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

Por Susan Gould, 23 septiembre 2019
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“flinging off embellishments, rapid-fire scales, and generally impressive trills”
Crítica hecha desde Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia el 19 septiembre 2019
Programa
Handel, Semele
Intérpretes
Opera Philadelphia
Gary Thor Wedow, Dirección
James Darrah Black, Dirección de escena
Cameron Jaye Mock, Diseño de escena
Sarah Schuessler, Diseño de vestuario
Daniela Mack, Ino
Alex Rosen, Somnus, Cadmus
Amanda Forsythe, Semele
Tim Mead, Athamas
Sarah Shafer, Iris
Alek Shrader, Jupiter
Emily MacDonald, Diseño de escena
Elizabeth Braden, Dirección de coro
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.