'Tancredi' Excellent Without Distractions ; Beautiful Bel Canto Singing Makes Rossini's Seldom-Heard Opera Shine
The Washington Times › April 04, 2006
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The Washington Concert Opera's avid patrons are among the District's fiercest fans of bel canto singing. Scenery, direction? They care not one whit. It's the beautiful singing they come to hear, and they don't want to miss a single breath, a well-turned phrase or a spectacular bit of improvisational ornamentation.
They got plenty of the above and considerably more Sunday evening in what could only be rated a spectacular performance of Gioacchino Rossini's "Tancredi," an opera virtually unknown today, aside from true Rossini aficionados.See the full content of this document
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'Tancredi' Excellent Without Distractions ; Beautiful Bel Canto Singing Makes Rossini's Seldom-Heard Opera Shine
American audiences regularly feast on Rossini's comic confections such as the always-sold-out "Barber of Seville," but the compose...
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