USerena Malfi (uDorabella) wows iConey Island e 'Cosi Fan Tutti'.UMarty Sohl / iMetropolitan Opera Izolo, ugxothiwe umqhubi we-Metropolitan Opera uJames Levine wafaka isimangalo ngokuchasene nendlu yakhe yobugcisa, ukubanga Ukugxothwa kwakhe ngenxa yokuziphatha gwenxa ngokwesondo yayisisisitshisi sokutshaya iphulo lomntu elide lokunyanzela u-Levine ukuba aphume kwi-Met. Ityala, lifuna ngaphezulu kwe- $ 5 yezigidi kumonakalo, liseta abachasi ukuba balwe ixesha elide kunye nenkungu yenkundla.
Nangona kunjalo ezo isenokungabi zezona ndaba zibi ngaphandle kweMet phezolo. Imveliso entsha eyintlekele kaMozart Ke abalandeli bonke yayisoyikeka kumanqanaba amaninzi, omnye washiyeka ezibuza ukuba kutheni sizikhathaza ngokukhathalela inkampani kwindawo yokuqala.
Le comic opera yinto yentyatyambo ye-hothouse, enokuthi icacise ukuba kwakutheni de kube yinkulungwane yama-20 ukuba ithathe indawo yayo kwindlu ye-opera ecaleni kwelo xesha lokuphela kweMozart njenge Umtshato ka Figaro kwaye UDon Giovanni. Ukuqala njenge-farce enefreyimu ngokuqinisekileyo, isiqwenga sivelisela kwithoni emnyama ngakumbi kwisenzo sesibini, kanye ukuya kuthi ga kwintlekele. (Abanye abagxeki bayaphikisana ukuba iyagqitha kwaye ayisoze iphinde ihlekise kwakhona.)
Nditsho nesihloko siyathandabuza: ICosì fan tutte ayiguquleli igama negama esiNgesini, kodwa uqikelelo lunokuba ziiChick zonke zenze njalo. Eso sisimo sengqondo sokugxeka kunye nokungaqondi kakuhle umlinganiswa uDon Alfonso, obhejela abahlobo abancinci ababini ukuba abo babatshatileyo baya kubakhohlisa kwangoko. Kodwa kuvela ukuba u-Alfonso ulungile: kwiiyure ezingaphantsi kwe-24 amantombazana alungele ukutsiba ebhedini kunye nabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abasandula ukudibana nabo. (Ukuba abasemzini ngokwenene ngamakhwenkwe abo azifihla mhlawumbi bubuchwephesha nje.)
Kwelinye icala, abaphulaphuli banamhlanje bashiyeka bezibuza ukuba loluphi uhlobo lwesifo oluya kuthi lusebenze intombi yakhe ngabom ukuba ikopishe, konke ngenxa yokuphumelela ukubheja okusisiyatha malunga nokuba ingcwele na okanye ingumgqakhwe njengabo bonke abanye. Ke masithi ukubonisa eli qhekeza ngokukhawuleza (ukuba ungathethi nto ngalo mzuzu malunga neemfuno zalo zomculo) kufuna ukubamba ngocoselelo. Kwi-Met, nangona kunjalo, umlawuli uPhelim McDermott ujikeleza ejikeleza ishammer, ngamanye amaxesha ngokungakhathali ubhabha ezandleni zakhe.