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Glimmerglass updates Verdi's Aida
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[Globe and Mail] - American conductor John DeMain does double duty with both Lost in the Stars and The Music Man, always finding the dramatic arc of the music. The Deborah Voigt love-in recital with pianist Brian Zeger was absolutely wonderful. It included ravishing
At Glimmerglass, 'Aida,' 'Armide' and 'Lost in the Stars'
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[New York Times] - But with the lush, urgent conducting of John DeMain and the full-voiced singing of a winning cast, the production, directed by Tazewell Thompson in a dark, affecting and fluid staging, draws out the operatic resonances of Weill's score. Mr. Owens
Classical Music and Opera Listings for Aug. 3-9
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[New York Times] “Lost in the Stars,” the story of a South African priest's spiritual crisis, based on the novel “Cry, the Beloved Country,” is a co-production with Cape Town Opera, directed by Tazewell Thompson, conducted by John DeMain and starring the great bass
A brilliant 'Lost in the Stars'
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[Albany Times Union] - Each was an interesting and engaging nugget. John DeMain returned from "The Music Man" to again conduct, and the Glimmerglass Orchestra remains in unusually good form, despite the season's diverse demands. Joseph Dalton is a freelance writer in Troy
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