The Callas of our time?
Forget the rest – the diva to watch is Anna Caterina Antonacci. She talks to Rupert Christiansen Tall, raven-haired and classically beautiful, Anna Caterina Antonacci was born to be a prima donna. She's not one of those who flounce about huffing and squabbling, but golly, does she know how to pull rank and assert her dignity, both on stage and off. Recently, for example, her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera was cancelled when her contract to sing Elvira in Don Giovanni was transferred to Angela Gheorghiu. As a sop, Antonacci was offered another role in the future. No thank you, she replied icily, she was no longer interested in appearing at the Met. In effect she had told the most powerful and prestigious opera house in the world to get stuffed. It takes guts to do that.
Forget the rest – the diva to watch is Anna Caterina Antonacci. She talks to Rupert Christiansen Tall, raven-haired and classically beautiful, Anna Caterina Antonacci was born to be a prima donna. She's not one of those who flounce about huffing and squabbling, but golly, does she know how to pull rank and assert her dignity, both on stage and off. Recently, for example, her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera was cancelled when her contract to sing Elvira in Don Giovanni was transferred to Angela Gheorghiu. As a sop, Antonacci was offered another role in the future. No thank you, she replied icily, she was no longer interested in appearing at the Met. In effect she had told the most powerful and prestigious opera house in the world to get stuffed. It takes guts to do that.
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