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Marcello Giordani keeps the Italian tenor flame ablaze
While the music world has enjoyed the artistry of countless celebrated tenors from around the globe—with the Latin contingent enjoying a current place of prominence—there are few things…
Thu Mar 05, 2009
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The Gringo’s, er, Dummy’s Guide to zarzuela
This weekend offers a unique opportunity to experience a musical form that is indigenous to Spanish culture but remains as distant and mystifying to most non-Latin classical audiences as Cervantes’…
Sat Dec 20, 2008
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15 illegal minutes with Thomas Ades
It is almost nine o’clock on the east coast, and three hours earlier in Los Angeles. Thomas Ades has just finished a rehearsal with the L.A. Philharmonic,…
Thu Nov 20, 2008
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Hometown favorite Gutierrez to open opera season in “Traviata”
Eleven years ago, a young woman arrived in Miami from Havana, and while singing in the Florida Grand Opera chorus for three years, became a sensation in the Cuban-American…
Thu Nov 13, 2008
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Chorale’s new master a popular choice
When one considers American cultural destinations like New York, Boston, and Chicago, it’s clear that even with an entity like the New World Symphony, Miami cannot compete…
Fri Nov 07, 2008
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Happy 85th birthday, Ned Rorem
On Thursday, Ned Rorem, America’s greatest creator of art song and one of the finest of living composers, turned 85. Yet unlike five years ago at his last significant birthday,…
Fri Oct 24, 2008
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