Vocally she so dominated the evening, I was disappointed she didn’t.
The applause after Der Hölle Rache lasted long enough that she could have re-entered for a diva bow and an encore had she been so inclined. With a solid musical basis and a fairly shipshape theatrical pacing, the strongest impressions were made by designer/artist Jun Kaneko and soprano Albina Shagimuratova as the Queen of the Night, both making their SFO debuts.Īlways accurate in intonation, Shagimuratova dazzled in her first aria and unleashed an Elettra-like fury in her second, earning the only true “aria ovation” of the night. The Queen of the Night – Albina Shagimuratova *Ī new Magic Flute production premiered in San Francisco on June 13. The Magic Flute: Heidi Stober (Pamina) and Alek Shrader (Tamino).
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