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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Duking It Out

News from the Met:
Bryan Hymel has withdrawn from upcoming performances as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto, due to personal reasons. 
Francesco Demuro will sing the Duke in the March 6, 9, 15, and 20 performances; Matthew Polenzani will sing the performances on April 26, May 1, and 4; and Stephen Costello will sing the May 10 performance.
This is Hymel's third high-profile cancelation in the last few months: Les Huguenots and Les Troyen in Paris were the first two.

He's scheduled to open the San Francisco Opera season in September, and...well...I hope he's okay.
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2 comments:

  1. Robert GordonFebruary 13, 2019 at 9:31:00 AM PST

    Your headline prompted me to look up the etymology of "duking". Apparently this is an unusual example of Cockney rhyming slang making it into American English, in this case via boxing. So: "duke", short for "Duke of York", rhymes with "fork", Cockney slang for "fingers", metonym for "fist".

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  2. Lisa HirschFebruary 13, 2019 at 10:12:00 AM PST

    Wow.

    And now we have more cause for concern about Hymel.

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