This a banner year for Donizetti at the Metropolitan Opera, propelled by soprano Sondra Radvanovsky's ambition to perform all three of his Tudor queens (Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Elizabeth I) in a single season. That urge to turn opera into an extreme sport seems misplaced, or did ... More »
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PM on February 2, 2016