As video appendix to previous commentary on the Volpe Gala, its defining moment:
Natalie Dessay (and Elaine Douvas, et al.) in Bellini's Sonnambula finale. The set -- of which she actually makes brilliant use -- is from Act I of Zeffirelli's Traviata production.
Oh my how I love this woman. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this! I appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteOk, I totally love this clip, but looking around in surprise before the cabaletta is brilliant use of the set?
ReplyDeleteMaury: I'd say "you had to be there" except, you know, you were...
ReplyDeleteFélix: Ok, Maury, the thing is that you have to know the plot of this opera to understand why she looks around in surprise before the cabaletta. When she sings the Aria, she is supposed to be asleep as she is a "Sonnambula", which is the name for the opera. Then, she is awoken by someone, and that's why she looks with surprise: she is then surrounded by all the people in the village, and her fiancé is now forgiving her and accepting her back, that's why she is happy.
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