Word: zerbinetta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lowell production, directed by John Clarke, wisely pays as much attention to acting as to music. Kimberly Daniel, as Zerbinetta, the leader of the comedians, personifies this fusion of dramatic and musical excellence. She manages to be coquettish while singing some of the most difficult coloratura writing in the literature. Her duet with the Composer (Loretta Giles) is the high point of the prologue, doing full justice to what Strauss called one of the finest things he ever wrote...