Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as Vanessa in Act IV, Scene 2 of the opera "Vanessa" by Samuel Barber (1910-1981). David Maxwell Anderson as Anatol, Lucy Schauffer as Erika, Rosalind Elias as Baroness (She was the first Erika in 1958), David Evitts as Doctor. A "L'Opera de Monte Carlo" production, Lawrence Foster / conductor, 2001.
This Erica is no Rosalind Elias. And the balance of Vanessa and Erica is what "makes" this piece. I hate the set in this production. It was much better (with Kiri) in Washington.
Marg002 1 year ago
In this part you can't help but feel that if Erica had told the truth here that more tragedy ould not have happened..we don't know what happens, but given the story line we can assume Vanessa has very little happiness.
musictodiefor 4 years ago