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Bel canto virtuosity, but a retrogressive La donna del lago revived at The Metropolitan Opera

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“no hint of Loch Katrine or its misty shore”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 15 December 2015
Rossini, La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake)
Metropolitan Opera
Michele Mariotti, Conductor
Paul Curran, Director
Kevin Knight, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Joyce DiDonato, Elena
Daniela Barcellona, Malcolm Groeme
John Osborn, Rodrigo
Lawrence Brownlee, Uberto
Oren Gradus, Duglas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Duane Schuler, Lighting Designer
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*****
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****1
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