Tonight we enjoyed La Traviata with the one and only Renée Fleming and a very young-sounding Matthew Polenzani, with Marco Armiliato conducting. All of Armiliato’s performances are a special treat for us in the broadcast studio, because we have a closed-circuit camera on the conductor, and no one expresses the score with facial and body movements quite like Marco. We had conductor Steven Osgood as a guest during intermission, and this was especially interesting to us because our previous work with Steven was for last season’s world premiere of The First Emperor. It’s astounding how a musician can be equally at home in new music and core repertory, but Steven manages. He also told us a little about his ongoing work with American Opera Projects, a group specializing in developing and presenting new work from emerging composers. How’s that for “new” music?

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