Leonard Slatkin explains to the Detroit Free Press that everything was going great guns with the Met Traviata rehearsals until he played stage director, telling Alfredo (James Valenti) to take visual focus in the final seconds of the opera.

By on June 06, 2010 at 11:10 AM
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The real problem with opera today, according to Marcelo “Mouth of the South” Àlvarez?  Could it be tubby tenors with teeny voices? Actually, no. The problem is… blogs.

By on April 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM
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The good news: whatever Natalie Dessay‘s “illness” was, she didn’t permanently lose her voice. The bad news: she can still talk.

By on April 11, 2010 at 2:39 AM
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