The Met 125 gala is just coming to its end, crazy and exciting as it was :-)
I've never been a fan, but then again i never heard or saw him live... never, ever ...
But there was one king of the castle tonight and his name is Domingo! To be singing better with each aria/duet at his age is no minor success. For me it was his night!
The scene from Boccanegra with Angela Gheorghiu was beautiful beyond words and i can only hope that his promise to come and sing it at the ROH will be kept. I don't care that he probably sounded less baritonal than in any other aria he sang tonight, it was musical and lush and Verdi all around. It sounded right and i hope that if i never got to hear him before, i will at least get to see and hear him sing this!
Then the crowning jewel, his Otello! as intense, as powerful, as fresh and emotional as ever, as if not a day had passed since he has first sung it. I really think this should have been the last piece of the night. There could not have been a more perfect ending. Pity it wasn't.
All i can say, maestro... BRAVISSIMO!!! I hope you stay healthy and special as you are today and that i may yet live to tell about the time i first say you sing live :-)
A beautiful night, all glam and very Met ;-) Wonderful music! And thanks for sharing it live and free with all of us :-) And bravo to all ( Hvorostovsky too was especially exquisite tonight) and Levine, well he's magic :-)
PS. Just wished they gave Juandi something more juicy than La donna....but then again hey... anyone up for that kind of high note at the end with no air input? Well then...guess not ;-)))) He is much more than that tho, just for the record ;-)
And i loved Dessay's Violetta, much more than i thought i would. You go girl!
And Heppner rocked as Siegfried! What a pleasure to hear that ending fresh and powerful. What a rush!
Hola amiga!
ReplyDeleteFuiste al MET!!! o viste la Gala por la TV?
Esta era una ocasión para retransmitir la Gala vía satélite. En España, que yo sepa no llegó.
Petons
Ninguna de las dos cosas, Joaquim :) La oimos por radio en la pagina del Met , jejejeje.
ReplyDeleteoooooooooooooooooooh! Qué lastima! Estáis tan viajeras que pensé que habíais cruzado el charco para ir al MET. Estáis siempre a la última.
ReplyDeleteBRAVO MAESTRO!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to know Plácido was as great as everyone expected last night. And all I can tell you is TRY HARD to see him live, you won't regret it. He still has so much to give (why not Die Walküre in Valencia? great opportunity to see Kende and meet some of us!)
Besos, y VIVA PLÁCIDO!!!
No Joaquim, estuvimos solo pegadas al stream, q por cierto.. vaya mmmmm peor bueno le oimos y no me arriepiento na de haber hecho la noche en blanco
ReplyDeleteLo de cruzar el charco.. todo llegara ;-) Primero hay q cruzar el canal en la otra direccion :-)
Y Joaquim to viste quien fue ahii??? Sabes lo q dicen las muejres.. es que no tenia na q ponermeee! q sino.... (fue tanta gente q "conoce" q aplaudieron algunos en mitad de la aria de Violetta..e strano... con la de veces q la ponen ahi... ya sabes esos eventos VIPS)
Papagena, he was wonderfullll! Young one, take that! ;-) Who would i have to kill in Valencia to get to those tickets?? Would Helga do??? ;-)) i wisshhh... but hopefully sooonn!!!
Now I am even more excited about seeing Natalie in "La Traviata" this summer in Santa Fe!
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