Erika Grimaldi and Luciano Ganci in Manon Lescaut / Photograph: Andrea Ranzi
Of the quite a few debuts scheduled to happen on the Met subsequent season, price noting are Erika Grimaldi‘s two performances as Mimì in April. Grimaldi is a favourite of conductor Gianandrea Noseda who has introduced her to New York prior to now and can return along with her in Might when the embattled Nationwide Symphony Orchestra brings all of Il trittico to Carnegie Corridor in Might. Although precisely which roles Grimaldi will tackle stays to be introduced; her web site signifies that Giorgetta and Suor Angelica are “in preparation,” as is Nella in Schicchi.
She is partnered right here by Luciano Ganci in a efficiency recorded on the Teatro Comunale’s “Comunale Nouveau” outpost, a provisional theater used whereas their dwelling venue within the heart of Bologna undergoes restoration, in January 2024. The re-opening of the Comunale’s historic theater has been pushed again but once more to February 2027. The conductor, Ukranian Oksana Lyniv, made her debut on the Met final season main Turandot. She is going to return to conduct Tosca in November.
Puccini: Manon Lescaut, “Oh, sarò la più bella!… Tu, tu, amore? Tu?”
Erika Grimaldi
Luciano Ganci
Conductor: Oksana Lyniv
Teatro Comunale di Bologna – Comunale Nouveau
26 January 2024
Broadcast
