A Masked Ball
Have you noticed the pre-opera announcements about turning off your cell phones and unwrapping your candy before the show starts? Evans Mirageas has been recording them according to the language of the opera. So Tosca was in Italian and L'Etoile was in French.
Guess what language he'll use for "A Masked Ball"? Apparently, he's been getting private coaching for this one! (I will personally be checking his pronunciation, to see if it's authentic...)
Above, Akron native Kim Josephson sings the role of Anckarstrom, the king's secretary, and Richard Margison is the King.
Watch for a story on Thursday's A&E page in the Enquirer.
And here's the review.
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 1:08 PM
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at 7/13/2006 02:58:00 AM 
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at 7/14/2006 02:21:00 PM 
Janelle Gelfand said...
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Post a Comment*I believe the picture is actually of Kim Josepshson (Renato) and Richard Margison (King).
...i do want to say, however, that i very much enjoy reading your blog! Thanks for all of the posts!
Dear Khoa,
Thanks for pointing that out. Apologies to both Kim Josephson and Kenneth Shaw, who does not appear here. After seeing the opera last night (Thurs.) I agreed that it had to be Josephson. Apparently, the photographer got the names wrong and it was repeated in the caption... So I've corrected this and will ask our online folks to correct the photo that went with the story on Thursday.
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