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REVIEW: "La Traviata" at Panopera

REVIEW: “La Traviata” at Panopera

by Fred Baumgarten Panopera’s presentation of La Traviata at the Academy of Music in Northampton straddled the line between professional quality and amateur production. On the strength of some good singing, sincerity, and charm, let’s call it a win. La Traviata (roughly, “The Fallen One”), arguably Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular opera and certainly his most breezily tuneful, tells the story of a…

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REVIEW: "La Traviata" at Panopera

REVIEW: “La Traviata” at Panopera

by Fred Baumgarten

Panopera’s presentation of La Traviata at the Academy of Music in Northampton straddled the line between professional quality and amateur production. On the strength of some good singing, sincerity, and charm, let’s call it a win.

La Traviata (roughly, “The Fallen One”), arguably Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular opera and certainly his most breezily tuneful, tells the story of a…

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Last night RANY joined a formidable group of dancers, designers, musicians and critics to watch a work in progress at BAM Fisher byThe Nouveau Classical Project entitled Potential Energies.  Conceived and directed by NCP Artistic Director Sugar Vendil (who is also in the piece), choreographed by Barbie Diewald and composed by Trevor Gureckis the project delivers a modern twist on ballet in which musicians transcend their conventional roles. 

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