Praise for SJCT’s Met Opera Broadcast

Terilyn Brown was at last week’s Eugene Onegin show at the San Juan Community Theater and has this to say about it:

Have to gush …. Sunday we saw the second of the televised in HD Met Opera broadcasts, “Eugene Onegin.” WOW. If you’re not attending you are missing a fabulous treat. These are not your Mother’s opera productions… Singers are svelte and sexy; they have been taught to act for the camera; the costumes are film quality; the voices are easy and unstrained. And the subtitles are minimal and just attend to the story, rather than verbatim.

It’s like seeing a play with music. I worked with the American Opera Program at Juilliard many years ago and things have really changed from when singers were actually encouraged to weigh far too much. Absolutely gorgeous, and the Met orchestra is one of the best in the world. They are using small robotic cameras that put you onstage, up close and personal.

And in almost the first shot of the overture in “Carmen” we saw a familiar face playing the trumpet! The husband of Will’s longtime violin teacher. Do not miss this fabulous opportunity to see and hear!!

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