Francesca Zambello, Standing up to armies, singers, waiters
Picture the multitude of soldiers, horses and weapons that populated the recent blockbuster film “Troy.” Add in myriad satyrs, nymphs and fauns plus a score of ego-driven opera singers. Then squeeze...
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“Striking frogs and getting fairies ready!” It’s the first rehearsal for act one, scene one of “Sleeping Beauty,” and Basil Twist is telling the frogs how high to hop (and when to “strike,” or leave...
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Theater Review: Robert Lepage’s “Lipsynch” at BAM 10/11/09
Despite its name, “Lipsynch” is not a drag show. It’s the latest large scale theater piece from the inventive Canadian writer and director Robert Lepage. Best characterized as a play, the piece...
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Opera review: “Damnation of Faust” (Berlioz/Lepage), Met 11/17/09
Last Tuesday night in New York I was the guest at a lovely little dinner party at the home of Denes Striny. He’s a tenor and voice teacher and later that evening his most famous student, soprano...
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Lunch with ‘Cesca
As one of the world’s leading opera directors Francesca Zambello’s career has taken her around the globe, jetting to such illustrious houses as La Scala, Covenant Garden and the Metropolitan Opera....
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