"Turandot" offers Met audiences some of the greatest visual, aural and dramatic pleasures they can expect when going to the opera and this cast certainly lives up to that promise in every possible way. Goerke and Alvarez succeed as the polarizing lovers while Gerzmava delivers poignantly as the opera's ultimate heart and soul.
Musically, this double bill of "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci" was excellent through and through. And from a visual perspective, the latter work was certainly worth the price of admission. However, there is still a lot to be desired from the Mascagni opera, which makes this night somewhat of a letdown.
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2015-16 season with six new productions and 227 performances in total, and the season will include some of operas biggest stars and many Latino stars.
