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Milwaukee. (North America).
Producing Der Rosenkavalier is a significant endeavor for any opera company. Undertaking it with a cast filled with singers making their role debuts seems a particularly precarious venture. Yet the fearless Florentine Opera took on Strauss's awesome score with an untested Octavian, Ochs and Marschallin, a maestro who had never conducted the work before, and--perhaps to ensure alertness--no prompter.
Suicidal as this sounds, all turned out well, and the company actually played to its great strength: the excellent Milwaukee Symphony, which serves as the Florentine orchestra, lent a solid underpinning to the entire project and contributed mightily to its success. Its brasses were outstanding, its horns and woodwinds polished and crisp, and its strings warm-toned and responsive (heard June 2). Conductor Joseph Rescigno held it all together with precise cues, artfully balancing stage and pit and shaping the score.
The venerable Bliss Hebert delivered ultra-traditional stage direction. He detailed the chorus action cleverly, gave those experienced in their roles (bass Peter Strummer as Faninal, tenor Douglas Perry as Valzacchi, mezzo-soprano Kitt Reuter-Foss as Annina and soprano Jane Giering-De Haan as Sophie, excellent all) plenty to do and kept things pretty basic for the debutants: bass John Cheek ...
- Dr. L. Douglas Perry, 57, founded Honduras clinic.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune Scheibner, Hildegard November 12, 2000 700+ words
Dr. L. Douglas Perry, a Sarasota ophthalmologist who established an eye clinic for the...of the poor." Maxine Perry plans to continue her work there. Douglas Perry was a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Pan American...
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- Magazine article from: American Libraries August 1, 2002 700+ words
Pamela D. Morgan has been named Librarian of the Year for 2002 by the Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
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- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Lefevere, Patricia December 7, 2001 700+ words
...Kenneth Gorelick, head of psychiatric training at St. Elizabeth, Hynes pioneered the first comprehensive training course in biblio...Therapy: The Interactive Process. After a decade at St. Elizabeth, Hynes entered the monastery. A grandmother and near retirement...
- Fink: The Conquistador.(San Diego, California)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Cariaga, Daniel July 1, 1997 700+ words
...lengthy, sometimes high rising singing role gave him no problems. Among his colleagues, special contributions came from Elizabeth Hynes (Dona Elena de Robles), Vivica Genaux (Isabel de Matos), Kenneth Cox (Bernardino de Sahagun) and John Duykers...
- World report: reviews of opera from around the world: United States.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Ursula Weiss, and others September 22, 1996 700+ words
...this role. Jan Opalach played Leporello as a knowing but reluctant accomplice, and sang with an easy, winning baritone. Elizabeth Hynes was in grand form for her Donna Anna, and took the vocal honors with her impassioned delivery, liquid phrasing and rich...
- American inquisition: Myron Fink's 'The Conquistador' bows at San Diego Opera.
- Magazine article from: Opera News Baldridge, Charlene February 22, 1997 700+ words
...newly appointed artistic director of the prestigious regional theater Seattle Repertory. Karen Keltner will conduct, and Elizabeth Hynes will sing Dona Elena de Robles, niece of the viceroy and love interest of Carvajal. Today Fink lives in San Diego, but...
- Haberkorn's script is a winner.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 25, 2006 700+ words
...broken toe last season but was a key to the Falcons' outstanding soccer season. 5. St. Charles East As a freshman, Elizabeth Hynes was 19th in the state cross-country meet and second in the 1,600 meters in track. Kirsten Lang and Dayna White also...
- PRESTON'S HEARTACHE.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire August 20, 2006 700+ words
...the showbiz couple say "I do, " Preston's beloved grandparents will be 3,500 miles away in America. His grandmother Elizabeth Hynes, 72, is too ill to make the flight to England and his grandad, Professor Samuel Hynes, has made the heartbreaking decision...
- Gounod: Faust.(Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Baxter, Robert October 1, 1997 700+ words
...with faded portraits. Dana's subtle lighting added color, as did the potent cast under Hal France's forceful baton. Elizabeth Hynes, an impressive Vanessa, dominated the action and sang conunandingly. Laura Tucker's sensitively drawn, exquisitely...
- Barber: Vanessa.(Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Baxter, Robert October 1, 1997 700+ words
...with faded portraits. Dana's subtle lighting added color, as did the potent cast under Hal France's forceful baton. Elizabeth Hynes, an impressive Vanessa, dominated the action and sang conunandingly. Laura Tucker's sensitively drawn, exquisitely...