“Following her sublime Met debut two weeks ago leading Don Giovanni, Nathalie Stutzmann once again led a fleet and transparent reading full of ravishing detail.”
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The troubled run of Verdi’s opera at the Met this season is almost over.
“One consistent feature was a tendency across the cast to tip from recitative into aria with no pause for breath or thought. The effect was almost naturalistic—if such a thing were possible in opera—and was just one example of the many ways in which the night’s music felt fresh, even urgent.”
Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Singspiel in three acts, as broadcast from Bonn Opera.
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Puccini’s timeless tragedy for the first time at the Met, leading a cast that stars Eleonora Buratto and Stephen Costello.
Stephen Costello and Eleonora Buratto lead the bohemian pack this time around.
“Soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska will sing the title role in Puccini’s Tosca on April 8 and 12, replacing Angela Gheorghiu, who is ill.”
“The current Met revival, while not perfect, has much to feel joyful and excited about.”
Today’s Met matinee broadcast is the final performance this season of the acclaimed revival of Verdi’s comedy.
This much-anticipated revival stars Lise Davidsen and Günther Groissböck.
The complete new recording played by Radio Beethoven in Santiago, Chile.
“I greatly enjoyed the musical interpretation as a whole, even if I felt that many of the singers seemed a little lost, mismatched, or out-of-place in François Girard’s production.”
“In its current Met revival, happily, Falstaff has everything it needs.”
Angel Blue’s “experience in the role shows as the voice sails over the arching lines of Verdi’s cantilena like liquid velvet.”
Celebrate International Women’s Day 2023 with a broadcast of Bellini’s masterpiece.
Today’s “Listeners’ Choice” is a broadcast of Donizetti’s opera from March 11, 1978.
A live recording of the four-act version of Verdi’s opera from the fall.
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