The Met in HD, L'Elisir d'Amore, 2012

Par Laura Furones, 01 décembre 2013

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 13 octobre 2012

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore (L'Élixir d’amour)

Metropolitan Opera

Maurizio Benini, Direction

Bartlett Sher, Direction musicale

Anna Netrebko, Adina

Anne-Carolyn Bird, Giannetta

Matthew Polenzani, Nemorino

Mariusz Kwiecień, Belcore

Ambrogio Maestri, Dulcamara

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

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.

***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.

*****

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Laura Furones

Laura leads a double life: musically, she is a violinist and a mezzo-soprano with a degree in musicology from La Rioja University. She works as a music journalist, critic and translator, and has extensive experience in artist management, including for international figures such as conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and pianist Javier Perianes. In parallel, she is an environmental scientist with an MSc in Conservation from University College London, and works as a senior expert at an international forest policy organisation.