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...most audiences, Hispanic opera means Carmen (written, of course, by a Frenchman). Placido Domingo, in his new role as artistic director of the Washington Opera, means to broaden the definition. This season the company will present Manuel Penella's 1916 Spanish opera El Gato Montes as well as Antonio Carlos Gomes' 1870 Il Guarany, written, alas, in Italian but set in the Amazon. Meanwhile, the Houston Grand Opera offers the world premiere of Daniel Catan's Florencia en el Amazonas, based on stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
...followed in 1964, the first of countless film scores. Schifrin continues to adhere to a daily practice and composing schedule. Next week he releases a new album, Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3, featuring a new version of the Impossible theme. He is also writing an opera for Placido Domingo and composing a foreign-film score. Says Schifrin of his enduring success: "My career in the U.S. started at the top and had nowhere to go but downhill. Maybe it was a mixture of luck and determination...
...used his clout to get plum recording deals for Gheorghiu. Others say Alagna doesn't need to throw his weight around; Gheorghiu can scheme quite nicely on her own. Certainly some intricate maneuvering took place during negotiations for a new recording of Romeo et Juliette, masterminded for RCA by Placido Domingo, who plays the hero. Gheorghiu backed out of a pledge to the project--but guess who she will record the opera with...
Hang a lamb chop in the window and they will come used to be the reigning social doctrine in Washington. But now that the new ethics rules require Senators and Representatives to pay their own way, they stayed away in droves from Placido Domingo's gala, which raised $2.6 million for the Washington Opera last Sunday. Colin Powell and Ross Perot bought the $1,250 tickets, but they aren't used to having someone else pick...
...Monaco had to throw Boccanegra together in eight days--the chronically overbooked Placido Domingo was late in starting rehearsals; Vladimir Chernov, the Boccanegra, was silenced by flu; and Cheryl Studer, who was to sing Boccanegra's daughter, canceled. In a remarkable piece of last-minute luck, the Met was able to sign Te Kanawa. On opening night the ensemble came through under conductor James Levine's eloquent direction. Only the massive council-chamber scene looked tentative. Viva grand opera that is grand...