In the kind words of dear Vera, OC's sweetest Russian friend, not all is well for Netrebko in her Lucia comeback after the pregnancy:
People who were there
said that she was not completely all right at the premiere evening, and another
singer got ready to replace her. So she didn’t hit all the notes but
here the audience is not like the one in Milan: they gave her 20 minutes ovation. The tenor was very good – Skorohodov (I heard him in Flegender Hollander in December
and he also was pretty good), baritone Markov whom everyone here seems to love
didn’t impress very much. I'll write more after I heard from more people who
were at the premiere -- I wasn’t -- and am now worried about the night of the 17. If she will not be
all right she may quit.
(Almost) live from Opera Chic's St.Petersburg (Russia, not Florida) bureau, heeeeeeeere's Anna! (another Russian video is here)
And from yesterday's post, big photos from the production scroll down or click here.