29 de setembro de 2008

LYRIC OPERA DE CHICAGO - MANON


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KWQC-TV 6 Davenport Sun, 28 Sep 2008 9:58 AM PDT


CHICAGO (AP) - The 2008-2009 season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago has opened with Jules Massenet's (MAH' suh nayz) 1884 "Manon" (MAH' nohn). The much-in-demand French soprano Natalie Dessay (deh-SAY') performed in the opening night show yesterday as the title character.

Lyric Opera of Chicago opens season with 'Manon'


AP via Yahoo! News Sun, 28 Sep 2008 1:37 PM PDT


How so much voice — and so much emotional force — can pour out of a person as tiny as Natalie Dessay should be one of the great mysteries of the opera world.

'Manon' opens season in style


Chicago Sun-Times Sun, 28 Sep 2008 7:19 PM PDT


When Renata Scotto took the title role in Lyric Opera of Chicago's last production of Jules Massenet's 1884/1891 Parisian melodrama "Manon" 25 years ago -- as another Italian, Mirella Freni, had done in Lyric's first performances 10 years before -- a friend remarked, "It says 'Manon,' but it sure smells like 'Tosca.'

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