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FROM AROUND THE WORLD: BOSTON.(Review)
Richard Strauss's Salome has to seduce and horrify its audience. Boston Lyric Opera's production managed that feat brilliantly. In the title role, Marquita Lister commanded the stage from her entrance to her final bizarre yet gorgeous aria. Her versatile voice, clear as a girl's one moment, hoarse with anger the next, then lush with desire, combined with her stunning physical presence to render the character urgently alive. Salome's complexities -- her childish lust, her lethal petulance -- were always believable. Lister's energy and conviction galvanized the entire production.
Dennis Petersen convincingly played Herod as a pompous fop; Delores Ziegler, as Herodias, balanced beautifully her conflicting jealousy and ...
- ARTS & CULTURE; Classical Music; Headman of 'Salome'; Lyric Opera director sees...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. January 19, 2001 700+ words
...Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" is notorious for two...How do you do 'Salome' with an impact when...artistic director of Boston Lyric Opera, in town to re-create...we all do." Boston Lyric Opera's "Salome" opens at the Shubert...
- Lyric Opera's stunning `Salome' glows with passion
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert C. Marsh November 28, 1988 700+ words
"Salome" by Strauss, presented by the Lyric Opera at the Civic Opera House...production of Peter Hall. Salome, Maria Ewing; Jochanaan...rather than design, the Lyric Opera's performance of "Salome" Friday night at the Civic...
- HITTING A HIGH NOTE; Early season-ticket sales indicate the merger of Cleveland...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business April 2, 2007 700+ words
...three-show performance of "Salome'' at the State Theater in...of the Cleveland Opera and Lyric Opera Cleveland, which merged last...spring, Mr. Sodowsky said. Lyric Opera Cleveland put on smaller operas...picnic One big change for Lyric Opera fans will be in the timing...
- How to get ahead at the Lyric Opera's costume gala.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Bisbee, Dana January 15, 2001 700+ words
...company's next production is "Salome" and the head of John the...Copley Plaza Hotel was Boston Lyric Opera's second costume gala in...based on that of Herodias in "Salome." Couturier Alan Rouleau...fiancee Kirsten Forsberg. "Salome" cast members Kristina Martin...
- Lyric Opera announces lecture series.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 18, 2006 700+ words
...John Von Rhein Aug. 18--Lyric Opera has announced its 2006...Tauride" with moderator and Lyric Opera dramaturg Roger Pines. Oct. 18: Lyric Opera education director Jean...for Richard Strauss' "Salome." Nov. 1: Stage director...
- Boston Lyric Opera sets lineup.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. February 18, 2000 700+ words
Boston Lyric Opera will follow the successes of its Egyptian...Don Giovanni," Richard Strauss' "Salome" and Donizetti's "The Daughter of...at least to Boston audiences, is "Salome." It's a harrowing musical and dramatic...
- Box office reflects Lyric Opera's artistic success
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert C. Marsh February 5, 1989 700+ words
The 34th season of the Lyric Opera ended Friday, and before going on...two best productions were Strauss' "Salome" with Maria Ewing in the title role...Ingvar Wixell as the fat knight. "Salome" sold 102.5 percent of its tickets...
- Lyric Opera lineup is cause for celebration
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times WYNNE DELACOMA December 4, 1996 700+ words
...of number to set off images of celebratory productions. But Lyric Opera of Chicago's 43rd season, opening Sept. 20 and running...baritone sensation Bryn Terfel, currently starring in Lyric's "Salome," sings Figaro, and Elizabeth Futral, who dazzled Lyric...