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...Serena Gamberoni is an uncharismatic Oscar, Marianne Cornetti a scorching, all-Italian Ulrica....
...The Aida, Micaela Carosi, can’t sing in tune and the stentorian Amneris, Marianne Cornetti, is a costume in search of a character....
...Cornetti dutifully tottered around on shoe designer Rupert Sanderson’s platform “slave” sandals for Aida at the Royal Opera House earlier this month....
...John Tomlinson contributes a patriarchal Grand Inquisitor, Marianne Cornetti a ballsy, blunt Eboli....
...Marianne Cornetti does due diligence as a booming Preziosilla and Eva-Maria Westbroek’s powerful Leonora deserved her ovation even if her dramatic soprano occasionally lacked flexibility....
...Marianne Cornetti was the standard big-voiced Amneris, Seng-Hyoun Ko an Amonasro with appealing, barking edge but yobbo phrasing....
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