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A Handel ( "Alcina") and a Shostakovich ( "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk").
Time Off 2008
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Stars of the evening in my completely biased, subjective opinion were Elza van den Heever in "Alcina" and Sean Panikkar in "La Boheme."
Putting Their Best Foot Forward sfmike 2006
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Stars of the evening in my completely biased, subjective opinion were Elza van den Heever in "Alcina" and Sean Panikkar in "La Boheme."
Archive 2006-12-01 sfmike 2006
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Last night at the Opera House, there was a concert called "The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert" where the students strutted their stuff in a selection of complete opera scenes that were bizarrely eclectic, ranging from a long chunk of Handel's "Alcina" to the murder scene in "Billy Budd."
Archive 2006-12-01 sfmike 2006
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Last night at the Opera House, there was a concert called "The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert" where the students strutted their stuff in a selection of complete opera scenes that were bizarrely eclectic, ranging from a long chunk of Handel's "Alcina" to the murder scene in "Billy Budd."
Putting Their Best Foot Forward sfmike 2006
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Sutherland first appeared at the Royal Opera House in 1952, but her international stature grew immeasurably after she made her Italian debut in the title role of Handel's "Alcina" in Venice in 1960.
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In "Tornami a vagheggiar" from Handel's "Alcina" she displays her impressive coloratura and distinctive ornamentation.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Handel performed some of his first works there, including Alcina and Semele.
The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace | Observer Profile 2011
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If elaboration was required, he delivered: frocks for Alcina (Venice, 1960) glittered amid what Hall calculated to be "25 tonnes of Murano crystal".
Peter J Hall obituary David Jays 2010
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Not everyone appreciated this opulent aesthetic: Peter Conrad dismissed Sutherland's Alcina as "a singing armchair" and Dale Harris suggested that Zeffirelli's audiences were "less dramatically involved than scenically awed".
Peter J Hall obituary David Jays 2010
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