Castronovo; Charles

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This, Puccini’s stepchild opera—once called “the day off of a genius”—used to be a rarity. Against all better judgment, however, it is popping up everywhere

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Dessay Delivers a Moving Violetta in Aix

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Natalie Dessay remains a phenomenon. She is without a doubt one of today’s great acting singers. She is invariably filled with good ideas that her

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Listening to this recording brought to mind the old Saturday Night Live skit about the two Czechoslovakian brothers who claimed, in their best attempt at

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