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Saturday, October 15, 2011

No, Flames on Stage are Not Daring

Especially in a modern house with fire marshalls making sure you won't burn down the building:
In this production’s one theatrically daring touch, real flames shoot up from the floor around Giovanni’s dinner table as we watch him descend into hell.
And apparently the word of the year is "hearty:"
A hearty young Polish baritone... 
...the hearty bass Joshua Bloom...
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3 comments:

  1. Civic CenterOctober 16, 2011 at 11:39:00 AM PDT

    "Hearty" seems to have replaced "strapping" when referring to handsome, young male singers in Mr. Tommasini's lexicon.

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  2. BrianOctober 16, 2011 at 8:27:00 PM PDT

    No who's hot is the bear-legged, off-to-the-gallows Stephen Costello and Keith Miller in Anna Bolena. he can't even get the hotties right.

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  3. Lisa HirschOctober 16, 2011 at 10:43:00 PM PDT

    Hahahaha to you both!

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