Guilty pleasures: Yoncheva stars in a new Fedora at the Met

Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora) and Piotr Beczała (Count Loris)

Giordano's Fedora at the Met

Rosa Feola (Olga) and Bryan Wagorn (Lazinski)

Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora)

Par Kevin W Ng, 05 janvier 2023

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“Yoncheva... sang spectacularly, shading her velvety soprano with melancholy”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 4 janvier 2023

Giordano, Fedora

Metropolitan Opera

Marco Armiliato, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Charles Edwards, Décors

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costumes

Adam Silverman, Lumières

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Sonya Yoncheva, Princesse Fedora Romazov

Piotr Beczała, Comte Loris Ipanov

Lucas Meachem, De Siriex

Rosa Feola, Comtesse Olga Sukarev

Scott Scully, Baron Rouvel

Richard Bernstein, Borov

Bryan Wagorn, Boleslao Lazinski

Lucia Lucas, Gretch

Jeongcheol Cha, Cirillo

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.

*****

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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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.

Guilty pleasures: Yoncheva and Beczała star in a new Fedora at the Met