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Patricia Racette's mesmerizing power as Salome in Los Angeles

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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
Strauss R., Salome
LA Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Peter J. Hall, Director
John Bury, Set Designer
Sara Jean Tosetti, Costume Designer
Patricia Racette, Salome
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Allan Glassman, Herodes
Gabriele Schnaut, Herodias
Issachah Savage, Narraboth
Kihun Yoon, 1st Nazarene
Nicholas Brownlee, 1st Soldier
Katarzyna Sądej, Herodias' Page
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