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...Justino Diaz, Sills's leading man, has some rarely combined talents for a basso; the lightness and flexibility that coloratura singing demands, and a natural sound so powerful that it cuts through the orchestra as clearly as the shriller upper voices. Like Sills, he does a lot in this production with a boring character. The passion he shows towards Pamira, especially in their love scene, is about as much as they ever allow on the Met stage...
...Justino Diaz, her leading man in this opera, confirmed all the reasons she's been giving her interviewers lately about the origin of these offers tailored for refusal. "It could have been that they wanted her to say no; then they could have said. 'Well, we invited her but she refused.' It could have been a clash of personalities: maybe so-and-so didn't like her that much. Maybe they considered that she really was not that well known to deserve a new production in a really big role." He paused, and then added reflectively. "This happens...
Thus with Siege of Corinth. It is one of Rossini's grandest operas, set in 15th century Corinth. The Turks, led by their Sultan Maometto (Justino Diaz), are hammering at the gates. Sills plays Pamira, the daughter of Cleomene (Harry Theyard), the governor of Corinth. Beverly, who talks as fast as she trills, narrates the plot in a style redolent of both Anna Russell and Rhoda Morgenstern: "It's very similar to Aida. The only difference being that my lover is a girl. Well, I mean to say, the part is played by a girl. Actually...
BARRAGE of advertising notwithstanding, neither of the Bach Society's two soloists appeared last Saturday night. Both Cambridge-born basso Justino Diaz and pianist Tedd Joselson were absent from the Sanders stage; their loss and the identity of their replacements was announced in the inaudible mumble characteristic of concert-hall speeches...
Bach Society Orchestra. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No. 4, Cantata No. 56 (Justino Diaz, basso, soloist), Piano Concerto in D Minor (Tedd Joselson, soloist); Handel: an Italian cantata (Diaz). Tickets: $.95. Saturday, April...