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| Donovan Singletary and Steven LaBrie |
The Seattle Opera announced its 2013-14 season which includes two operas not generally thought of as barihunk operas, Menotti's
The Consul and Verdi's
Rigoletto.
The Consul includes three of the hottest singers on the scene, led by Seattle resident Michael Todd Simpson in the major role of John Sorel. Also in the cast are Steven LaBrie as the Police Agent and Joseph Lattanzi as Assan. LaBrie is making his Seattle Opera debut. Performances run from February 22nd to March 7, 2014. The Consul won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950.
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| Marco Vratogna |
This year is the big 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth, so we're getting an ample supply of the Italian's operas. Usually it's
Attila that features two barihunks and rarely is it
Rigoletto. Seattle has cast the amazing Marco Vratogna as the hunchbacked jester and this is a portrayal that is not to be missed. We caught him at the San Francisco Opera and it was one nothing short of a masterful performance both vocally and dramatically. In the smaller, but important role of the Count Monterone is fitness guru Donovan Singletary. Gilda and the Duke will be performed by Davinia
RodrÃguez and Francesco Demuro respectively. The opera is being transported to 1930s Italy and performances run from January 11-25, 2014.
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| Michael Todd Simpson and Joseph Lattanzi |
Speaking of anniversary seasons, the Seattle Opera seems to be marking a bunch of them this season, including their 50th anniversary, their 10th
year at McCaw Hall and general director Speight Jenkins' 30th year leading the company.
Other operas for the upcoming season include Donizetti's
Daughter of the Regiment from October 19-November 2, 2013 with tenor
Lawrence Brownlee and Offenbach's
The Tales of Hoffman from May 3-17, 2014 with tenor William Burden and
the brilliant mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey. Visit the Seattle Opera
website for additional information and don't miss their upcoming Ring Cycle featuring Greer Grimsley as Wotan.
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