Word: canto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BOTTOM LINE: The ghosts of Poe and Bram Stoker breathe new life into an old bel canto war-horse...
...question of how to refresh opera's inherited visual cliches occupies every thinking director these days, especially when the genre is as terminal as bel canto: a collection of pretty tunes hung on the dusty skeleton of a story. Zambello's solution may be vilified in tartan-loving, canary-fancying quarters: unlike traditional stagings of Lucia, this one includes no kilts, no Scotsmen, no mountain greenery of any kind...
...helpless damsel in distress than a strong, sexual woman who chooses death before dishonor -- Elektra's first cousin. Although she had some vocal difficulties on opening night (Donizetti's high notes are best not delivered while the soprano is on her knees or flat on her back), reigning bel canto diva June Anderson's forceful stage presence ensures that the heroine gives as good as she gets. Other notables include a promising American tenor, Richard Leech, as Lucia's lover Edgardo, whose still raw but heroically enthusiastic singing portends a major voice; and reliable baritone Juan Pons as Lucia...
...Shining Path guerrillas have controlled two cellblocks in Peru's Canto Grande prison for nearly six years. Last week police blew a hole in the cellblock roof, then used tear gas to flush rebels out; at least two policemen and 11 guerrillas were killed. President Alberto Fujimori decreed mandatory 25- to 30-year jail sentences for anyone convicted of involvement in rebel assassination squads...
Soprano June Anderson, opera's newest diva, evokes comparisons to Maria Callas -- for her command of bel canto as well as her tendency to stir things...