Ailyn Pérez triumphs as Tatyana in Met Opera's Onegin revival

Par David Wolfson, 26 mars 2022

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“every time Pérez sang we heard a character with a fully musically realized inner life”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 25 mars 2022

Tchaïkovski, Eugène Onéguine

Metropolitan Opera

James Gaffigan, Direction

Deborah Warner, Mise en scène

Tom Pye, Décors

Chloe Obolensky, Costumes

Jean Kalman, Lumières

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Ian Galloway, Vidéaste

Finn Ross, Vidéaste

Paula Williams, Revival Director

Igor Golovatenko, Eugène Onéguine

Ailyn Pérez, Tatiana

Varduhi Abrahamyan, Olga

Piotr Beczała, Lenski

Ain Anger, Prince Grémine

Larissa Diadkova, Filipievna

Tony Stevenson, Monsieur Triquet

Richard Bernstein, Zaretski

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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David Wolfson

David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.

Ailyn Pérez triumphs as Tatyana in Met Opera's Eugene Onegin revival