Adamo: Little Women

A neo-Romantic, Barber-style score, allegedly dealing with serious issues but superficial and slick. It’s expertly staged and acted, and interesting to see the young Joyce DiDonato in repertoire far removed from her familiar one. Michael Tanner


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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:34 pm

COMPOSERS: Adamo
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Litte Women
PERFORMER: Novacek, DiDonato; Houston Grand Opera/Patrick Summers; dir. Webster
CATALOGUE NO: 2.110613

A neo-Romantic, Barber-style score, allegedly dealing with serious issues but superficial and slick. It’s expertly staged and acted, and interesting to see the young Joyce DiDonato in repertoire far removed from her familiar one. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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