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4During di Luna’s cabaletta “Per me ora fatale”, Thomas times a comedic moment absolutely spot on. The soldiers sing something like “Let’s go, let’s hide in the shadows” as they try to leave, bringing the Count with them, but he keeps heading back centre stage to bellow out his cabaletta, so they get all frustrated, roll their eyes and again try to drag him away, but no, there he goes again. The timing of the music perfectly fits this silly gag, which I found pretty funny.
Die grosse Sopran-Rolle der Oper, die Adelige Leonora, wurde von der wunderbaren lettischen Sopranistin Marina Rebeka gesungen, die ihren Part mit flexibler, in der Höhe strahlender, aber gleichwohl eher dunkel-timbrierter Stimme ausgezeichnet interpretierte. Die Koloraturen der Cabaletta der leidenschaftlich gesungenen Arie “Tacea la notte placida”, gelangen ihr vorzüglich, während das von wunderbaren Orchesterfarben getragene, fast im Raum schwebende “D’amor sull’ali rosee” mit dem darauf folgenden Miserere und der Cabaletta “Tu vedrai che amore in terra” magische Opern-Momente erzeugte.
While the highly anticipated revival of The Music Man idles awaiting the recovery from COVID of its stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster and other Broadway shows have closed either temporarily or permanently, the Metropolitan Opera defied Omicron to present its annual New Year’s Eve gala Friday night. If the crowd was sparser and less nattily dressed than in previous years, enthusiastically grateful applause greeted the superb cast and conductor after the premiere of the company’s new version of Verdi’s beloved classic Rigoletto. Before a celebratory shower of glittering confetti fell from the ceiling, the response was decidedly more tepid for the production team as yet once again director Bartlett Sher demonstrated little affinity for opera.
