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Mainstays: ever wonder what became of some of the Met stalwarts of the 1970s and '80s? William R. Braun catches up with some of the busiest artists in the company's history.(Leona Mitchell, Johanna Meier, Simon Estes, Isola Jones, Patricia Craig, Myra Merritt, Ryan Edwards, Brian Schexnayder, Allan Monk, Barabara Daniels)(Interview)
Nothing defines an opera house like the singers who appear night after night. Each generation may have a Pavarotti who jets in for a single role each season, but the quality of performance is in the hands of those who settle into the opera house for long periods. Recently, OPERA NEWS asked ten American singers who were ubiquitous at the Met in the 1980s about what it was like to have a close relationship with one house.
After a memorable debut as Micaela in Carmen in 1975, LEONA MITCHELL was soon appearing in new Met productions of Ernani, Aida and Turandot. Amazingly, she had never sung Ernani before. "Listen, I sang my first Forza at the Met, too! I was at the ...
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