Beverly Sills

This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met as Norina, the smart young widow at the center of Donizetti’s comedy. The sensational Alfredo Kraus sings her beloved Ernesto. Håkan Hagegård, in his Met debut role and season, is Dr. Malatesta, the man who helps the young couple trick the crusty old bachelor of the title (Gabriel Bacquier at his comical best) into a fake marriage. This being a Donizetti comedy, it all turns out perfectly well at the end—and getting there is pure operatic fun.

The classic opera is brought to life by Beverly Sills.

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Performed at the Lincoln Center. Conducted by Sarah Caldwell. The staging and costuming explicitly telegraphed the characters. For example, Rosina (Beverly Sills) has a gown with feathers and her room resembles a birdcage complete with a swing, telegraphing her as being confined like a bird.. Figaro (Alan Titus) looks like a barber pole, while the notary (Michael Rubino) has an inkwell on his hat. Dr. Bartolo (Donald Gramm) wears two pillars that are cracked after his plans to marry Rosina are thwarted. Tenor Henry Price as Almaviva sports books in his disguise as a student.

Eddie Lambert is an advice columnist and radio personality. People come to him with problems, and he offers solution. In the third of three 'Uncle Sol' movies, Lambert deal with four sets of problems which gives the opportunity for four performances: a ventriloquist, a tap-dancing sextet, a decent swing trio, and Beverly Sills singing "Il bacio" at the age of seven.

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Beverly Sills in supremely confident form, vocally and histrionically in Donizetti’s famous opera, with a brilliant supporting cast that includes tenor William McDonald, Spiro Malas and Muriel Costa-Greenspon, led by Maestro Charles Wendelken-Wilson.

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