Nothing is certain but Death, taxes, and wild cheering for Juan Diego Florez.
A trusty friend's quick quick notes from Pesaro tonight, minutes after the end of Zelmira's premiere:
All crazy for JDF usual phenomenon, Pizzolato ate Aldrich's lunch, Kunde meh, Abbado steady hand. The only isolated boos: for the director (wrong)
Pizzolato is Marianna Pizzolato, Kunde is Gregory Kunde, Abbado is Roberto Abbado (not his uncle Claudione obvs). The director was Giorgio Barberio Corsetti who chose to update the opera.