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Gene Gaudette's review of the 9/11 commemorative concert, which opened the 2011 New York Chamber Music Festival on September 11, 2011 at Symphony S...
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Most opera lovers know that Turandot was Giacomo Puccini's final opera. Indeed, it was unfinished when he died; and the last two scenes were comple...
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San Francisco Opera continues its new season on Classical 90.5 with Franco Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac , Saturday at 1 pm . Legendary tenor Pláci...
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Composer Franco Alfano’s place in musical history is still largely confined to his completion of Turandot, the final scene of which was left unfini...
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The extravagant nose that sprouts from the front of tenor Plácido Domingo's face in Franco Alfano's opera "Cyrano de Bergerac" may be heartbreaking...
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The extravagant nose that sprouts from the front of tenor Plácido Domingo's face in Franco Alfano's opera "Cyrano de Bergerac" may be heartbreaking...
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Franco Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac at the San Francisco Opera has little chance of measuring up to a Cyrano standard once set here in Fog City.
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Franco Alfano's 1936 opera "Cyrano de Bergerac," which the San Francisco Opera introduced Sunday afternoon as a vehicle for tenor Plácido Domingo, ...
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Franco Alfano's 1936 opera "Cyrano de Bergerac," which the San Francisco Opera introduced Sunday afternoon as a vehicle for tenor Plácido Domingo, ...
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In the first big scene of "Cyrano de Bergerac" - both the play by Edmond Rostand and the Franco Alfano opera fashioned from it - the title characte...
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In the first big scene of "Cyrano de Bergerac" - both the play by Edmond Rostand and the Franco Alfano opera fashioned from it - the title characte...
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This is turning out to be a good year for new books on a music. Here are a few that have come across my desk recently. I’ll be coming back with int...
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A side to Alfano we have rarely heard and very impressive it proves to be...
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The great Italian soprano Magda Olivero turns 100 on March 25th.
Magda Olivero
She is reported to be cheerful, in good health, still singi...
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Ten Productions Including Cyrano de Bergerac with Plácido Domingo
San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley today announced repertory a...
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Superstar tenor Plácido Domingo will return to the San Francisco Opera next season for the first time since 1994, singing the title role in the com...
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Superstar tenor Plácido Domingo will return to the San Francisco Opera next season for the first time since 1994, singing the title role in the com...
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I know that this goes against my soft-spoken, diffident nature, but for some reason I'm in the mood to opine about my ten favorite releases of 2009...
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