Seeking respite from the swampy conditions battering the southeast in late April, Viardot-vs-Grisi traveled west, Albuquerque to be specific, home of Opera Southwest which closed its 2025-26 season last weekend with performances of Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto. While accusations of my being late in getting on the Opera Southwest train are warranted (35 seasons behind, to be exact), this first visit is the culmination of previous overtures thwarted by scheduling conflicts and the strangest of circumstances.…