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Celebrating AVA’s 85th year: an outstanding Le nozze di Figaro in Philadelphia

Von Susan Gould, 18 November 2019
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“the entire cast was vocally first-rate, all giving distinctive portrayals”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Academy of Vocal Arts: Warden Theater, Philadelphia, am 12 November 2019
Programm
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Darsteller
Academy of Vocal Arts
Christofer Macatsoris, Musikalische Leitung
David Gately, Regie
Peter Harrison, Bühnenbild
Val Starr, Kostüme
Kara Mulder, Gräfin Almaviva
Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn, Susanna
Pascale Spinney, Cherubino
Timothy Murray, Graf Almaviva
Brent Michael Smith, Figaro
Cody Müller, Doktor Bartolo
Emily Margevich, Barbarina
Chelsea Laggan, Marcellina
Griffen Hogan Tracy, Antonio
AVA Opera Orchestra
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Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts Presents Gounod’s *Roméo et Juliette* with a fine young cast at the Haverford School. 
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Big, beautiful voices power AVA's Ballo
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“For some operas,” famed conductor Carlo Maria Giulini once said, “you can accept a voice of not absolute beauty – if it is well used and he is an artist and interpreter, it will work. But for Verdi you need all this plus the essential sound.
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Don Quichotte victorious at Philadelphia Academy
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As the legend goes, a noble cavalier loses his battle with giant windmills. But the Academy of Vocal Arts wins big with their latest production, Jules Massenet’s melodic Don Quichotte.
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AVA Opera OrchestraAcademy of Vocal ArtsAubry Ballarò-HagadornBrent Michael SmithChristofer MacatsorisDavid GatelyEmily MargevichKara MulderLe nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)Pascale SpinneyPeter HarrisonTimothy MurrayVal StarrWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Susan Gould
Susan Gould
Philadelphia native Susan Gould has been writing professionally about classical music since her Barnard College years in New York. She has written for both American and European publications, primarily during fifteen years in Europe, and has done liner notes for recordings and program notes for opera companies and orchestras. Among those she has interviewed have been Sills, Tebaldi, Popp and Fleming; Bumbry, Ludwig, Fassbaender, and von Stade; del Monaco, Kraus and Pavarotti; Prey, Morris and Ramey; Muti, Abbado, Giulini, Sawallisch, and Eschenbach. Fluent in Italian, German and French, she has coached both student and professional singers in foreign-language diction since 1980.