The young baritone is at a breakthrough moment in his career thanks to various high vis projects, and he gifts this current role with a richly suave baritone, handsome demeanor, lively stage presence, and infectious sense of fun. I hope he paces himself in his career to be around for many years, because this repertoire needs him now.Īs the commedia quartet, pride of place must be given to the endearingly personable Harlequin of Jarrett Ott. I have rarely heard anyone craft such gorgeous, arching, urgent phrases in this part. Sledge’s generous, freely produced tone was wedded to a rock solid technique that allow him to assay a very pliant reading of this notoriously difficult sing. Photo credit: Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera 2018.īruce Sledge brought a highly attractive, clarion tenor to the role of Bacchus. Liv Redpath (Zerbinetta) and Amanda Majeski (Composer). The slight graininess to her fluty soprano makes it fall very engagingly on the ear, but a generalized stage presence meant that a very conscientiously vocalized Groflm‰chtige Prinzessin fell just the short of the tour de force it can be. Liv Redpath was quite an accomplished Zerbinetta, with a virtuosic command of coloratura, a decent sense of comedy, an endearing charisma, and a crystalline tone that proved a winning combination. Nonetheless, this was a pleasing and effective role traversal that aspired to sweep all before it.
Like other notable large voices, the outpouring of rich sound can sometimes supersede the enunciation of every consonant, and an occasional unsteady soft high note betrayed her otherwise sound musical technique. Photo credit: Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera 2018. Echalaz is capable of pinning you back in your seat one minute with imperious suffering, and tug at your heart the next with exceedingly persuasive pianissimi.Īmanda Echalaz (Prima Donna/Ariadne). This is an instrument of not only immense power, but also possessed of a warm elegance. From first to last, the cast is peopled with some of the leading practitioners in the field.Īmanda Echalaz is quite a galvanizing presence as Ariadne, her dark-hued, voluminous soprano a mighty force to be reckoned with. This new production is the fourth in the work’s history here, and makes a solid case for the opus. By the time he retired, Maestro had conducted some 567 performances, 171 of them Strauss operas. Crosby founded the festival, of course, and Ariadne was included in the inaugural line-up.
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