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2023-06-15 10:24:48
Viewers have been commenting that the standards of... The post Pretty Yende’s sister reaches BBC Cardiff Singer of the World final appeared first on Slippedisc.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2023-05-12 10:23:47
Pretty Yende is hospitalised after Vienna stage injury
On the eve of the Coronation, disaster struck... The post Pretty Yende is hospitalised after Vienna stage injury appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-11-16 05:20:00
La Traviata, San Francisco Opera
[…] production that has been retired after 35 years. You can see the Act I set model, for Violetta's apartment, above.The set for Act II, scene 1 is usually an indoor room, but this looks like an outdoor patio or screened porch, somehow wedged between two indoor rooms. I'm scratching my head at the architecture, but as a set it works well, it looks nice, and it's very handsomely lit.Simone Piazzola as Giorgio Germont and Pretty Yende as Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata."Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco OperaAct II, Scene 1I'm not so sure about the lurid red set for Flora's party in Act II, scene 2. It looks like a stereotypical bordello, but the party is at Flora's residence. The libretto says "a richly furnished and lit room." Well, I guess it is, and maybe this is how the demi-monde lived? You tell me.Pretty Yende as Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata."Photo: […]
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