Word: rawnsley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Maschera does Bostonians. Rather, it recasts the familiar work in a light that forces audiences to rethink it and savor it anew. Renaissance vendettas can seem remote, "operatic," unreal, but transplanted to Mulberry Street in the 1950s, they take on a grimy, visceral immediacy. In the major roles, John Rawnsley as Rigoletto displays a rich, focused baritone, and Valerie Masterson as Gilda has a clear, secure high soprano. Tenor Arthur Davies' voice is a little light for the Duke, but he manages to make the character at once attractive and morally repugnant. As the trampy siren...