“Operatic careers work in mysterious ways, particularly for performers with strong, idiosyncratic ideas. The repertory that was long [Anna Caterina] Antonacci’s specialty — Rossini’s serious operas and the declamatory Baroque of Monteverdi and Gluck — has never been popular in America. And though she is well represented on DVD, Ms. Antonacci has never had the support and publicity muscle of a major record label.” But at least she’s finally on tour in the U.S.