Superstar Grammy-winning soprano Brittany Renee recently made her house début with Houston Grand Opera as Musetta in Puccini's perennial favorite La bohème, a role she revisits next month with the Metropolitan Opera. The glowing reviews have been pouring in since opening night - read more below!
Performances continue this week, with shows on February 6, 9, 12, and 14.
"Marcello’s tempestuous sometime sweetheart, Musetta, came across as more than the mere flirt she sometimes seems, thanks to soprano Brittany Renee.
Yes, Renee delivered parts of Musetta’s “Waltz Song” with flashiness and abandon. But the waltz’s opening had an aria of sweetness, as if Musetta were showing that charisma takes more than one form.
And in the finale, Renee’s Musetta took on an entirely different aura, gracious and compassionate with the dying Mimì."
"Making her HGO debut, Brittany Renee played the free-spirited and mercurial Musetta with brash but mesmerizing theatricality and a honey-rich soprano with brilliant high notes."
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