A three-hour tour
We may all be armchair Handelians, but some of us are more used to it than others.
Elizabeth DeShong
38 pieces since 2012 — in 18 roles, at 10 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
38
pieces
18
roles
10
companies
15
years
By role
3 pieces as Bradamante — stats above show all coverage for Elizabeth DeShong.
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Tour de force
In their realization of Alcina, Harry Bicket and his ensemble recreated a dramatically vivid and musically nuanced character study out of the opera’s central figures.
Witchy women
You’d think after nearly 40 years of opera going I’d have seen almost everything.. .twice. Yet I found myself at LA Opera Tuesday night for a special presentation of George Frideric Handel’s Alcina which was my first live experience with one of his operas.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).