Cosi fan tutte (by the Opera Company of Philadelphia).PHILADELPHIA LEON MAJOR'S DIRECTION OF COSI COSI Center Of Science and Industry (Columbus, OH, USA) COSI Creative Outsourcing Solutions International (UK) COSI Cost of Savings Index COSI Closeout System Installation (NASA) FAN TUTTE was believable and nicely balanced between joy, despair and wisdom, and conductor David Agler's orchestra balanced beautifully with the singers for a mostly successful staging at the Opera Company of Philadelphia The Opera Company of Philadelphia is an opera company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Opera Company was established in 1975 as a merger of the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company and the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. . Allen Moyer's set of a 1913 beach resort near Naples could have been a set for Death in Venice Death in Venice aging successful author loses his lifelong self-discipline in his love for a beautiful Polish boy. [Ger. Lit: Death in Venice] See : Homosexuality , with its stage peopled with vacationers. Denyce Graves (Dorabella) proved not to be a natural Mozart singer due to some intonation and agility problems, but she nonetheless displayed a lush and colorful voice. Patricia Racette was a dignified Fiordiligi, with a voice that mainly sparkled. Lisa Saffer was a stylish, small-voiced, understated Despina. Richard Croft sang Ferrando with musicality, lyricism, and beauty; Nathan Gunn's luscious baritone was well suited to Guglielmo and Francois Loup loup a bounding gait. was almost avuncular as Don Alfonso. |
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