Barbara Frittoli made her Metropolitan Opera debut in a opera by what composer?
Barbara Frittoli Barbara Frittoli (born 19 April 1967) is an Italian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and in the United States. She was born in Milan and graduated from the Milan Conservatory. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1995 as Micaela in "Carmen" and has gone on to sing in over 80 performances there including Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni", Fiordiligi in "Così fan tutte", Angelica in "Suor Angelica", Desdemona in "Otello", the title role in "Luisa Miller", Amelia in "Simon Boccanegra", Vitellia in "La clemenza di Tito" and Alicia Ford in "Falstaff".
Help, Help, the Globolinks! Help, Help, the Globolinks! is an opera in four scenes by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera and first performed as "Hilfe, Hilfe, die Globolinks!" in a German translation by on December 21, 1968 in a double bill with Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors". The opera had its English language premiere on August 1, 1969 in the United States at the Santa Fe Opera in a double bill with Igor Stravinsky's "The Nightingale". Both premiere productions were directed by the composer. Many of the cast members from the Santa Fe production reprised their roles for the work's New York debut at the New York City Opera in December 1969.