Our new, knowledgable and heavily nom de plumed contributor Loki von Karajan recently saw Sondra Radvanovsky in Toronto and has something to say about it… Loki – This week, I found myself in Toronto and jumped at the chance to hear a singer I greatly admire, Ms. Sondra Radvanovsky, in concert. I’m used to seeing this… [Read More]
Elizabeth – Last night we saw the wonderful Sondra Radvanovsky as Norma. I had seen her before at the Met in Un Ballo in Maschera, but Bellini’s Norma was really written as a vehicle for great female singers. Radvanovsky was great, I particularly liked her first Act aria, “Casta Diva”. The sustained notes she held and… [Read More]
We recently went to Ballo at the Met. I had never seen it before so I was excited. But I quickly ended up feeling like I had entered The Twilight Zone. Most of the audience was going wild for the production and I was surprised at what I was seeing and hearing. Now, the music… [Read More]
