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Word: rolandi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...focus has been shifted from young Pip to the vindictive harridan who teaches him his first lesson in cruelty and deceit. In Miss Havisham's Fire we see her on her calamitous wedding day, deserted by her bridegroom. (The young Miss Havisham is sung by Gianna Rolandi, who has a generous mad scene of her own.) There is a brushstroke plot involving an inquest into Miss Havisham's death, but the opera is really a star vehicle for a coloratura. Argento had Beverly Sills in mind when he began work two years ago. She agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Immolation of an Opera | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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