More than Karita Mattila or Sondra Radvanovsky, the other sopranos I’ve seen in Luc Bondy’s production, Ms. She leaves you satisfied if rarely wowed. She also acts with sincerity and naturalness. Racette sings with feeling and musicality her low register has gotten particularly resonant, and she deploys its power tastefully. She was Tosca at the run’s opening night on Tuesday, and it was clear why she doesn’t capture the imagination: her voice isn’t opulent or unique, and she lacks magnetism.īut Ms. Though the soprano Patricia Racette has sung consistently at the Met since 1995, she has never become a big star the adjective “underrated” naturally attaches to her. This season’s revival of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera features a beginning, an ending and everything in between: a young conductor’s debut, a cast filled with experienced Met singers and the final performances of a company stalwart.
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