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Fedora: honourable repertoire

Fedora: honourable repertoire

David McVicar directs Fedora in New York (****)

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Jan 18, 2023
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Sonya Yoncheva als Fedora © Ken Koward | Met Opera

Author : Johan Uytterschaut

I got to know Giordano’s “Fedora” through a recording made in the New York Metropolitan, 25 years ago. Serving “stars” were Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo. Back then, it appears to have been common practice to suspend the show for a minute or so to welcome the diva assoluta …

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