Kelli O'Hara in Così fan tutte is streaming today for 24 hours

I've seen the production, though not with Kelli. It's visually stunning and, as my first exposure to Cosi, I enjoyed it. 

Dollypop said: "I saw this production at the cinema and found the opera to be an odd choice in light of the "Me,Too" movement. All the cleverness of the staging and the scenic design couldn't mask the cuelness of the joke that the two men make and the grief the women experience as a result of it.

Kelli sang beautifully, as did the rest of the cast but I questioned the Met's decision to perform this opera at this time. It contradicts their efforts to make their productions politically correct.

Have you seen their current CARMEN, where Carmen looks more like more like a housewife than the smoldering sexpot that Bizet envisioned? Their current MADAMA BUTTRRFLY is a stunning production but there is no Asian makeup worn. It looks like a bunch of caucasian people wearing beautiful Japanese costumes. And please don't get me started on OTELLO without blackface.

I will now get off my soapbox. Thank you."

 

They plan productions years in advance so delaying it was probably not an option. 

 

It was a good production of DON GIOVANNI

Updated On: 4/14/20 at 08:22 AM

The recording of Kelli in 'The Merry Widow' (along with Renee Fleming and Nathan Gunn) is also being streamed, on Thursday 23 April.