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THE FIT LADY SINGS.
STEVEN BLIER wonders if opera casting has become a triumph of the visual over the vocal.
A regional opera company is auditioning singers for a new production of La Traviata. At the end of the day, eight-by-ten glossies litter the long table that separates the auditioners from the gaggle of young tenors eager to land a job singing Alfredo -- or even the comprimario part of Gastone. The music director points to a photo. "This guy has the right voice for Alfredo." The stage director points to a photo of a better-looking young guy. "Yeah. But this is what Alfredo should look like."
While many fans would like to think that opera was created primarily as a ...
- CALDWELL, REESE MAKE BENEFIT A VERDI REQUIEM TO REMEMBER
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff June 16, 1989 700+ words
...night's special performance of the Verdi Requiem to benefit the Opera Company of Boston...was also quite a performance of the Verdi Requiem, though not always a technically perfect...too. To hear Sarah Reese sing the Verdi Requiem is one of the privileges of a lifetime...
- VERDI: Requiem
- Magazine article from: Opera News Braun, William R December 1, 2009 700+ words
CHORAL AND SONG VERDI: Requiem Brewer, Cargill; Neill, Relyea; London Symphony Orchestra...moment. Many of the scariest pitfalls once presenred by the Verdi Requiem are no longer such a problem for rop-level performers. Here...
- 'NEW' VERDI 'REQUIEM' A MOVING EXPERIENCE
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) November 14, 1986 700+ words
...first performance ever of the new critical edition of the Verdi "Requiem" Thursday night at Orchestra Hall. A joint effort on the...casual listener - although anybody who can listen to the Verdi ''Requiem" casually probably should not be allowed in a concert hall...
- Classical: Verdi Requiem Royal Albert Hall, London
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London EDWARD SECKERSON May 8, 1996 700+ words
...surprise - I do believe he has. Sunday's performance of the Verdi Requiem was in many ways typical of him. But the "Prussian" streak...You leave - or should leave - every performance of the Verdi Requiem with the sound of the soprano in your head and heart. And...
- CLASSICAL CHERYL STUDER, DOLORA ZAJIC, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, SAMUEL RAMEY, WITH...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff December 3, 1987 700+ words
Here is an interesting situation - two new recordings of the Verdi Requiem, one with the forces of La Scala under the direction of its music director Riccardo Muti, the other with an American orchestra...
- Verdi: Requiem.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil January 1, 2006 700+ words
VERDI Requiem SONY/BMG Masterworks: 82876 61244 2 (2 CDs) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Opinion has been sharply divided on this new recording...
- BAHRAIN: BAHRAIN PREPARES FOR VERDI REQUIEM PERFORMANCE.
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database May 31, 2006 700+ words
...Bahrain Cultural Hall will welcome a huge international choir and orchestra to create the massive sound and drama of The Verdi Requiem. Joining the Manama Singers will be professional opera singers from France, Portugal and the UK. Also flying in to bolster...
- Arlington Chorus, Sweating Out the Verdi Requiem
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post David Johnson June 1, 1987 700+ words
...celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday with a performance of one of the most demanding choral works in the repertory-the Verdi Requiem. It was a brave but rather reckless choice, and a peculiar one, since this gigantic, operatic mass for the dead is a...
