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Patricia Racette's mesmerizing power as Salome in Los Angeles

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 March 2017
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“her soaring voice able to cut through dense orchestral layers”
Reviewed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles on 5 March 2017
Programme
Strauss R., Salome
Performers
LA Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Peter J. Hall, Director
John Bury, Set Designer
Sara Jean Tosetti, Costume Designer
Patricia Racette, Salome
Tómas Tómasson, Jochanaan
Allan Glassman, Herodes
Gabriele Schnaut, Herodias
Issachah Savage, Narraboth
Kihun Yoon, 1st Nazarene
Nicholas Brownlee, 1st Soldier
Katarzyna Sądej, Herodias' Page
LA Opera Orchestra
David Paul, Revival Director
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Edward Sava-Segal
Edward Sava-Segal
Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.