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Outside Paris, Christoff is generally considered the best Boris, and his new recording (Angel) is unquestionably the top. London has also recorded the opera's great arias (Columbia), but his claim to the role is more in acting than in voice; his basso register is weak; his voice is...
Boy Oh Boy! McCracken will sing his Otello nine more times this season in New York and on the Met's seven-city tour. On March 23 the performance will be broadcast, and on April 7 McCracken will sing two arias and two duets from the opera over ABC...
Tough Trick. Adriana may be a stranger to U.S. and English audiences, but the opera is a repertory staple in Italy. Composer Cilèa (pronounced che-lay-ah) wrote it when he was 35, and it established his reputation. He coasted on it from its premiere in 1902 until...
Died. Harmodio Arias, 76, President of Panama from 1932 to 1936, patriarch of his nation's most powerful family, a leathery little (90 Ibs., 5 ft. 4 in.) millionaire who founded his country's national university and controlled its press; of a heart attack; aboard a plane bound...
La Scala was packed for the revival and though Semiramide's faintly ridiculous drama was a 20th century disappointment the crowd went home satisfied In a breathtaking display of virtuosity Sutherland hurtled her voice through the complex and difficult runs, taking triple trills [long legato passages with casual ease...