The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
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This Friday Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision is in Oslo for Norwegian National Opera’s new production of The Rake’s Progress, Stravinsky’s neoclassical dark comedy. Igor Stravinsky wrote The Rake’s Progress in 1951, based on eight satirical paintings by […]
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