The Met in HD, Cenerentola, 2009

Par Katy S. Austin, 01 décembre 2013

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 9 mai 2009

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cendrillon)

Metropolitan Opera

Maurizio Benini, Direction

Maurizio Balò, Décors

Rachelle Durkin, Clorinda

Elīna Garanča, Angelina (Cinderella)

Patricia Risley, Tisbe

Lawrence Brownlee, Don Ramiro

Simone Alberghini, Dandini, valet de Ramiro

John Relyea, Alidoro

Alessandro Corbelli, Don Magnifico

Cesare Lievi, Direction musicale

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***11

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.

*****

Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th November

The Metropolitan Opera kicks off this season’s revival of Umberto Giordano’s tempestuous melodrama with standout performances from a resplendent cast.

****1

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Katy S. Austin

Katy sings soprano, plays violin, cycles about and listens to music. She's a graduate of both Bristol and City Universities and has been known to write libretti.