The Canadian Opera Company scheduled seven performances of Roberto Devereux. The COCassigned the first three performances to Leonardo Capalbo in the title role, and he did a marvelous job from what i saw & heard.
Giuseppe Filianoti was scheduled to sing the next four, beginning Saturday May 10th. I say “was” because something has changed.
It’s come to my attention that Ernesto Ramirez (the cover) will sing the May 10th performance.
I’ll be there.
Odd that the web site still shows Filianoti
Is it? I haven’t really paid attention to the website & their accuracy.
I have unconfirmed reports (aka rumours) that Filianoti won’t be singing. Perhaps this explains the website: as the COC scrambles to figure out what will happen for the remainder of the run.
We heard the Tues. performance and Capalbo was obviously labouring by the big scena near the end. What a thankless role.