Monday, March 26, 2007

76. "Andrea Chénier" by Umberto Giordano and Luigi Illica


I'm going to reserve judgement on this until I see Aprille Millo in all her glory on April 14, but in the meantime, I will admit that I left between Acts III and IV because Violetta Urmana's "La mamma morta" lacked passion and Ben Heppner fell short, especially during the final bars of the famous Act II duet when he stopped singing altogether. We know he has the notes, now he just needs to sing them.