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Amanda Forsythe a truly overwhelming Semele in Opera Philadelphia's Festival O

Von Susan Gould, 23 September 2019
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“flinging off embellishments, rapid-fire scales, and generally impressive trills”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, am 19 September 2019
Programm
Händel, Semele
Darsteller
Opera Philadelphia
Gary Thor Wedow, Musikalische Leitung
James Darrah Black, Regie
Cameron Jaye Mock, Bühnenbild
Sarah Schuessler, Kostüme
Daniela Mack, Ino
Alex Rosen, Somnus, Cadmus
Amanda Forsythe, Semele
Tim Mead, Athamas
Sarah Shafer, Iris
Alek Shrader, Jupiter
Emily MacDonald, Bühnenbild
Elizabeth Braden, Chorleitung
Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
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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.