Sicklist: Elīna Garanča dumps Paris
mainThe Latvian mezzo has pulled out of Les Troyens, three weeks ahead of premiere.
She is being replaced by a Russian, Ekaterina Semenchuk.
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She also cancelled Les Troyens in 2012… Maybe as a friend of mine said, she should open the score before signing the contract.
you are spot on
“Semen Chuck”– what are we supposed to make of that?
Nothing, unless you’re in elementary school. Geez. Fine artists shouldn’t be the object of such puerile humor. Grow up.
So give us an example of elite humor, if you think we are good enough.
Mocking people for their last names is sooo passe and boring. Every time a major artist cancels due to illness, a barrage of abuse and snide remarks is unleashed. Are they not human?, Do they not get sick and suffer?. Why assume that she can’t handle the part?I think it is much better to cancel then sing and deliver substandard performance. Just think of a recent Otello fiasco at the Met when a sick tenor struggled and suffered through the opera and the audience along with him.
I too think it’s disgusting to mock someone for their last name.
Regards
No pseudonym can hide the breeding.
Happy New Year
Many singers, Domingo among them, Have found Troyens too much, too difficult. But
three weeks!!??
“Dumps?” Are you implying that she is faking?