This year's Don Carlo brings with it some new voices compared to the cast of last season . One of them is the American mezzo Marianne Cornetti and Eboli will be her ROH debut :-)
For those of you wanting to know more about her and her career there is an interesting interview over at musicalcriticism.com
She seems to love all those Verdi mezzo roles which are powerful and interesting women, so Eboli should be in good company in her repertoire. And she has some interesting things to say about the ongoing Don Carlo rehearsals: Nicholas Hytner is polishing all those little details and Semyon Bychkov is promising some pianississimo :-)
About the former i am thrilled, i thought there was some really great choreography in the production the first time around and i'd love that to continue this second time round. And if he has another thought about those screaming priests in the auto-da-fé i'd be even happier ;-)))
About the latter i am sure Marianne will not be the only happy one among the singers :-) I'm all for some piano in the right places!
And i expect Mr Bychkov to absolutely nail those duets and ensembles :-) At certain points i wouldn't mind for example Posa and Carlo to meld their voices into one line until becoming ...almost.. undistinguishable :-)
But let's hear Marianne Cornetti sing!
Marianne Cornetti sings La luce langue from Verdi's Macbeth
Thanks to SixtusBeckmesser1 for the video
Marianne Cornetti as Azucena sings Stride la vampa in Parma, april 2006.
Thanks to signorinaermione for the video
Nelly Miricioiu - Marianne Cornetti - Anna Bolena duet
Thanks to coloraturafan for the video
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ReplyDeleteMs. Cornett is not a great singer, but it is correct. It is a shame that ROH, can not have a mezzo agree more with his prestige.
Well, that may be slightly unfair since she has not sung the role there yet and has not sung many Eboli. I'll wait to hear her on stage, but she does have presence for me and also the personality for the role. Not everyone has a completely unique voice, those are less than 5% but good music is made by many good and correct singers :-)And the ROH stage is no exception :-)
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ReplyDeleteFor me, I was very disappointed that she sang Amneris at the Liceu, I expected more.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that ... i am sure she will do her very best and with some luck the Eboli might be better than Amneris, maybe it suits her voice currently better :-) You know i am an optimist. I am sure we will have the opportunity to listen to more soon and talk about it :-))
ReplyDeleteI hope so
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