Well, last week we heard Vesselina Kasarova, and this week, we have Joyce DiDonato from the Met Orchestra concert last fall with James Levine. She really sounds like she's going mad, and not just angry that her plan didn’t work.
I've a
feeling JDD'd present a very human character—a Vitellia you'd actually feel
sorry for by the end of the opera. It can't be an easy role to play (and I
don't mean just vocally.) It seems hard to present Vitellia as anything other
than a cold-hearted b...ahem, princess who’s totally bent on revenge; but somehow, I
think JDD could do it. (Special thanks to the intrepid fan who captured this performance!)
