![]() ![]() Her success in that coloratura role led to her return to the house several years later as Blonde in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, but a recurrent difficulty with that role’s exposed high Es suggested that her career path would lay in more lyric roles like Gilda and Gretel. ![]() Kurzak’s big international break came in 2004 at age 27 when she debuted at the Met as the mechanical doll Olympia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Though the Polish soprano displayed many fine qualities, her small-scaled portrayal ultimately suggested she’s not an ideal match for Floria, the beleaguered prima donna. It may have been that many were back at the opera for the first time in a long while as they eagerly gave lusty entrance applause to all three of the principals-a first in my long Met experience! A big, excited crowd was on hand to partake in the fiery theatrics of Puccini’s beloved melodrama which takes place in real Roman locations on a fateful day in June 1800. Saturday evening the Metropolitan Opera presented Tosca for the 991 st time featuring Aleksandra Kurzak in her second-ever performance of the title role. ![]()
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