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Winds of change: Un ballo in maschera CSO 2022.VI.28 (Lontano lontano)

The Windy City's Ballo thrillingly sounded by Muti's CSO & Palumbo's CSC. Also Matochkina, Mizzi, Salsi, Meli, El-Khoury

When vows are broken, voice is unleashed: Bastianini as the husbands in Tabarro and Cavalleria

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Highlighting the importance of the voice in performances historic and current of the classical Italo-French repertoire

Saluting great singers of the past and discovering singers of today

Expressing gratitude for those who inculcated in me the Italian operatic tradition

and sharing impressions about how we «opera» in America today

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