![]() The role of Don Jose is emerging as a signature role for Michael Fabiano, who continues to add spinto roles to his performance repertory. Īlways an engaging artist, her success in the role of Carmen is a major accomplishment in an important career. This was my first opporunity to review a Leonard performance since the 2015 Santa Fe Opera season. That self-assurance translated into an effective vocal performance, especially Leonard’s singing of Carmen’s major arias – the Habanera, the Seguidilla and the chanson bohemienne at Lillas Pastia’s tavern. In her second “Carmen” production since her pandemic-delayed role debut, New York mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, dressed in contemporary fashion, projected a sophisticated, self-assured woman. Joining a cast that included Isabel Leonard as Carmen, Sylvia d’Eramo as Micaela and Michael Sumuel as Escamillo, New Jersey tenor Michael Fabiano took his place in a vocally impressive foursome. ![]() The Santa Fe Opera’s first August performance of the new Mariame Clément production of Bizet’s “Carmen”, which opened the 2022 season a month prior, introduced a cast change as Don Jose. ![]()
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