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...The object of Paul’s obsession, Marietta, is a hardly less fearsome role....
...Mitchell, who grew up in the upper-middle class community of Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta, recounts how his love of images came through his father’s enthusiasm for movies, giving him an early exposure to...
...Born in 1995, Mitchell had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta....
...Adapted from Rodenbach’s symbolist novel Bruges-la-Morte, the opera recounts Paul’s obsession with the deceased Marie and her substitute Marietta....
...Like Marietta Piccolomini, London’s first Violetta and the cause of much of the opera’s early popularity, she might be described as “agreeable, sprightly, petite”....
...Opinions have changed on Verdi’s music since then, but not La traviata’s showcase for a star....
...David Garrison brings the right pseudo-knowledgeable air to the Narrator/Dr Pangloss, Matthew Scollin sings strongly as the overly pessimistic Martin, and Marietta Simpson’s Old Lady has ample character....
...themselves into the leading roles with energy and humour, Dominique Horwitz plays Pimprinette and narrator with a fake French accent and a fine sense of timing, Mirka Wagner sparkles as the husband-swapping Marietta...
...When Fleming wants to be expressive, she has a tendency to slow down and cosset the music....
...Violinist Nicola Benedetti is also frank in featuring from her latest recording; she begins her set with a moving rendition of “Marietta’s Lied” from Korngold’s 1920 opera Die tote Stadt followed by Ravel...
...“It was just the moonlight, a little barbecue and some very nice music, with everyone mingling together,” says Tsavliris....
...Radiant and unaffected, Renée Fleming (below) exulted in the sensuality of “Mariettas Lied” from Korngold’s Tote Stadt. Given a programme of such sprawl, some disappointment was inevitable....
...Felicity Palmer, Jean Rigby, John Graham-Hall, Robert Brubaker and Marietta Simpson make what they can of ungrateful parts. At least they all tried....
...Music company EMI firmed 1.3 per cent to 238p on continued speculation that Warner Music would return with another offer. Warner had a 260p a share bid rebuffed in March....
...weeks after EMI launched a bid for Warner Music....
...Media stocks attracted interest on Wednesday as the takeover battle between EMI of the UK and US rival Warner Music intensified....
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