The Sri Lankan beauty, Danielle De Niese, looks like the also Sri Lankan MIA , but without all the weird shit, and while both women are musical God sends, Danielle is the lyric soprano sounds who sounds so beautiful in her upper register that it is as if she has born to sing Shakespearean sonnets. And you will get to see her on Wednesday, July 25th, if you go to Central park Summerstage. Danielle,who is originally a Burgher, moved from Sri Lanka to Australia and finally settled in the US, where she has been waiting for me to watch her on stage ever since.
Now she gets her chance and if you want your chance to watch me applaud, here it is as well:
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Central Park
8:00 PM
These recitals began in 2009 and I went to the first one featuring the terrific Brazilian baritone, Paulo Szot, who was in "South Pacific" at the time. It was a fine, though not flawless, performance. Though that opinion is coming from a layman when it comes to opera.
If you are like me, then this is a great way to get your high culture for low rent.
Here is some more info about the evening:
This performance features Met stars Danielle de Niese (soprano), Dimitri Pittas (tenor), and John Del Carlo (bass-baritone), accompanied by pianist Dan Saunders, in a program of favorite arias and duets.
More info: metopera.org/summer.
Dimitri Pittas (tenor) was heard at the Met this season as Rodolfo in La Bohème and Macduff in Macbeth. Other Met appearances include Tamino in The Magic Flute, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Herald in Don Carlo (debut, 2005), Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, the First Prisoner in Fidelio, and the First Knight in Parsifal. He is a graduate of the company’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
Danielle de Niese (soprano) sang Ariel in the Met’s world premiere production of The Enchanted Island this season. She previously appeared with the company as Despina in Così fan tutte, Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, the Child in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Poussette in Manon, and Susanna and Barbarina (debut, 1998) in Le Nozze di Figaro. She is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
John Del Carlo (bass-baritone) appeared at the Met this season as Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Dansker in Billy Budd. His repertoire with the company also includes Don Pasquale, the Speaker in The Magic Flute, the Prince in Adriana Lecouvreur, the Sacristan in Tosca, Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (debut, 1993), Mathieu in Andrea Chénier, Swallow in Peter Grimes, Alfieri in Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge, Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, and Balducci in Benvenuto Cellini.
Dan Saunders has worked as conductor, pianist, and coach in the fields of opera and song. He began his operatic career as rehearsal pianist at the Met and later became an Assistant Conductor with the company. He made his Met debut as harpsichordist in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 1984 production of La Clemenza di Tito (telecast on Live From Lincoln Center) and subsequently played continuo for many other productions, including Le Nozze di Figaro, Idomeneo, L’Italiana in Algeri, and Don Giovanni.