his weekend's high point was Sra. Antonacci singing Fauré , Hahn, Cilea, Mascagni, and Respighi, before an enthralled audience that extracted three encores! A voice of voluptuous power and eloquence, contrasting with the tiresome Salzburg Traviata dragged forth at the Met, where the tepid Soprano Hei-Kyung Hong filled in for Natalie Dessay. Audiences could console themselves with terrific performances, however, from Matthew Polenzani as Germont, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as père.
his weekend's high point was Sra. Antonacci singing Fauré , Hahn, Cilea, Mascagni, and Respighi, before an enthralled audience that extracted three encores!
ReplyDeleteA voice of voluptuous power and eloquence, contrasting with the tiresome Salzburg Traviata dragged forth at the Met, where the tepid Soprano Hei-Kyung Hong filled in for Natalie Dessay. Audiences could console themselves with terrific performances, however, from Matthew Polenzani as Germont, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as père.