBender
  I have a soft spot for the Loy production of FroSch (Salzburg) where the regie is set in the first recording of the opera after WW2, but after reading this I wonder if a more appropriate (and...
  
  The unkindest Kind · 5 minutes ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I don’t consider myself a dinosaur but I was not 100% sold on this Lucia. I liked a lot of it but also found a lot of it very distracting. The video screen or screens I don’t remember were very...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 12 minutes ago
- Leyla GenderBender
  I adored this production - and we're all living it now, sadly - but the ghosts were redundant.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 17 minutes ago
- H_Badger
  I feel like someone somewhere on here said it was kind of a one and done for MetOpera - too hard to bring back with the video recordings (or something?)
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 21 minutes ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I agree totally. I just didn’t see it as a repertory Lucia. Different casts might not work with concept.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 26 minutes ago
- Llewellyn Sinclair
  Thanks for this H_Badger. I didn't see this production, but certainly appreciate Sierra in the role. I heard what I think was her first essay in Barcelona and found much of it ravishing
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 27 minutes ago
- Moe Rear
  While I like Buratto, I just don't hear any similarity with Caniglia. Buratto's voice does not have the size, freedom, or soaring expansiveness of Caniglia's, nor Caniglia's use...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- PCally
  Grigorian really rubbed me the wrong way tbh - for all her intensity I don't think she really had any affinity for the role, musically and verbally. I've liked her in things but this was...
  
  Norma · 2 hours ago
- Telramund758
  Lanzillota more consistent this time. Of our 3 recent starters, Willis Sorensen is the most bel canto player and balances all aspects of the role well. Adalgisa youthful and touching. Nothing to...
  
  Norma · 2 hours ago
- Cornelia
  Right; I more or less agree with this assessment. Of the three, RWS is probably the most conventional Norma voice for an international house. I found Grigorian most interesting of the three along...
  
  Norma · 2 hours ago
- David Yllanes
  Pre-Easter lyrical excursions: https://uploads.disquscdn.c... - Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart). Teatro...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- scott grunow
  Interesting as some of these issues are similar to critiques of Caniglia. Will have to give a listen.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  Before I played the clip, I honestly could not remember this Lucia production. I must have blocked it out. Yes, I'm one of the dinosaurs that didn't care for it. I do agree that the...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
- David Yllanes
  Nadine Sierra has done some work in Germany, but you are right that she's easier to see in other placwes (in Spain, for instance). She's singing in a couple of performances of...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
- PCally
  The surprise was more that Willis-Sorensen seems to be variable based on Parterre reception and I thought her Met run in Trovatore was kind of alarming. I also think her voice in general seems to...
  
  Norma · 3 hours ago
- CKurwenal
  Brian Mulligan as Jochanaan too, he's got to be about the best available for that role.
  
  Salome · 3 hours ago
- Rick
  The France Musique App is a real treasure trove - when searching for "Samedi soir a l'Opéra', I can listen to a lot of opera broadcasts from 2016 and before. I am currently listening...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  Just listened to most of the album. It is beautiful quite a voice and performer. I hope we see more of her at Met in other roles not just Mimi.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 4 hours ago