Most importantly, Jagde and Radvanovsky had natural chemistry.
Jagde’s plush, copper-tinged tenor filled the Met in Cavaradossi’s most thrilling, hair-tingling moments (Act II’s “Vittoria!”) and was honey-sweet and tender in the Act I and Act III duets (“Ah, quagli occhi al mondo” and “O dolci mani,” respectively). This performance marked only his seventh Met performance, and he deserves to return as often as possible. “Hearing Brian Jagde’s powerhouse Cavaradossi, it’s hard to believe that he last sang at the Met in April 2014, when he made his debut as Count Elemer in Strauss’s Arabella. On Thursday his enormous, vibrant voice was capped by exciting top notes … it’s hard to complain when you have a singer with such a big, beefy instrument.” It’s hard to believe that he spent almost 10 years early in his career as a baritone. In Jagde she (Radvanovsky) had a tenor who could match her soaring power. Yet starting with the opening measures, chilling orchestral chords that represent the villainous Scarpia, this performance abounded in crackling energy, sure-paced suspense, romantic reverie and thrilling singing from Radvanovsky and Jagde. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was returning in the title role the tenor Brian Jagde was appearing at the Met for the second time, singing Cavaradossi the veteran baritone George Gagnidze (a late replacement for Evgeny Nikitin) was Scarpia and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s music director, was in the pit.
#TOSCA OPERA MET FULL#
In a fall at the Met that’s been full of momentous new works, intriguing repertory firsts and six-hour epics, this seemed on paper just an ordinary revival of David McVicar’s production. That’s what happened at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday, when Puccini’s “Tosca” returned. Sometimes, for reasons no one can fully explain, an opera performance just catches fire. “Critic’s Pick: ‘Tosca’ Catches Fire at the Met Opera – Sondra Radvanovsky and Brian Jagde sing thrillingly, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a superb performance of Puccini’s classic … it’s hard to complain when you have a singer with such a big, beefy instrument. On Thursday his enormous, vibrant voice was capped by exciting top notes.
this performance abounded in crackling energy, sure-paced suspense, romantic reverie and thrilling singing from Radvanovsky and Jagde.
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