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Only two of them, Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello" (1887) and "Falstaff" (1893, based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"), are solidly entrenched in the international opera-house repertoire.
Making Shakespeare Sing: A Modest Proposal for a Costly Festival Terry Teachout 2011
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Norm Lewis is vastly more convincing as Porgy, though his part has been rewritten to disguise the fact that he couldn't have sung the opera-house version he doesn't have the high notes.
A 'Porgy' For Prigs Terry Teachout 2012
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Staged by Stephen Wadsworth, a theatrical director who also has extensive opera-house experience, it's a toothsome piece of melodrama, though you'll likely enjoy it more if you don't know much about opera, or about Ms. Callas.
Recently Reviewed 2011
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Zina Saunders Mr. Luisi is used to packed opera-house schedules: He was general music director of the Dresden State Opera and its orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, from 2007 to 2010, and assumes that post at the Zurich Opera next fall.
Next in Line at the Opera Heidi Waleson 2011
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And the Palais Garnier is the opera-house equivalent of Versailles.
Paris Journal: In the Depths of the Palais Garnier - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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And the Palais Garnier is the opera-house equivalent of Versailles.
Paris Journal: In the Depths of the Palais Garnier - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Their mise-en-sc ne incorporates both traditional stage spectacle and the latest in 21st-century opera-house technology.
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"It was only a $5,000 affair of 140 diamonds and seven emeralds, but she loved it, and to the woman who had found it on the opera-house floor Mrs. Kavanaugh gave $250 ..."
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Eight years later Mr. Prince put together a longer "opera-house version" of the show for the New York City Opera, and in 1989 Mr. Bernstein himself recorded an even longer "final revised version" of the score with which subsequent directors have continued to tinker.
Taking Another Shot at 'Candide' Terry Teachout 2010
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In this world of miracles, Conrad is an aetheist - he sees the same phenomena, but sees no need to attribute them to a Deity . . . until his first really successful opera gets the opera-house struck by the lightning bolt of God's disapproval . . . . . .
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