Is Jill Scott into Villalobos or what?

I wish opera were like this, especially the crowd.

On a related note...

Jewel singing G. Battista Bononcini's "Per la gloria d'ardorarvi"!

The reviews for the new Seattle–Metropolitan Opera co-production are in. I was glad to find a critic—unknown to me before—who it seems is not blind and deaf.

Team Wedow?

• Seattle Opera rediscovers the noble simplicity of Gluck, by Fred Hauptman. Crosscut Seattle, October 17, 2007.
• Iffy Iphigenia, by Nicholas Scholl. The Stranger, October 17, 2007.

Team Focile?

• 'Iphigenia' a rare treasure in hands of Seattle Opera, by R.M. Campbell. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 15, 2007.
• Seattle Opera’s mythic interpretation is a knockout, by Gavin Borchert. Seattle Weekly, October 17, 2007.
• Brilliant singing, emotional staging bring "Iphigenia" to life, by Melinda Bargreen. Seattle Times, October 15, 2007.

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