Margaret Jane Wray will sing the role of Santuzza in Mascagni?s Cavalleria Rusticana tonight, replacing Waltraud Meier, who is ill. Meier remains scheduled to sing on March 26. Wray made her Met debut in 1987 and is a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and a Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner (1985). She has been heard at the Met as Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Ortrud in Lohengrin, among many other roles.
- 3/23/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Two star tenors, Roberto Alagna and Jos? Cura, take on the challenge of singing the lead roles in both Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci when the classic double-bill returns to the Met's repertory. At the season premiere on March 19, Alagna sings Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana for the first time on any stage and Canio in Pagliacci in his Met role debut. Waltraud Meier joins him in the Mascagni work as Santuzza, along with Charles Taylor as Alfio. Leoncavallo's opera also features Nuccia Focile as Nedda, Alberto Mastromarino in his Met debut as Tonio, and Christopher Maltman in his company role debut as Silvio.
- 3/14/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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