Opera Warhorses

Natha

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The following interview took place at the 2011 Glimmerglass Festival. [Below: Francesca Zambello at Glimmerglass, New York; edited image, based on a Claire McAdams photograph, courtesy of The Glimmerglass Festival.] Wm: How did you become interested in opera, and in opera production? FZ: Because my mother was an actress, I basically was interested in theater [...]

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In 37 seasons, the Glimmerglass Opera Festival has produced a respectable number of 17th and 18th operatic works, with Mozart (represented in 9 season). Handel (7 seasons) and Monteverdi (3 seasons) the best represented composers.  (Cavalli and Purcell also represent the “other” 17th century composers, Gluck, Haydn and Cimarosa, those of the 18th century.) For [...]

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