![]() ![]() In March, Eaglen’s Brünnhilde will light up the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s newly forged Ring under Zubin Mehta (31).Īustin Baer is a writer based in New York. Next month the soprano makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Donna Anna (January 10, 13, and 18 212-3626000). Eaglen’s Norma may be heard on a recording under Riccardo Muti (EMI) or live in concert with Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall on December 11 (212-7991982). Her mettle revives memories of the immortal Wagnerian Birgit Nilsson her coloratura bears comparison with that of major bel cantists and her personality-cheerful, unpretentious, and self-assured offstage-connects directly with primal passions. ![]() Brave divas of the past have set their sights on all these targets none has succeeded equally with each. But the gale-force power and long-haul stamina that Wagner demands rarely coincide with the poise and superior maneuverability that are indispensable for Mozart and bel canto. True, all these parts were written for a commanding instrument. She intends to concentrate on several roles that, in her phrase, “feel absolutely right in every part of me.” The list? The bel canto touchstone Norma, unchaste Druid priestess in Bellini’s opera of that name Wagner’s warrior maiden Brünnhilde, redeemer of the universe in the Ringcycle Wagner’s sorceress Isolde, expiring in cosmic ecstasies for love of her Tristan Mozart’s Donna Anna, victim of attempted rape, who parades through Don Giovanni brooding on revenge (“like castor oil for the voice,” says Eaglen, “not particularly pleasant, but necessary!”). Voice Part : mezzo-soprano Fach : lyric coloratura Opera : Norma Language : Italian Composer : Vincenzo Bellini Description : a virgin of the Durid temple. Built on the queenly lines of a battleship, the British soprano Jane Eaglen is under sail in dangerous waters. ![]()
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