Performer: Nelson Martinez

About halfway through the second act of Verdi's La traviata at the opera's second Met performance of the season, soprano Sonya Yoncheva went from being a really good Violetta to being a great Violetta.

The gambling tables and neon lights of Las Vegas might not be the images which immediately enter your head when you think of Verdi’s Rigoletto, but bold art is often created and progressed by the pushing of boundaries and by challenging audiences to reimagine the familiar.

Ainhoa Arteta, Stuart Neill et Nelson Martinez – un trio de solistes remarquables finement dirigé par Oleg Caetani dans une mise en scène de Marco Gandini.