Monday, December 31, 2018

Favorites by Year 2018

2018

For another perspective on 2018 see the KK Awards.

This list is limited to performances that took place in 2018.  This was another year without travel, but there is so much on the internet these days that it hardly matters.  This year I reviewed 46 performances, including 1 CD, 4 DVDs, 12 HDs, 11 live, 1 movie, 16 Streams and 1 YT.

Favorite Performances



Full cast
  • Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte.  I saw only one Mozart this year, and it was this overdone, rather silly circus.  Nevertheless I loved it because it slanted the plot toward the arrogance and egotism of the men.  ** Met HD
  • (AN)Verdi's Aida  with Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili  I loved Anna and Anita together and was surprised to see the same old production made to look new.  The tenor sort of ruined it.  Look it up in Met on Demand.  ** Met HD
     
  •  Muhly's Marnie  for the wonderful work of Isabel Leonard. This was a world premier.  ** Met HD


Singer of the Year


Lisette Oropesa wins the singing prize for both Lucia and Les Huguenots.  For the year of Lisette.


New to Me Opera


  1. Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence (new this year), 
  2. Britten's Albert Herring (research), 
  3. Donizetti's Il campanello di notte,done live at CSUS
  4. Heggie's It's a Wonderful Life.  (live at SFO) 
  5. Meyerbeer's Le Prophete (research from Toulouse), 
  6. Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots  live from Paris
  7. Muhly's Marnie (new from the Met in HD), 
  8. Petit's Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard, done live at CSUS
  9. Rubinstein's The Demon (for Dmitri), 
  10. Stravinsky's Perséphone (research on DVD for Sellars), 
  11. Sullivan's The Gondoliers (I'm weak in the Gilbert and Sullivan area.  Live in Sacramento), 
  12. Verdi's Il Corsaro (it amazes me I can still see new Verdi), 
  13. Weill's Die sieben Todsünden (research for Sellars),


##20 top 20 all time
** live, live stream or live in HD

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