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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2020-09-01 17:51:29
Let this be our Take Care anthem
The Screaming Divas are at it again. Last week, Sondra Radvanovsky recorded a track in Toronto’s Koerner Hall with pianist Rachael Kerr and sent it to co-diva Keri Alkema. Keri did the video alchemy. What comes through is the soaring hope of two opera singers that we will, never, walk alone. We’re all in this […]
2020-03-01 20:23:00
[…] make absolute sense. This "misapplied" image also seemed a bit off in light of the production's very weak characterization of DG himself, of which more below. Also, I couldn't help thinking about showgirl ghosts from Follies, which is a very inopportune recurring image to have in one's head during a production of Don Giovanni. On the plus side of the casting ledger we got the exquisite Donnas Anna and Elvira of Vanessa Vasquez and Keri Alkema, respectively. Vasquez, a 2017 Met Council winner, demonstrated an exquisite, silvery sound here, with thrilling unforced security across the role's demands, and an especially fiery quality in Anna's recitative. My one regret was the plodding tempo for her "Or sai chi l'onore" which prevented her from getting real traction in the piece and doing something more with it. Alkema's Elvira was probably the highlight of the evening for me, and represented some closure after […]
Anne Midgette - The classical beat
2019-05-12 19:09:11
Alkema, Massi and Scappucci show that occasional longueurs can’t hold a Teflon opera down.
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