In His Own Words

Alexander Neef, General Director


4/6/2011

Le Comte Ory

The Met's new production of Rossini's Le Comte Ory is a stunning piece of casting. Having Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato and Stéphane Degout share the same stage is almost too good to be true and they all were in fabulous form last night.

I'm here for two busy days of meetings and performances. Yesterday, I had lunch with Rufus Wainwright and Laurie Anderson. Now I'm off to see Catherine Malfitano, Edith Wiens, a new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Duke Theatre and tonight I'll be back at the Met for Berg's Wozzeck.

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Leonard Rosmarin (4/10/2011 8:12:05 PM)
I couldn't agree more about the Met's new production of Le Comte Ory. I saw it yesterday at a "Live From the Met" HD projection at my local cinema. The opera is like a French pastry baked by a wild Italian chef.