tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903412090968698007.post3800196605470348795..comments2023-06-06T10:13:28.691-07:00Comments on Salazar's Opera Family Circle: Andrea Chenier Review Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854740487802078604noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903412090968698007.post-916763044082517792014-03-28T14:52:05.301-07:002014-03-28T14:52:05.301-07:00I absolutely agree with both opinions above. I als...I absolutely agree with both opinions above. I also think Mr Alvarez was the star of the evening. He is wonderful Chenier - delightful to listen to. I suggest exchanging the link to Mr Salazar's review for this one, written by someone who really appreciated the Met's 'Andrea Chenier' and its star tenor!!! http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2014/03/noseda-orchestra-and-fine-cast-make-a-heroic-case-for-mets-chenier/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903412090968698007.post-52398695648067537892014-03-28T06:50:09.517-07:002014-03-28T06:50:09.517-07:00Absolutely agree with previous commenter - Marcelo...Absolutely agree with previous commenter - Marcelo Alvarez was the best performer of this cast. He has unique beauty of timbre, true tenor's shining and marvelous technical style. Lucic's sound had no vocal colors, no chiaroscuro, no rich lines of phrasing, no verismo melodic taste. Mr. Alvarez is the best Chenier today with perfect combination of amazing vocal beauty and rich passion. Teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903412090968698007.post-72108132226236277502014-03-27T05:33:08.233-07:002014-03-27T05:33:08.233-07:00Mr. Salazar, I wonder, who is from modern tenors c...Mr. Salazar, I wonder, who is from modern tenors could to perform very difficult, rich verismo role of Chenier better, than senior Alvarez does? May be, terrible de Leon? Yes, his lirico-spinto timbre is not big and fool of dark energy, as for example, Del Monaco's voice. But Alvarez pushes the sound in high register as Carreras usually did. And this tessitura's adaptation was not a problem for La Scala, when Carreras sang Chenier on it's stage. So, shining beauty and mobility of Alvarez's voice bring, nevertheless, elegant in Chenier's role, though you've find his legato's structure choppy before hight notes. In your opinion Lucic was a hero of the evening? With his woody sound, brutal vocal style and out of chiaroscuro? Oh, verismo is not Lucic's format. Listen to Pons in MET's production of Chenier - though, voice of spanish baritone had not full of colors and there was age's changing in vocal structure, his performance was splendid and had a rich beauty and organic phrasing, which would never appear in Lucic's voice. Lucic was an energy in this performance, but Alvarez was a charm and beauty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com