Rolando Villazón was ill, so Zvetan Michailov (Bulgarian) sang in last night's Le Contes d'Hoffmann. I was not sure how much notice Michailov had, but his singing was uneven and the diction was not great. Even Pappano's magic touch at the helm did not bring out the magic. Olympia (Ekaterina Lekhina), Giuletta (Christine Rice) and Antonia (Katie Van Kooten) made up for this otherwise lack lustre performance.
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