Daniele Rustioni and a stellar cast bring lustre to the Met’s Le nozze di Figaro
“Daniele Rustioni, who conducted the premiere of Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto on New Year’s Eve to glowing reviews, only took on Le nozze di Figaro in early December after the Met’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, announced that he would take a four-week sabbatical from his conducting duties at both the Met and the Philadelphia Orchestra…
Rustioni showed himself to be a fine Mozartean. The sounds that emerged from the pit were light and transparent. It was a particular delight to hear the woodwinds bubble to the surface of the silken tapestry of sound from time to time. It looks as if the Met has another young star conductor capable of great things on its hands.”
Seen and Heard International, Rick Perdian