McLaren comes in: never blessed with the most attractive singing voice, he was well served by Trevor Horn who pitched him as a demented MC – calling the listener to forget their troubles, step out and boogie the night away.
The Guarneri plays the piece ripely, lending it an attractive singing quality.
Mr. Crutchfield, who received a warm reception, led an assured performance, drawing fine, supple playing from the orchestra of Bologna's Teatro Communale and attractive singing from its chorus.
As Esilena, Disella Larusdottir demonstrated a bright, attractive soprano, singing with nimble coloratura and expressive conviction.
And what is it that's so attractive about singing with someone else? Linda Ronstadt: There's nothing I like better, I have to say that.
There is no shortage of attractive twentysomething women singing about lust and partying, but Lo has managed to carve out a niche in which she owns her own troubled lustfulness, and where her antics are very much secondary to her emotions.
With a cast of attractive, adept singing actors, a production by a star theater director just starting his operatic career and an unexpected conducting turn by the company's music director in waiting, this "Giovanni" serves as a snapshot of the new Met, with all parties fully on board with the general manager Peter Gelb's oft-stated focus on clear storytelling above all.
Dann Coakwell, a tenor, made a fine Evangelist, with clear, attractive tone, and sang some crucial arias in like fashion.
Anna Larsson, a contralto with an attractive, strong sound, sang with a great deal of expressive feeling, if not with the full measure of plumminess of operatic "Oh thou that tellest" renditions of the past.
The tenor Toby Spence made the most of the colorless character of John, singing with solid, attractive tone and good agility.
Paula Rasmussen, the attractive Carmen, sings prettily but not viscerally, although she convincingly depicts Carmen's transition to relative respectability in the final scene, perhaps because Escamillo (a role taken over by Michael Chioldi) is an altogether more appealing prospect than William Joyner's handsome but colorless Don José.
