The Tony Award-winning creative team, including director Bartlett Sher, set designer Michael Yeargan, costume designer Catherine Zuber, and lighting designer Donald Holder, sets the classic tragedy in 1920s Europe, featuring Art Deco sets and elegant costumes. But her experience as an operatic conductor was in full evidence, shading the orchestra and stretching the tempo like a true master. She has also sung Gilda at the Bavarian State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravenna Festival, and in Rome, Zurich, Turin, and Savona. desso! Throughout Feola opted for a more connected vocal line, with the opening melodys (which starts, essentially, with a descending E major scale) eighth rests less pronounced. Verdi doesnt waste a moment and every single note in the piece plays a crucial role in building its tension and tragedy. Our website has been optimized for viewing in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. and the castwhich includes eljko Lui, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala . Solo per me linfamia, instead of bitter and reproachful, sounded sorrowful and hurt in its approach. Description New production. Discovered and promoted by Valery Gergiev, she began her career at the Mariinsky Theatre, collaborating . Sunday, March 18th, 1pm. A two-time Tony Awardwinner, his designs for Seascape, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, Awake and Sing, and Ah, Wilderness have all been seen on Broadway. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET "Rigoletto", UC San Diego Health steps in to help El Centro hospital stay afloat, Current rainy season could be a drought buster, forecaster says, Settlement reached in Tijuana sewage lawsuit, Brittney Griner urges the return of U.S. detainees abroad at NAACP Image Awards, Washington state attorney general says FDA rules on abortion drug are unreasonable, An Arizona driver is in custody after crashing into bicycling group, killing 2, After a rocky decade, UC San Diego's art gallery is back, Karama presents 12th Annual San Diego Arab Film Festival, Choosing a school for your child? In a remarkable career spanning six decades in the theater, Giuseppe Verdi (18131901) composed 26 operas, at least half of which are at the core of todays repertoire. But when Gilda falls in love with the man her father loathes, Rigoletto's thirst for vengeance and desperate attempt to stop fate bring about his own tragic . It gave off the aria less of a playful feel and emphasized the romantic longing of Gilda. Rigoletto Worldwide Broadcasts in Cinema, Radio, and Online. It was hard to decipher what was going on and the fact that this kind of abstraction was never hinted at our set up anywhere else in the production (which was played as straight as possible) took you right out of the moment. Then there were tempo shifts that seemed to come out of nowhere, breaking the flow of the momentum and jerking you out of the action; moreover, they often felt out of control and unstable, rushing forward initially and then calming down. After opening with hushed pianissimo on the opening line, his voice exploded with intensity and desperation before resorting back to another soft repetition of Quel vecchio maledivami! Bitterness ensued during O rabbia! A new cast brings the Met's Rigolettoto life John Relyea (Sparafucile), Benjamin Bernheim (Duke of Mantua) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena) Curtis Brown | Met Opera Benjamin Bernheim (Duke of Mantua) and Rosa Feola (Gilda) Curtis Brown | Met Opera Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) Curtis Brown | Met Opera But these emphatic tempi shifts stood out as unrefined for a number of reasons. For more than 50 years, PBS has been the media destination for the arts, presenting dance, theater, opera, visual arts and concerts to Americans in every corner of the country. He made his Met debut with a production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia during the 200607 season, followed by stagings of Les Contes dHoffmann, LElisir dAmore, Otello, and Romo et Juliette, as well as the company premieres of Le Comte Ory and Nico Muhlys Two Boys. Varduhi Abrahamyan makes her Met debut as Maddalena, and Andrea Mastroni is Sparafucile. Recent highlights this season include conducting Mozart's Die Zauberflte at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the world premiere of Philip Glass's Alice in Strasbourg, Mozart's Cos fan tutte at Arizona Opera, and concerts with the Orchestre Chambre de Paris and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. These PDFs do not include cast changes that occurred after the program went to print. This season, he begins his tenure as the principal guest conductor at the Bavarian State Opera. The best in live events, streams, reviews and articles recommended by our editors, delivered to your inbox weekly. Kevin is a violinist and violist, and regularly performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and as an orchestral player. Arizona Operas programming includes something for everyone, from tried-and-true opera lovers to school-aged children and everyone in between. Rigoletto at the Met, Spring Cast May 2, 2013. . The announcement was made via the company's social media page and no reason was given for the replacement. He capped off this incredible performance with a lengthy pause, which added tremendous emotional suspense to the moments following Gildas death. Ei sta sotto ai miei piedi! This season at the Met, she also sings Olga in Eugene Onegin. This video really should have had a fourth example, though. But when he commenced Deh, non parlare al misero, his voice took on a honeyed hue full of yearning. Then theres some bizarre choices like the sudden abstraction during the Act three trio where the lights go red inside the inn and Gilda has a seeming out of body experience? They offer both strong bones and flexibility . However, it included some glaring strange elements that were impossible to ignore. Confusion, unless part of the thematic underpinning of the story, never makes for good storytelling. He made his Met debut in 2007 as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, with other roles for the company including Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Lord Percy in Anna Bolena, Romo in Romo et Juliette, and Alfredo Germont in La Traviata. Last season, he sang the Grand Inquisitor in the Met premiere of the five-act French version of Verdi's Don Carlos and the Ghost of King Hamlet / First Player / Gravedigger in the company premiere of Brett Dean's Hamlet. SAS Performing Arts Concert Opera Presents Puccini's IL TRITTICO, Arizona Opera Announces Its 2023/24 Season Line-up, THE ARTWORK OF THE FUTURE World Premiere Opera To Run At Fresh Squeezed Opera, May 13-19. This first came into prominence during the operas big concertato moment, Ah, siempre tu spingi lo scherzo allestremo where the tempo ramped up to chaotic effect for the singers; it took them a few bars to find themselves back in synch with the conductor. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi 's opera Ser Marcantonio written in 1810 [1] but, on the published libretto, the author appears as "M.A." Don Pasquale, opera buffa (comic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (Italian libretto by Donizetti and Giovanni Ruffini) that premiered at the . He responded to Cepranos Chhai di nuovo, buffon? with a perfect, angry imitation, placing a very strong accent on buffon and then adding a sarcastic quality to pi noioso voi siete. The ensuing La r grew more connected, adding a sense of desperation and yearning, each subsequent one sounding more like a man in pain. Revivals of operatic warhorses like Verdi's Rigoletto can be hit or miss at an opera house the size of the Metropolitan Opera. Bass-baritone John Relyea is Sparafucile, and mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina also debuts as Maddalena. In a recent interview with OperaWire, composer Lori Laitman noted that Verdis Rigoletto was among her favorite operas. Artists. Taking on that task in this production was Speranza Scappucci, making her Metropolitan Opera debut. A revival for Sir David McVicar's staging from last season, but this time reverting from French to the four-act Italian version, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role at the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczaa as the Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Premiered March 11, 1851, La Fenice (Venice, Italy) Verdi's Italian masterpiece opens Opera Colorado's 40th Anniversary Season, featuring unforgettable music, including the effervescent "La donna mobile." The collection of #PBSForTheArts programs is available at pbs.org/arts , PBS.org, and the PBS Video App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO. The two visibly reveled in the sensuality of the cadenza, their voices navigating the lines seamlessly. During Pari siamo, Kelsey revealed the wide-ranging gamut of colors at his disposal. It all started even a few bars earlier with a honeyed rendition of Ogni saggezza chiudesi nel gaudio e nellamore, Bernheim bringing managing a spellbinding diminuendo up the F sharp in the second half of the phrase. Written during the most fertile period of Verdis artistic life, the opera resonates with a universality that is frequently called Shakespearean. Francesco Maria Piave (181076), Verdis librettist for Rigoletto, collaborated with him on ten works, including Ernani, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino, and the original versions of Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra. Directed for the screen by Gary Halvorson. 2021-2022 Season. When the Page arrives, he recovered his strength, his voice growing metallic and accented, almost speaking some of the notes. The opera will mark Morley's return to the Met following her . mia Gilda was spoken, the effect expressing how empty Rigoletto feels in this moment. And instead of doing the predictable crescendo from Vieni, e senti to the high B flat on palpitar, Bernheim actually diminuendoed the phrases, luring us in, before springing the high note with an even more intense forte, emphasizing the Dukes manipulative game. He does manage some darker tableaus to fit with the general mood of Rigoletto, but he also relies heavily on the now cliched turntable that so many directors have aped repeatedly on the Met stage. She recently made her debut at Covent Garden as Micala in Carmen. Personally, the climax of his aria, an interpolated high B flat in the middle of an aria thats always on the move, is really hard to pull off smoothly. The Met Operas faithfulness to Michael Mayers increasingly unnerving Las Vegas production which, once youve experienced the saturation from the spectacle itself, comes off as rather empty in its storytelling. 'Rigoletto' at The Met Opera Ken Howard 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. Baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Rosa Feola reprise rapturously acclaimed turns as the tragic jester Rigoletto and his headstrong daughter, Gilda, and two artists make noteworthy Met debuts: tenor Benjamin Bernheim as the promiscuous Duke of Mantua, and Maestro Speranza Scappucci on the podium. Met Opera | April 15, 2023. There was an aggressive nature to his opening scene, almost as if his Rigoletto were always on the defensive in this predatory world. From there his voice grew even more tender, each ensuing phrase a caress as he reached out toward his hurting daughter. Italian bass Andrea Mastroni reprises his portrayal of Sparafucile, a role he has previously sung at the Met in 2017 and La Scala. duna tal vittoria, che? Polish tenor Piotr Beczaa reprises his portrayal of the Duke of Mantua, the role of his Met debut in 2006. Director: Leo Paur. Our website has been optimized for viewing in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. During his time at Fordham, he studied abroad at the Jagiellonian University in Poland. You could sense the insecurity she felt upon finding the Duke, her body shifting into a protective shell before allowing herself to be taken by him. David holds a Masters in Media Management from Fordham University. ****1 A fine showing for the 1884 Italian version of Don Carloat the Met Robert Levine, 9th November Premieres Friday, June 17, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Find The Metropolitan Opera on Facebook (opens new window), Find The Metropolitan Opera on Twitter (opens new window), Find The Metropolitan Opera on Instagram (opens new window). The character-driven chamber opera, a collaboration between acclaimed American composer Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, based on a script by Terrence McNally, will be directed by Gary Briggle and presented at the Jungle Theater. 2022 | 13:00 Rigoletto, Verdi, Returning from the premiere cast were Quinn Kelsey and Rosa Feola as Rigoletto and Gilda. Russian soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan makes her Met role debut as Gilda. Music Director Yannick Nzet-Sguin is on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczaa in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. American set designer Michael Yeargan has designed more than a dozen productions for the Met, including the Gershwins Porgy and Bess, Romo et Juliette, LElisir dAmore, Les Contes dHoffmann, Le Comte Ory, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Our website has been optimized for viewing in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. There were other moments, where the textures simply didnt cohere. On Dec. 31, the Metropolitan Opera opened a new production of "Rigoletto." It was the first time since 2013 that the company was showcasing a new staging of Verdi's masterpiece and it was a departure from the Las Vegas set. Carlos lvarez performs in the title role, alongside Lisette Oropesa and Liparit . American rags, riches and everything in between. Whats left to say, but that vocally this was some of the finest casts that the Met has assembled for a production this season. In May 2017, he was appointed chief conductor and artistic director of the Orquesta Filarmnica de Gran Canaria and was the chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie from 2011 to 2017. He has conducted all of the major Italian symphony orchestras, as well as many throughout Europe, and has also led productions at La Scala, Staatsoper Berlin, Dutch National Opera, the Paris Opera, Pesaros Rossini Opera Festival, and in Aix-en-Provence, Valencia, Venice, Madrid, Stuttgart, Zurich, Tokyo, Rome, and Naples, among others. Later this season, he will sing Wotan in Wagner's Das Rheingold at English National Opera, King Marke in Act III of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and Hunding in Wagner's Die Walkre in Naples. David Frost is music producer and Peter Gelb is executive producer. If you are using Internet Explorer or other browsers you may encounter problems with certain sections of our website. : ','}}, Find The Metropolitan Opera on Facebook (opens new window), Find The Metropolitan Opera on Twitter (opens new window), Find The Metropolitan Opera on Instagram (opens new window). Speranza Scappucci conducts Bartlett Sher's production. Other aspects work better, including the dark alley scene between Rigoletto and Sparafucile, which also makes an argument for the less is more principle. She is currently a studio artist at Moscows Bolshoi Theatre, which she joined after singing at the Galina Vishnevskaya Theatre Studio. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. The Metropolitan Opera ended its mid-winter hiatus with the much anticipated premiere of Franois Girard's production of Wagner's Lohengrin on Sunday afternoon. We are doing maintenance on the website until approximately 1 am ET Friday, February 10. The ensuing stanza was sung with a similar gentleness, but you could feel that she was taking a bit more time with it, thus amplifying the intensity so that the second climax to the high A, despite a similar dynamic phrasing, had a punchier, emotional impact and set up the increased agitation of what follows. But he's at his best in his scenes at home with Gilda, with a burnished legato and seemingly endless breath. Il Trittico is comprised of three one act operas; Il Tabarro (The Cloak), Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica), and Gianni Schicchi. Akhmetshina, but even caressing a cross on the wall, a childish smile on his face. Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead a cast starring Quinn Kelsey in his Met role debut as Rigoletto, Rosa Feola as Gilda, and Piotr Beczaa as the Duke of Mantua. The Met: Live in HD is supported by Rolex. When Giovanna opened the door for her, she rushed out with tremendous excitement and you could feel the relief as she stepped outside into freedom, her arms spread wide to receive it; it was a truly visceral moment to behold. GREAT PERFORMANCES is on Facebook+ follow @GPerfPBS on Twitter. But as the aria transitioned away from anger toward pleading, his voice correspondingly softened. The singers, who were all on their A-game, often sounded a bit uncomfortable. Other performances are November 14, 17, 20mat, 26mat, 29, and December 3, 8, 11mat, 14, 17mat, 20, 23, and 29. We appreciate your patience. Mozart's Idomeneo. 2022 | 19:00 Rigoletto, Verdi, The Metropolitan Opera | New York City, United States ti. And suddenly our attention shifts away from Rigolettos truly private and essential CHARACTER moment, to something else. Canadian bass-baritone John Relyea, who just ended a highly acclaimed run as Boris Ismailov in the Met's production of Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, will also be singing the role of the Grand Inquisitor in all of the Met's upcoming performances of Verdi's Don Carlo, which opens on November 3. . Despite her frumpy costume, she's ideal for the role, clearly having the time of her life vamping around the stage. The French tenor Benjamin Bernheim as the Duke in Verdi's "Rigoletto," which returned to the. His first Gilda! SAS Performing Arts Concert Opera presents the only New York City performance of the Puccini work Il Trittico. Schedule November 10, 2022 19:30:00 Additional details. And, because of how extreme these tempi were, a lot of the rich orchestral details felt underplayed or ignored. You can always feel tenors getting ready for this big moment and then when it comes, they drag it out, which unfortunately undercuts everything else that makes this aria so emblematic of the Dukes character. Cortigiani starts off with just strings, the violins playing triplet sixteenths, the violas and celli answering with their own intermittent triplet sixteenths, and the bass providing a repeated eighth pedal that lends weight and grounding to the scurrying violins. American conductor Karen Kamensek is currently leading Philip Glass's Akhnaten at the Met, the production she made her company debut with in 2019. Great Performances Season 16 features Metropolitan Opera stars Angel Blue, Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, Ren Pape, Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Elna Garana and more. The broadcast is part of season 16 of GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET includes 10 new operas. The production of Verdi's final opera will star Mark Delavan as Sir John Falstaff, Brian Major as Ford, Rachel Blaustein as Nannetta, Mary Feminear as Alice Ford, Allegra De Vita as Meg Page, Catherine Martin as Mistress Quickly, Yi Li as Fenton, Mauricio Miranda as Dr. Caius, Joseph Michael Brent as Bardolfo, and Andrea Silvestri as Pistola. [June 4, 2022, Encore on June 8, 2022] Check out the entire Met Opera season! The Metropolitan Opera. The Vienna State Opera's production of Rigoletto did its job, proving an appropriately grim staging for a very dark opera. There are plenty of vocal thrills in Sir David McVicar's new production of Giordano's revenge thriller at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera, which remains as timely as ever, is undoubtedly one of Verdis and the entire canons greatest. 17 des. In the ensuing scene with Feola, he refused to meet her gaze throughout, drawing her frustration, even becoming a bit harsh as she insisted on hearing her story. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard hosts. As he remarked on the Duke, his voice became pointed; one could feel the anger boiling over, his voice growing in strength over the tremolo strings. Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. For more information, visit metopera.org. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET is produced by the Metropolitan Opera in association with PBS and The WNET Group, bringing the best of the Metropolitan Opera into the homes of opera fans across the country. In adapting it, Verdi and Piave fought with the Italian censors and eventually settled on moving the story to the non-royal Renaissance court of Mantua, while holding firm on the core issues of the drama. In the final Act, Feola drove the quartet dramatically. The Metropolitan Opera Announces 202324 Season, Review: Mets New LOHENGRIN Is Thrillingly Sung but Close Your Eyes and Listen, The 2023 George London Award Winners Are Announced; Five Young Opera Singers Win $12,000 Prize, Review: THE SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PUCCINI DUO at San Diego Civic Center Theater. The aria proper was one expansive legato line that commenced with utmost softeness and tenderness, each successive peak and valley featuring fluid crescendoes and diminuendoes, each one ramping up the intensity toward the climactic high B flat near the end of the aria, where the tenor let loose with everything he had. The opening lines of the duet were sung with utmost delicacy, the soprano slowly building up to the high A on daglocchi il cor, the high note suddenly full of rage and anger, before the line diminuendoed to a tearful resolution. This was present at the Allegro vivo following Rigolettos Ah no: folia at the end of Pari siamo and then at the start of Addio speranza ed anima. It was present in the middle of Act two Gilda-Rigoletto duet Tutte le feste al tempio with Rigolettos entrance Ah! Its virtually been in and out of the stage throughout the years, but I stopped attending it over the past few years (I hadnt seen the opera at the Met since before the launch of OperaWire in late 2016). But Pari siamo also allows us to see the purity and hope inside of Rigolettos heart, the possibility of him separating himself from the pack of predators. His voice works beautifully in the acoustic of the Met, filling the auditorium with rich, golden tone, which he is able to bring down to a mere thread of sound. In their Met debuts, Yulia Matochkina sings Maddalena, and Ante Jerkunica sings Sparafucile. Francesco Maria Piave (1810-76), Verdi's librettist for Rigoletto, collaborated with him on ten works, including Ernani, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino, and the original versions of Macbethand Simon Boccanegra. Home Performances Rigoletto. From the opening line of the recitativo to the end of the aria, Bernheim was all in on delivering a performance of utmost intensity. Right before the duet with the Duke, Feola delivered a glorious piano to forte crescendo on Tamo before being cut off as the duet proper got underway. Instead, Feolas has greater weight and heft, especially in the middle range where she has brightness but also potency that cuts through. In their Met debuts, Yulia Matochkina sings Maddalena, and Ante Jerkunica sings Sparafucile. She brought a seemingly endless supply of energy to the evening, with swift tempi and impressively monolithic brass. Victor Hugos 1832 play Le Roi sAmuse, set at the court of King Franois I of France (circa 1520), is a blatant depiction of depraved authority. A seven-time Tony Awardwinner, her work has been seen on Broadway in productions such as My Fair Lady, Oslo, The King and I, Golden Boy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Born Yesterday, South Pacific, and The Light in the Piazza. Rigoletto is in three acts to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. This original and thrilling production is led by Metropolitan Opera conductor Gregory Buchalter and directed . Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar 'Rigoletto'. Wagner's soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. His initial recitativo was colored by bitterness with the ensuing smoothness of his legato on E dove ora sar quellangiol caro? transitioning into a warmer timbre that hinted at his longing for Gilda. In the role of Sparafucile, Relyea continued his revival with the company. Recently, he performed Sarastro in Die Zauberflte in Cologne, Philip II in excerpts of Don Carlo at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Osmin in Die Entfhrung aus dem Serail at the Hamburg State Opera. And in this case, there is nothing confusing about the Act three trio, which is as straightforward as Rigoletto gets both musically and dramatically (there is nothing subtle about a murder performed with a ghostly choral accompaniment and underscored by an orchestral thunderstorm). But he had a major triumph this year as the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos and then Don Carlo with the company, and hes arguably in even finer form here as the deadly assassin. In Act two, he arrived on the scene like a man on a mission, his head on a swivel, his body frantic as it searched for his missing Gilda. For GREAT PERFORMANCES: Bill ODonnell is series producer; David Horn is executive producer. Skylark Opera Theatre returns to stage this Spring with the regional premiere of Jake Heggie's Three Decembers. If you are using Internet Explorer or other browsers you may encounter problems with certain sections of our website. And its definitely worth checking out. Baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Rosa Feola reprise rapturously acclaimed turns as the tragic jester Rigoletto and his headstrong daughter, Gilda, and two artists make noteworthy Met debuts: tenor Benjamin Bernheim as the promiscuous Duke of Mantua, and Maestro Speranza Scappucci on the podium. Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Rosa Feola as Gilda), Ensemble Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Maddalena) Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Maddalena), Piotr Beczaa (Duke of Mantua), Rosa Feola (Gilda), Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Rosa Feola (Gilda) Performance reviews Rigoletto His Met repertory has also included Rodolfo in Luisa Miller and La Bohme, Vaudmont in the company premiere of Iolanta, Lenski in Eugene Onegin, the title role of Faust, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Chevalier des Grieux in Manon, Gustavo in Un Ballo in Maschera, and Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. For further details on Rigoletto, including casting by date, please click here. The answer was in this very guttural sound. The 70-minute work, scored for four singers and instrumental septet, is a lighthearted science-fiction opera that looks at the purpose of art in challenging times through the lens of comedy. She has also held tenures as deputy music director of Staatsoper Hamburg, interim chief conductor at the Maribor Slovene National Theatre, and first kapellmeister at the Vienna Volksoper. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Videos. And while that is true, the turntable also becomes a distraction here at some key dramatic moments. Arizona Opera officially announced its 2023/24 Season, featuring four opera productions including a World Premiere in Phoenix and Tucson, as well as the companys inauguralNew Works Festivalin Phoenix, and a new series of community concerts in Tucson. S, la mia figlia! Caro nome was a bit of a mixed bag for Feola. Once a seeming fixture with the company throughout the early 2000s, he stopped appearing after the 2016 season. But hes here now and he was definitely worth the wait. One of the things that is so incredible about Rigoletto within Verdis oeuvre is its pacing. Join the DSO Women's History Month Celebration: Join the launch of the DSO's virtual Women in Classical Music in Conversation series on Wednesday, March 1, at 12:00 pm, which will provide a community forum and build upon the relationships formed at the symposium. For up-to-date casting go back to the previous page. She frequently sings at Moscows Bolshoi Theatre, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro dellOpera di Roma, and LA Opera. This next section, which also climaxes with a triplet sixteen run to a high A, was even more intense in its anguish, allowing her to end it on a aptly harsher vocalization for pi crudel. The rest of the duet was equally magical with Feolas softer singing matching Kelseys glorious piano sound, but the way she phrased these opening bars was so powerful in not only the emotional weight they carry in the dramatic moment, but in the care and precision with which Feola delivered them and the resulting emotional impact they produced. 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