52 Years old Italian made his debut for Met in 2005 and was hired in April 2010 as principal guest conductor. He took in two performances of Levine in "Das Rheingold in Wagner," ended a run of Verdi's "rigoletto" which had previously been scheduled and Friday, it was announced as the replacement of Levine: Verdi's "Don Carlo" and "Puccini's La Bohème" in next month's tour of Japan.
Saturday, he finally obtained a work, which he led during the rehearsals, opening Strauss "ariadne auf naxos" final renewal of the company of the season. With mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, adding to its curriculum is already strong with a dynamic and convincing performance as composer, lush Strauss conducted Luisi and entertaining score with vigour and colour, but without scanning and the ferment of Levineto which he has led more than three dozen times since 1976-2003.
Her mezzo rich alternation in perplexity, anger and ardour, DiDonato ordered the scene in the role of pants. Richest man in Vienna has hired two sets of musicians to entertain guests at a party: a dramatic Opera company and a troop of dell'arte Italian commedia. It was his Major-Domo educate actors that both works must be performed simultaneously to ensure that the fireworks for the evening start quickly.
Every note and every movement by DiDonato had an authenticity that reveals that she was living the role instead regards it. She moved, torn between pride in his work - the dramatic "Ariane" - and the embarrassment of it be ruined by the simultaneous performance.
The first half of the Opera depicts the scenes goings on and the second performance. Without DiDonato in the second half, missing spark, that she had provided.
Soprano Violeta Urmana singing the title role. His powerful voice cut through thick orchestration of Strauss, it turned steely sometimes. Kathleen Kim resumed his role as Zerbinetta, the tune of dell'arte, she also sang last season. His brilliant coloratura won loud applause suite "Grossmaechtige Prinzessin (merciful Princess)" and his acting is charming.
Tenor Robert Dean Smith sounds more tense that afternoon was then as Bacchus. Bass-baritone Michael Devlin had the necessary wracked attitude as Major Domo and baritone Thomas Allen added an elegant performance as the master of music.
18-Year-old production coloured Elijah Moshinsky, with sets and costumes by Michael Yeargan, still captive. Remaining representations are 10 and 13 May.
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