Monday
Apr152013
OperaNow! #184: Sorry, Eh?
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 9:45AM 
Natalie Dessay is bored, but luckily, Danielle de Niese was visiting her folks in Jersey...Tenor in Met Opera Die Walkure pulls out mid scene...Meanwhile, Canadian tenor forgets to show up for the first act of Siegfried...Small NYC opera companies start to pool some resources...Jenny Rivera wows the critic(s) with her latest DVD...Cheesemonger to sing National Anthem.
This week in Oliver's Corner, Mélisande drops the ring and The OC drops the needle on Golaud.
Plus Viewer Mail and Guess Who Died?
This week features Michael, The OC and Doug Dodson.
Reader Comments (2)
Hilarious! Didn't realize that Doug (or was it Bob) McKenzie was so versed in Wagner!
There is a very good DVD of Pelleas et Mélisande with Natalie Dessay that I recommend. I just got it. This opera is best seen to understand it. Dessay is a good Mélisande and I think this music is more suited to her now than Cleopatra. I have been wanting to listen to this opera since I went to an all French recital that Renee Fleming did earlier this year where they played interviews of Mary Garden talking about the Debussy role that she created, Mélisande.