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Showing posts with label Parisina. Show all posts
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Opera Review: Uneasy Lies the Tiara

Angela Meade returns in Parisina d'Este.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
Soprano Angela Meade.
Photo from her website.
The 21st century has been one of revival and new vigor in the performance of bel canto opera, that peculiar 19th century Italian subgenre where the beauty of vocal tone reigned supreme. At the forefront of that music has been soprano Angela Meade, whose statuesque presence and creamy, agile soprano instrument has made her seem like a bit of a throwback to the divas of another age.

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