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TITLE: METROPOLITAN OPERA NEWS (with program) [RARE and interesting magazine and program issued by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.] ISSUE DATE:
AUGUST 2009 VOL.74. NO. 2
CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 8¼" X 11". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition.(See photo)
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Issued weekly during the Opera Season and fortnightly in the Spring and Fall by
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD 654 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
COVER: Style is the subject of daydreams as well as debates. Philip Kennicott's thoughts on style and its place in the opera house begin on page 12. Photographed by James Salzano in Manhattan Makeup and hair by Ralph Castelli Clothes styling by Clifird Capone Modet mezzo Jessica Peritz.
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REFLECTING ON STYLE Is the opera house the last safe place to practice the pursuit of style? PHILIP KENNICOTT offers his thoughts.
STYLE AND SUBSTANCE The heroine of La Traviata has inspired opera's greatest costume designers to create some of their most sumptuous gowns. COLLEEN HILL looks at the wardrobes devised for popular Violettas of the past and present -- and reveals how they reflect changes in contemporary fashion.
GETTING IT OFF HER CHEST SCOTT ROSE spotlights the expressive devices that some great divas have used to fire up Santuzza's "Voi lo sapete."
THE STAR AND THE STALKER Actress Nell Theobald had beauty, charm and talent -- and an all-consuming fascination with soprano Birgit Nilsson. KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT explores the tragic story of the mysterious fan referred to in Nilssons memoirs as "Miss N."
VOICE OF THE OPPOSITION BRIAN KELLOW talks to James Jorden, the opinionated and irreverent creator of the Web's Parterre Box.
STILE ANTICO For more than three decades, Emma Kirkby's refined, elegant singing has defined the sound of early music. DAVID
PATRICK STEARNS visits with the soprano, who begins a U.S. recital tour with lutenist Jakob Lindberg this coming fall.
Maestro aloft: conductor Evan Rogister.
Teatro Regio di Parma, bastion of Verdian style.
Costume changes: Renée Fleming as Violetta, 2003.
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