First Nighter: DiDonato, Brownlee Lift Heavy 'La Donna del Lago' at the Met by David Finkle

Since opera is first and foremost about the music -- and that certainly applies to Gioachino Rossini as much as or more than many composers -- it frequently means that the quality of any given production is secondary. Sometimes, however, that doesn't obtain.

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