Don’t be a diva, go to the opera
Article by Nicholas Gallagher from Washington Examiner
Akhmetshina was complemented superbly by conductor Daniele Rustioni and the Met orchestra, who justly received the kind of warm applause for the Entr’acte, the sweet-melancholy piece for flute and orchestra that precedes Act 3, that the Met audience usually reserves for a touching aria from a singer.
