At last - a cancellation to cheer about

The Royal Opera House's cancellation-plagued Simon Boccanegra adds yet another name to the lengthy list of no-shows. This time it's Orlin Anastassov, who's pulled out of the opening performance on 4 May due to ill-health.

The silver lining to this cloud is the replacement Fiesco - the mighty Ferruccio Furlanetto, conveniently in town rehearsing for next month's Don Carlo. If his performance is anything like the one I saw him give last year in Vienna, watch out - he may just blow everyone else off the stage. 

Comments

[JSU]

With that cast, the only one I see keeping up is Harteros, who doesn't even sing with him...

Can Gardiner actually conduct Verdi!?

[inter mezzo]

Now that I've heard it, I can say the answer is yes. (I was surprised too!)