La donna del lago

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Bel canto virtuosity, but a retrogressive La donna del lago

Courtney Smith, 15th December

Despite starry bel canto experts such as Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and maestro Michele Mariotti, a 2013 Paul Curran staging of Rossini’s La donna del lago reads vacuous on The Metropolitan Opera stage.

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