Elizabeth – I hate Sir Walter Scott. The high school legacy of Ivanhoe reverberates to this day and made the prospect of Rossini’s opera based on Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake daunting. But Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Florez surely would save the day, right? I’m not sure where Paul Curran’s inspiration… [Read More]
Carmen and Coach Croft: Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera
On my way into Lincoln Center Plaza for Carmen at the Met on Wednesday, I heard a scalper complaining loudly (to a group of well dressed opera going hopefuls) “When Pavarotti used to sing I got $400 for these tickets. $400 I would get!” I guess he didn’t like being lowballed by clients in black tie. … [Read More]
