“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” continues at the Met through Oct. “But the quality of her work spoke for itself⦠This was a very fine performance.” “There were some grumbles when the season was announced about a plum gig going to the boss’ wife,” wrote Zachary Woolfe in The New York Times, reviewing the first performance on Sept. Judging from the critical response, Wilson’s first appearance is unlikely to be her last. “I thought that after conducting in London, Paris, in Russia and elsewhere in the U.S., that she should come to our house, which is the best opera house in the world,” Nezet-Seguin said. The opera that has brought her to the Met for the first time is a 20th century Russian masterpiece, Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” In it, the 26-year-old composer set a sordid tale of rape, murder and betrayal to a raucous, dissonant score that puts extreme demands on players and singers alike.
Netrebko,’ and they said, ‘Don’t worry, she’s bringing her own conductor.’ So it was fine. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t perform with Ms. Thus, when she was engaged to conduct a run of Puccini’s “Tosca” later this fall in Buenos Aires, she noted that Russian soprano Anna Netrebko - who has been barred from the Met and other houses for refusing to distance herself from Putin - was listed to sing two of the performances. Where she draws the line, however, is working with artists who support the current regime. “There has never been any doubt in my mind that we can’t hold literature or Russian culture hostage,” she said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
0 kommentar(er)
