Word: duetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Butterfly in Saigon (long before Miss Saigon) and a Forza del Destino in Spain during the Civil War. But he is best known for productions that are traditional in concept, modern in their psychological astuteness and, occasionally, rude in their action. At the climax of the love duet in the Met's Butterfly, Pinkerton begins stripping his bride, who throws back her head in ecstasy. On opening night, the sequence was loudly booed by another member of opera's aristocracy, former diva Licia Albanese, who in Mario's day played Butterfly as an elegant geisha. Albanese ``looks at the opera...
...skill in building ensembles that would have made the end of Act I (the 1969 Stonewall riot) or Act II (a high-camp, dikes-on-trikes gay and lesbian rally) really stirring. His most effective work-in what surely is an operatic first-comes in the tender love duet for Harvey and his boyfriend, Scott Smith, sung while they lie in bed together...
...Butterfly in Saigon (long before Miss Saigon) and a Forza del Destino in Spain during the Civil War. But he is best known for productions that are traditional in concept, modern in their psychological astuteness and, occasionally, rude in their action. At the climax of the love duet in the Met's Butterfly, Pinkerton begins stripping his bride, who throws back her head in ecstasy. On opening night, the sequence was loudly booed by another member of opera's aristocracy, former diva Licia Albanese, who in Mario's day played Butterfly as an elegant geisha. Albanese "looks at the opera...
...tongue lashing. The hapless soprano assigned to cover for Kiri Te Kanawa should she get sick had a bad day, going left when she should have gone right, up the stairs when she belonged on the ground, picking a prop flower off cue. At the beginning of the glorious duet in which the heroine learns that Boccanegra is her father, she began playfully fingering his shirt. For the umpteenth time, Del Monaco charged down the aisle. "Stop! Stop, stop, stop!" he yelled. "What are you doing? You look like you want to screw him. Stay away...
...WHRB Orgy will conclude with some of the highlights of recent years, including such gems as a duet with legendary drummer Max Roach and a performance from 1987 in Bologna, Italy, which ranks as one of the most passionate, even romantic recordings of Taylor's career...