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[Met Performance] CID:184700
Il Trovatore
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, April 6, 1960
Il Trovatore (310)
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvatore Cammarano
Review 1:
Review of Rafael Kammerer in Musical America
The season's final performance of "Il Trovatore" found Mary Curtis-Verna singing the role of Leonora for the first time with the company this season. As a last minute replacement for the indisposed Antonietta Stella, Miss Curtis-Verna had little time to adapt her portrayal to the new production. All things considered she gave a commendable performance. Besides producing some lustrous top tones, the soprano's voice in the middle and lower registers was notably warm and resonant.
The remaining female roles in the opera were sung for the first time at the Metropolitan by Belen Amparan and Teresa Stratas. Only one incongruity marred Miss Amparan's Azucena — her youth, which no amount of make-up was able to disguise. Otherwise, hers was the most powerful and compelling characterization of the evening. Using her richly textured mezzo to excellent advantage and being every inch the gypsy she was supposed to be, Miss Amparan easily held the center of attention every moment she was on stage. The ovation she received from a demonstrative audience rose to a deafening crescendo whenever she came out to take a bow.
While the role of Inez may be a minor one, Miss Stratas brought to it a fresh young voice well schooled in the art of bel canto and an insight into the characterthat took it completely out of the doldrums of being just another "lady-in-waiting"part. Others in the cast who did their best to make this the outstanding performance it was, were Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico), Ettore Bastianini (Count diLuna), William Wildermann (Ferrando), Charles Anthony, Carlo Tomanelli andRobert Nagy. Fausto Cleva conducted.
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Il Trovatore
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, April 6, 1960
Il Trovatore (310)
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvatore Cammarano
- Manrico
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Leonora
- Mary Curtis-Verna
- Count Di Luna
- Ettore Bastianini
- Azucena
- Belén Amparan
- Ferrando
- William Wilderman
- Ines
- Teresa Stratas
- Ruiz
- Charles Anthony
- Messenger
- Robert Nagy
- Gypsy
- Carlo Tomanelli
- Conductor
- Fausto Cleva
Review 1:
Review of Rafael Kammerer in Musical America
The season's final performance of "Il Trovatore" found Mary Curtis-Verna singing the role of Leonora for the first time with the company this season. As a last minute replacement for the indisposed Antonietta Stella, Miss Curtis-Verna had little time to adapt her portrayal to the new production. All things considered she gave a commendable performance. Besides producing some lustrous top tones, the soprano's voice in the middle and lower registers was notably warm and resonant.
The remaining female roles in the opera were sung for the first time at the Metropolitan by Belen Amparan and Teresa Stratas. Only one incongruity marred Miss Amparan's Azucena — her youth, which no amount of make-up was able to disguise. Otherwise, hers was the most powerful and compelling characterization of the evening. Using her richly textured mezzo to excellent advantage and being every inch the gypsy she was supposed to be, Miss Amparan easily held the center of attention every moment she was on stage. The ovation she received from a demonstrative audience rose to a deafening crescendo whenever she came out to take a bow.
While the role of Inez may be a minor one, Miss Stratas brought to it a fresh young voice well schooled in the art of bel canto and an insight into the characterthat took it completely out of the doldrums of being just another "lady-in-waiting"part. Others in the cast who did their best to make this the outstanding performance it was, were Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico), Ettore Bastianini (Count diLuna), William Wildermann (Ferrando), Charles Anthony, Carlo Tomanelli andRobert Nagy. Fausto Cleva conducted.
Search by season: 1959-60
Search by title: Il Trovatore,
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