since i missed out on Dessay’s version at the MET this week due to a really bad cold… ill be catching up to Mr. Vargas via this webcast (and radio in NYC) today.

Link: Opera on the Internet This Saturday.
The Houston production features rising young soprano Ana Maria Martinez, and one of the hottest tenors around, Ramón Vargas.
Houston Grand Opera: Emmanuel Joel, conductor
Cast: Ana Maria Martinez (Juliet); Ramón Vargas (Romeo); Nikolay Didenko (Friar Lawrence); Judith Christin (Gertrude); Patricia Risley (Stephano); Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Tybalt); Brian Shircliffe (Paris); Joshua Winograde (Count Capulet); Daniel Belcher (Mercutio); Joshua Hopkins (Gregorio) (3 hrs.)