Shirley Verrett, amazing mezzo-soprano (who defied wisdom and laid siege to the likes of Tosca, Norma and Desdemona), the Azucena and Orpheus for the ages, passed away yesterday.
What a woman. What a lady. What an artist.
Beyond the wail
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*Cavalleria rusticana* and *Pagliacci* at Lyric Opera of Chicago are
hysterical in all the wrong ways.
16 hours ago
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