Met's new Elektra a triumph of music and theater

Por Ako Imamura, 15 abril 2016

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“we almost believed that they could reconcile, such was the power of acting”

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nueva York el 14 abril 2016

Strauss R., Elektra

Metropolitan Opera

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Dirección

Patrice Chéreau, Dirección de escena

Richard Peduzzi, Diseño de escena

Caroline de Vivaise, Diseño de vestuario

Adrianne Pieczonka, Chrysothemis

Nina Stemme, Elektra

Waltraud Meier, Klytaemnestra

Burkhard Ulrich, Aegisth

Eric Owens, Orest

Bonita Hyman, Maid 1

Maya Lahyani, Maid 2

Andrea Hill, Maid 3

Claudia Waite, Maid 4

Roberta Alexander, Maid 5

Susan Neves, Overseer

Mark Schowalter, Young Servant

James Courtney, Old Servant

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

De la oscuridad a la luz y regreso

Ako Imamura, 29th January

El estreno de Iolanta y El castillo de Barbazul, retrasado a causa de la nieve, abrió con un poderoso canto y una escena muy efectiva. Los roles principales en Iolanta destacaron por una interprtación muy bella, mientras que en El castillo de Barbazul sobresalió la ejecución de la orquesta del Met.

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Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

Robert Levine, 13th January

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

*****

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Susan Stempleski, 31st December

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

*****

Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met

Robert Levine, 7th December

Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer.

*****

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Ako Imamura

Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to ﬁnance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.