Joyce gets Met to stage Dead Man Walking
mainThe Met has sprung a leak ahead of its next season announcement.
Among the new shows woll be Jake Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking, featuring Joyce DiDonato and Susan Graham.
Yannick conducts.
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Well, there is actually nothing to sing in there. Rape and philosophy. Green mile in opera (but worse , of course)
Have you seen the opera or are you just making an uninformed judgement?
To use this name as a pseudonym is telling all.
Perhaps the striking New Zealand baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes will be in the cast. He made a great impression singing it some years ago.
Rocher is rumoured to be the fine Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly.
It’s a stitch up for the gushing and embarrassing “friendship” between Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Joyce. Sadly the piece has gained popularity due to the issue and emotional impact. The actual score is poor and 3rd rate. Meets expectations of millennials and bleeding hearts.
Agreed. The music is of low quality. Schlocky
But as a dramatic piece it is a home run. One of my greatest opera experiences.
A gratuitous observation. A chord was struck. Friendships can come-and-go, or be for a lifetime. A Roland for his Oliver. MYOB.
A contemporary opera, which has “gained popularity due to … emotional impact”, and is being performed regularly. And you are complaining?
DiDonato, Graham, Barton, and Von Stade all named this as one of their favorite operas in a BBC poll two years ago. Everyone got three choices.
Unbelievable. This “opera” was performed in Tel Aviv a couple of weeks ago. Highly superficial work. Manipulative featherweight work which would not even qualify as a musical. For the Israeli opera this may be a pretext to stage a popular work camouflaged as new work, but at the MET?
We saw Dead Man Walking at Chicago Lyric Opera house this season. The orchestra and music was mesmerizing, and the singers’ voices were something you don’t want to miss. I’m 76 years old, not a millennial, and I appreciate good opera. I recommend you go for the performances, even if you don’t agree with the subject.
I read the title of this post very differently as was meant.