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...Another candidate-José Cura, a moodily good-looking Argentinian who is a Domingo protégé and Warner Music's great hope-may have taken himself out of contention. His is a warm, dramatic voice, but the New York Times castigated his "crude musicianship." Stunts like Cura's 1999 Royal Festival Hall recital, when he conducted his own arias, have led to a reputation for egotism and headlines like "the Ego Has Landed" (The Independent on his "posturing" London Otello). Cura now says he is "a serious artist, not interested in marketing clichés like who will...
Wagnerian heldentenors have rarely stirred the hearts of more than a minority of opera buffs, though, which is where Jose Cura and Marcelo Alvarez come in. Alvarez, 36, is a light lyric tenor whose high notes are fresh sounding and secure; Cura, 36, is a weightier lirico-spinto with an impressive touch of baritonal muscle. Alvarez made his Met debut last month in Franco Zeffirelli's bloated new production of La Traviata, in which his engaging singing was overshadowed by the spectacularly vivid Violetta of Patricia Racette. Cura's turn comes with next season's opening night, when he will...
...begins with the lawsuit cited in the San Jose Mercury News, and a virtually identical February 1984 case that was revealed by New York City's Village Voice. In each suit the plaintiff charged that he and several partners, including Mrs. Marcos, had purchased Lindenmere in 1981 through a Cura(pi202)FIX THIS!ao-based corporation called Ancor Holdings N.V., with plans to develop the property into a $19 million resort...
Only a few days earlier, a similar drama had been enacted in the Caribbean skies. A Venezuelan Aeropostal airliner, en route from Caracas to Curaçao with 87 passengers and crew aboard, was hijacked by self-proclaimed Haitian Rebel Hilertaut Dominique and his Dominican accomplice Felix Segundo Castillo. Armed with gasoline and pistols, the two forced the pilot to fly the plane first to Trinidad, then to Aruba, and finally to Cura...
According to one hostage, the hijackers acted "like mental cases," demanding at different times a helicopter, millions of dollars, automatic weapons and flight plans for Europe and the Middle East. Following the plane to Curaçao was a team of commandos from Venezuela. During the 17 hours the plane sat on the runway, while passengers sweltered inside, a team of anti-hijack specialists from the U.S. arrived. In the dark hours of Tuesday morning, a commando crept under the plane and deflated one of its tires; the other three tires were then shot out, immobilizing the aircraft...