Nadine Sierra excites Liceu once more with the “long, long, long melodies” by Bellini | Culture | EUROtoday

It was the outdated Giuseppe Verdi who, in a well-known letter of 1898 to the French critic Camille Bellaigue, higher summed up the principle achievement of Vincenzo Bellini: “Those long, long, long melodies, as no one has done before him.” Perhaps the supreme instance of this assertion is Ah! you do not consider you to purposethe attractive cantabile of the ultimate scene of The sleepwalkerwith that preliminary melody that unfolds with out caesuras throughout 11 measures. Soprano Nadine Sierra turned this Aryan once more at a time for reminiscence on Tuesday, April 22. As in December 2022 on the Teatro Real, his masterful interpretation melted to the general public of the Liceu, who devoted an enormous ovation.

The American singer, of Puerto Rican origin (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 36 years outdated), has turn into this season the undisputed Liceu star. For its distinctive main function in The traviata by Verdi, final January (which can sing in June on the Teatro Real), and in addition for its profitable recital with orchestra two weeks in the past, though it is going to nonetheless return to the Ramblas Theater, on the finish of July, to sing two features in a live performance model of West Side Storyby Leonard Bernstein. But her interpretation of Amina, the younger orphan who walks asleep in The sleepwalkerBellini, perhaps it is troublesome to beat at the moment.

Apart from having a really stunning voice, of getting a tremendous technical precision and of being a singer with an beautiful musicality, Sierra has one thing that brings her nearer to Giuditta Pasta’s magnetism, the diva that impressed Bellini in 1831 to create the principle character of The sleepwalker. I check with that tint barely darker and with a higher sierra, in relation to the sunshine bell of the Belcantist sopranos, though the American singer has a extra homogeneous report and isn’t as critical as that of pasta, in response to the well-known description that Stendhal manufactured from her voice in her voice in Rossini’s life.

In any case, the versatile and musical phrase of Sierra within the aforementioned Ah! you do not consider you to purposewith that area of the common voice and the management of the dynamic shading subsequent to the coloratures, it was unforgettable. It is true that cabaletta following, Ah! It doesn’t come human thoughtinterprets it just a little extra sluggish than normal, however its vocal pyrotechnics is unmatched, with magnificent ornaments in repetition and a manner of sustaining the acute that takes away its breath, each within the mi Bemol overgiveness of the final fermata and within the FA overgudo that nails within the last compases. But we additionally take heed to its wonderful interpretation within the first act, as in its cavatin As for me serenewhich ended with great edges and brought on the primary pleasure of the evening, or within the cabaletta following, Above the sen la man pose mewho adorned with pleasure in his shortened repetition and my Bemol overgive was invented on the finish.

Xabier Anduaga (San Sebastián, 29 years outdated) didn’t have it straightforward to match the spectacular Sierra amina along with his interpretation of Elvino. But the tenor Donostiarra has received safety and musicality since his efficiency on the Teatro Real in 2022. In these years he has not solely triumphed within the Metropolitan operates in New York, however final month he was declared a favourite of the Viennese public. In his case, that virile vocal sweetness, a metallic level, which reminds Ah! as a result of I am unable to hate youa cabaletta the place he exhibited technical brilliance, fluidity within the phrasing and energy within the excessive notes, simply reaching the re -enague.

The remainder of the forged was under, though it maintained a excessive degree. This is the case of the Hispanic-Cuban soprano Sabrina Gárdez, which shone in Lisa’s cololatures; The enticing voice of the mezzo-soprano Donostiarra Carmen Artaza as Teresa; the Argentine bass-barrel Fernando Radó, competent however restricted in his function of Comte Rodolfo; And each Aragonese Isaac Galán and Malaga Gerardo López, respectively and Alessio and the notary, maintained the identical degree as within the Royal Theater two seasons.

The third factor to spotlight from this manufacturing of The sleepwalker It is the superb musical path of Lorenzo Passerini. The younger Italian instructor (Sondrio, 34 years outdated) precisely defends a chic and nicely -prolaptically propelled model of Bellini’s opera, with a fluid administration of the tempo and tensions. The Symphony Orchestra of the Great Teatre of the Liceu paid admirably below its command, particularly within the second act, the place the unequal efficiency of the choir reached its finest second in Here the forest is thicker and shaded.

The scenic proposal of Barbara Lluch, launched in 2022 on the Teatro Real, continues to face out extra on the visible than dramatic degree. His concepts contribute dynamism and a few magnificence, however there’s not rather more. This is the case of the scarce connection between the choreographed ballet by metamorphosis dance, which represents amine ghosts, and the music that’s heard. In truth, three minutes of silence had been organized earlier than the beginning of the opera, wherein we see the dancers harassing the younger sleepwalker, however harassment continues incomprehensibly when music begins in a cheerful and shiny main solar. The Directorate of Actors shines for its absence, in addition to the dealing with of the choir on stage. And the top, with that cornice that isolates the protagonist, continues to be incomprehensible from the dramatic perspective; Lluch defends within the hand program a “dramaturgy that leaves the end open”, which has nothing to do with the music of Bellini and the Romani libretto.

In any case, the surroundings of Christof Hetzer is enticing, with that oppressive rural ambiance midway between naturalism and industrialization, which could be very nicely illuminated by US Schönebaum, together with the attractive romantic costumes of Clara Peluffo. And the staging helps to lift the musical second of the evening, the aforementioned Ah! you do not consider you to purposethat Sierra sings as much as the cornice whereas beginning to snow.