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...Fine Gael was the party of Michael Collins, Fianna Fáil claimed the mantle of Eamon de Valera....
...“There is no chance of building anything without dialogue,” says Rolando Figueroa, governor of the province of Neuquén which is home to the country’s biggest oil and gas deposits....
...Taoiseach Éamon de Valera wanted nothing to do with the ceremony and republicans threatened to bomb cinemas showing newsreels of it....
...I question, for example, whether it was necessary for Éamon De Valera, the republic’s leader during the second world war, to sign the German embassy’s book of condolences when Hitler died....
...“For example we’d want to share discoveries about new Covid variants with our Russian counterparts, and we will continue to exchange meteorological data,” said Grimes....
...But the weakness in the plan is Rolando’s status....
...Rolando Villazón throws his arms out, tilts his head back and beams in triumph....
...Esulti pur la barbara” from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore – the most playful of the works delivered by Rolando Villazón and the promising South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza....
...“The logo is the last thing I’d change,” agrees Julio Madrazo, a Mexican consultant. “Branding is not just about changing the logo. A true brand becomes a culture – it’s the experience....
...In the title role, Rolando Villazón might have saved the day if he could still sing....
...Villazón in L’elisir d’amore....
...Rolando Villazón Werther (Deutsche Grammophon)...
...“I was three months pregnant, the [fallopian] tube had ruptured and I had quite severe internal bleeding, I’d lost approximately a litre of blood,” she says....
...way through L’elisir d’amore in Munich last July....
...If you had 10,000 people who were of one view on anything, you’d have a very powerful force.”...
...“This is a tremendous resource for the nation,” says Joe Coote, the global energy practice leader at Arthur D Little, the consultancy....
...Alongside Die schweigsame Frau, the highlight of this summer’s Munich Opera Festival was to have been three performances at the Nationaltheater of L’elisir d’amore starring Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón...
...The Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón did a fine number on What Makes a Great Tenor? (BBC4 Saturday). Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will reply with What Makes a Great Soprano? (June 19)....
...When the impresario first announced a new production of Les contes d’Hoffmann, the stellar principals were to be Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Elina Garanca and our diva du jour, Anna Netrebko, portraying...
...– “Rolando Villazón,” I say – “Yes, I thought he was marvellous! It seems to come very naturally to him all of that, I wouldn’t be any good at it.”...
...He takes over from Rolando Villazón, who sang Don Carlo in 2008, but most of the cast is unchanged: Elisabeth will again be played by Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya, while Ferruccio Furlanetto returns...
...Nemorino, the adorable bumpkin who inevitably stops the show with “Una furtiva lagrima”, was supposed to be a stellar vehicle for Rolando Villazón....
...It is a keen indicator of stars of the future: Joseph Calleja, José Cura, Joyce di Donato, Erwin Schrott, Nina Stemme and Rolando Villazón are among those to have won prizes in the competition....
...Two stars of the opera world – Romanian-born soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón – head the cast in this latest revival of John Copley’s production....
...As a partner for Rolando Villazón, the one big star still twinkling at Salzburg, she was not a bad choice....
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