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...American soprano Nicole Chevalier throws her heart and soul into the role of Violetta....
...Then a long list of varieties ranges from the Duke of York to the blue skin and flesh of Violetta, a German variety introduced in 2012....
...“Would even one Putin supporter go to a protest for him if they knew they’d get beaten with batons and thrown in jail or given kilometre-long fines? No....
...But, in the spirit of “never wasting a crisis”, the shop has offered a long-sought opportunity to expand....
...But over the long term this is not the right thing to do because growth businesses . . . will suffer.”...
...Kassapi inspects her nails, which are long and covered in neon-green flames. “I always rip mine.”...
...It is a long time since any La traviata looked and felt as beguiling as this. It has a personable young couple in the lead roles....
...It probably will not be long. ★★☆☆☆ To April 13, eno.org...
...long ago as 1988 to a recent pair of Mimìs, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Angel Blue, both of them excellent, in La bohème....
...Unfortunately, the bulk of the music is recitative, which makes the opera a long, hard sit....
...He was arrested not long after his arrival in Harlem, after a bookie accused him of robbery, and extradited to New Orleans....
...As long as I had a pencil and a piece of paper, I could work harder. Do you believe in assisted suicide? Yes. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes....
...A similar, if more local, buzz came during the production’s revival this week with conductor Long Yu....
...But the opening-out of cuts (many second verses) is welcome and he encourages his singers to phrase in long, elegant vocal lines....
...In this modern-dress staging, revived by Mika Blauensteiner, that’s not long at all....
...Why should Violetta “sacrifice” her love for Alfredo in a society that has no obvious social barriers?...
...In Act III, Diana Damrau’s Violetta still manages to make an impact from her tiny camp bed, an impressive house debut and long overdue....
...Perhaps he wanted to beat Dmitri Hvorostovsky at his own game (long-breathed lyricism is Hvorostovsky’s speciality), but the Russian baritone’s familiar portrayal of Giorgio Germont remained as elegantly...
...Apart from Claire Rutter’s sincere and impressively sung Violetta, carrying the show single-handed, this is a crass and musically mediocre Verdi production....
...First seen in Graz in 2011, this modern-dress production – with which Konwitschny makes his long-awaited UK debut – banishes clutter, reducing the action to under two hours in a race for the conclusion....
...Under the circumstances, the night belonged to Diana Damrau, venturing her first Violetta....
...I’m here every summer, at least once,” says Violetta Winkworth-Gruosi, co-founder of GiftVault, the luxury gift specialists....
...Naples has a long tradition of making music history while getting on with life....
...Twenty years ago or more, while on a long weekend at a beach house in Cornwall with a gang of friends, I was introduced to the joys of foraging....
...Bell, 40, is lucky to have been able to put off the decision for so long. She has an unusually long and rich voice, with a brilliant top and a fine coloratura technique....
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