Amazed at how young and pretty this Kate Royal is for a Classical singer, I was intrigued by her concert and considered purchasing tickets.
Later on, I learned that she would be making her debut at the Met in Gluck's Orpheo et Euridice. The Met!?! She is far too pretty to be a the Met! Her concert was May 20, which is conveniently close to my mother's birthday. I delayed long enough that I could only purchase balcony tickets, but I finally bought them this winter.
About two weeks ago, I ended up seeing Orpheo at the Met, but had completely forgotten that Kate Royal was in it. I had read a short reminder that it was the last week to see it, and sad that I hadn't seen any operas this year, purchased a sole $25 ticket in the family circle (which is the uppermost balcony). Despite forgetting that Ms. Royal was in the production and not reading the bio portion of the program, I couldn't really see her from that distance anyway.
On Friday, the day of the concert, I was all ready to see a Hilary Duff look-alike in concert. In my usual manner, I read up on the artist and the concert to learn all I could. Most articles used the publicity photo above, and some used the image from her newest CD, "Lessons in Love".
However, i finally saw some additional pictures that looked NOTHING like the 18 year-old Hilary Duff-looking singing I had pictured all year. See below:
Do those women look ANYTHING alike? (Also, I would like to let you know that I had to learn a small amount of HTML to get those two photos to line up.)
Believe it or not, they are the same woman, though I am more convinced that the older, darker haired version is the true opera singer.
The concert was wonderful and the unobstructed balcony seat was perfect for the vertically challenged!
ReplyDeleteYeah they don't look alike at all. All pretty, though.
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