Promising debuts in ’Don Giovanni’
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MIKE SILVERMAN NEW YORK -The Associated Press
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 15, 2009 00:00
Three debuting singers added zest to a star-studded reprise of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" that has returned to the Metropolitan Opera in the waning weeks of the season.
Most impressive was Pavol Breslik, a young tenor from Slovakia who sang the role of Don Ottavio on Monday night. Breslik is one of several young tenors who are gaining prominence at the Met, a welcome development at a time when the career of Rolando Villazon appears to be unraveling. A bass-baritone from China who uses the single name Shenyang made his debut as Masetto, the country-bumpkin fianc of Zerlina, one of the many women Don Giovanni is trying to seduce. Shenyang won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2007 and is enrolled in the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli, previously heard here as Donna Anna, showed complete command of both the character and the music. Isabel Bayrakdarian, a soprano of Armenian heritage, sparkled as Zerlina. Having the veteran American bass Samuel Ramey as Don Giovanni's servant Leporello counts as luxury casting, even if his once-secure sound is now more wobbly than not.
Most impressive was Pavol Breslik, a young tenor from Slovakia who sang the role of Don Ottavio on Monday night. Breslik is one of several young tenors who are gaining prominence at the Met, a welcome development at a time when the career of Rolando Villazon appears to be unraveling. A bass-baritone from China who uses the single name Shenyang made his debut as Masetto, the country-bumpkin fianc of Zerlina, one of the many women Don Giovanni is trying to seduce. Shenyang won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2007 and is enrolled in the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli, previously heard here as Donna Anna, showed complete command of both the character and the music. Isabel Bayrakdarian, a soprano of Armenian heritage, sparkled as Zerlina. Having the veteran American bass Samuel Ramey as Don Giovanni's servant Leporello counts as luxury casting, even if his once-secure sound is now more wobbly than not.