Sunday, April 10, 2011

Laughter by day

Everything must be balanced, so when there is the possibility of such sadness and emotion, what better way to equalize than to find some reason for laughter.  In this case, a simulcast live production of Rossini's Le Compte Ory.

For the very first time, this production has finally been presented at the Metropolitan Opera.



In this recording, Juan Diego Florés was only 25 years old (some twelve years ago), and already his voice was so well developed.  Yesterday`s performance from the Met was yet another opportunity to see him in concert alongside the dazzling mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the soprano Diana Damrau.  Here's just a snippet of one of the final and funniest scenes:



Who knew that opera could be such fun!

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