Luck with "Lucia"!

Today we saw the Met's HD broadcast of "Lucia di Lammermoor." Unlike "Thaïs," this broadcast went without a hitch. (By the way, the rebroadcast of "Thaïs" had no problems. And Ms. Fleming didn't even throw in any of her annoying, jazzy swoops.)

Well, the broadcast went without a hitch. The poor Met is having troubles with their cast again. (You might remember that last season's "Tristan und Isolde" had six performances and about that many different combinations of singers in the title roles.) This was the fourth performance in the run of Lucia and they've already had three different Edgardos. The original singer apparently has ruined his voice and was replaced (they said that he is "ill"). Today's replacement seemed to do a very good job (at least to my untrained ear). As did Anna Netrebko as Lucia.

The production was nice. And the camera always looked at what was important and didn't make me grumpy.

So it was a nice time at the opera.