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3A few numbers — the ones that made you think, “Wait, am I listening to a full-fledged professional here?” — were breathtaking. There was, to take just one example, the duet from Act 1 of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” rendered with extraordinary vocal luster by soprano Caroline Corrales and baritone Eleomar Cuello. This is the moment in which a long-separated father and daughter are reunited, thanks to a helpful portrait of her dead mother. It’s a scene that can come off as slightly corny in isolation (the moment is irresistible in the context of the full opera), but the two singers infused it with a thrilling degree of theatrical and emotional vitality. Corrales boasts a robust and luxuriant tone that she deployed with unerring precision through Verdi’s demanding melodic lines. Cuello’s dark, vivid sound was a perfect match for her.
Not least were standout portrayals that are polished and ready to go, among them soprano Georgiana Adams’ Wagner heroines and baritone Kevin Godínez’s capricious and irresistible Don Giovanni.
Taking the form of a singspiel, a comic opera with spoken dialogue, Die Zauberflöte evokes intimacy, mysticism, and wit—with a dollop of humor—set to musical brilliance.
