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Entries Tagged as '2008-2012 William’s Interviews'

Born to the Theater: An Interview with Francesca Zambello

August 26th, 2011

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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Rising Stars – An Interview with David Lomeli

July 28th, 2011

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Rising Stars – An Interview with Ailyn Perez, part 2

July 27th, 2011

The following interview took place at the Santa Fe Opera Ranch the day after Ms Perez’ festival debut as Marguerite in Gounod’s “Faust”. The facilitation of this interview by the Santa Fe Opera is gratefully acknowledged. See part one of this interview at: Rising Stars – An Interview with Ailyn Perez, part 1. [Below: Lyric [...]

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