![]() ![]() And almost across the board the soprano not only met but exceeded the high expectations.īradley’s voice is extraordinary, a rich, creamy soprano, evenly and seemingly effortlessly produced across her range. Such subtle details as the triplets against warmly yielding string phrases or the birdlike wind twittering when Tosca speaks longingly of the house and garden she shares with her lover came across as clearly as the malign, aggressive force of Scarpia’s theme, with cinematic impact and immediacy.įew Lyric singer debuts in recent years have been as eagerly anticipated as that of Michelle Bradley. To make a score as familiar as this seem fresh and newly minted is no small feat, yet Kim and a responsive, clearly invigorated Lyric Opera Orchestra did so. Time and again, she brought out the beauty of the music and Puccini’s luxuriant scoring to a startling degree that effectively made the Lyric Opera Orchestra a fourth principal on stage with the singers. It ain’t hype and Kim demonstrated that she is the real thing opening night. The Korean conductor made an acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera in November with Puccini’s La Boheme and Saturday night it was the turn of Chicagoans to judge for themselves. Kim has been on a virtual conquering tour of the country’s leading opera houses since taking up her position as music director of San Francisco Opera last summer. The evening benefited enormously from two significant debuts: soprano Michelle Bradley in the title role and conductor Eun Sun Kim leading the orchestra in the pit. ![]() On Saturday night Lyric Opera gave us something much more than passable with one of the finest productions of Puccini’s “shabby little shocker” Chicago has seen in many years. Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is one of those failsafe operas that almost always work in the theater, even with a weak singer in one of the three principal roles, an inept staging or middling conducting. ![]() Michelle Bradley made her Lyric Opera debut Saturday night in the title role of Puccini’s Tosca. ![]()
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