The Met in HD, La Traviata, 2012

Par Rebecca Lentjes, 01 décembre 2013

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“Natalie Dessay is a spunky delight”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 25 novembre 2013

Verdi, La traviata

Metropolitan Opera

Fabio Luisi, Direction

Willy Decker, Mise en scène

Natalie Dessay, Violetta Valéry

Matthew Polenzani, Alfredo Germont

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Giorgio Germont

Maria Zifchak, Annina

Patricia Risley, Flora Bervoix

Scott Scully, Gastone de Letorières

Luigi Roni, Dr Grenvil

Kyle Pfortmiller, Marquis d'Obigny

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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.

*****

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

Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met

Ako Imamura, 10th November

The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama.

****1

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.