Diva in the moonlight
Kristine Opolais at the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra's Opening Gala (****) [live]
You rarely, if ever, hear it, the ballet “La Peregrina” from Verdi's Don Carlo, and there's a reason for that. The main one is : it is not Verdi's best music and it is a merciless showstopper in the theater. It includes a nice solo for the first violin which the new concertmaster Kristie Su conjures up almost like a gypsy. There are tant…
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