AUGUST
28, 2006 --
The
Metropolitan Opera scheduled four concert performances of La Traviata
and four concert performances of Rigoletto, this summer.
Trav was performed August 22 on Central Park's great lawn, and Rig was performed
at the same place the following evening.
The last performance of La Traviata is September 1, in Brookdale Park, Bloomfield/Montclair,
New Jersey.
The last Rigoletto will be performed September 2, at Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick,
NJ
LPR attended the Central Park performance of Rigoletto with a cast that included
Mark Delavan in the title role; Norah Amsellam as his daughter Gilda; Jose
Luis Duval, the Duke; Raymond Aceto, Sparafucile; and Nancy Fabiola Herrara,
Maddalena. The conductor was
Joseph Colaneri.
In a word, LPR says "bravo" to the artists, the Met and all responsible
for producing this free summer concert.
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Mr.
Delevan and a well-wisher, after the performance.
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The
Met stage at the north end of the Great Lawn, photographed
August 23.
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Some
of the thousands who attended the August 23 concert performance
of Rigoletto -- no, not at Tanglewood; on Central Park's
Great Lawn.
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The
last act quartet: (l to r) Ms. Herrera, Mr. Duval, Mr.
Delavan, Ms. Amsellem, and Maestro Colaneri.
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