Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera - Anna Netrebko in The Elixir of Love - Sept 24, 2012, 7:30pm

Anna Netrebko as Adina

Gaetano Donizetti

 The Elixir of Love

Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera

September 24, 2012

At first I thought, why do they have Netrebko singing in this silly opera?

Then, she opened her mouth to sing, and the world changed for 3 1/2 hours.

Lush plum purple blues magentas and violets came from her throat
Painting the colors of the evening.  L'heure Exquise.

The role sits in that glorious place in her voice.

Why even care what the others sound like