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Folly, as Violetta cries out when describing her own romantic possibilities " And she sang relative rarities such as Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah," Charpentier's "Louise," Dvorak's "Rusalka," Bellini's "Il Pirata" and Massenet's "Thais At the premiere of a new production Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, the original Violetta, was too plus-sized for audiences to think she was dying of consumption " Coloratura, which is required in the first act, has not come easily to her in the past Three weeks before the opening, she backed out, stressed by too many new roles and the disintegration of her marriage "She questions, `Why is this sung this way? Why don't we try this? Is this stylistic?" Summers said After changes by the composer, the opera reappeared at Venice's Teatro San Benedetto 14 months later starring Maria Spezia, and it's been a hit ever since " Fleming, 44, has become America's best-known soprano with a gleaming, silvery voice "She brings a genuine kind of private beauty and a rare sense of deep vulnerability â€â€? her willingness to let it all hang out," Corsaro said You get the sense of someone self-abandoned and, knowing that, almost unwilling to accept what she's fallen to " Even with the extra five years, she'd prefer that critics stay away from the Houston performances and delay reviews until September, when she sings Violetta in the Met's season opener She takes on the part starting April 17 at the Houston Grand Opera, singing seven performances " " But now she'll be compared with Maria Callas, considered the greatest Violetta of all, and other sopranos such as Nellie Melba, Claudia Muzio, Rosa Ponselle and Licia Albanese, who made the role all their own " For years, she had wanted to sing Violetta, and agreed in April 1998 to take over from Angela Gheorghiu, who withdrew with husband-tenor Roberto Alagna from Franco Zeffirelli's Met staging in a dispute over production design " At the Metropolitan Opera Her Imogene at the Met last fall, while successful, didn't sound like it was a comfortable role for her voice The biggest challenges are dramatic ones Fleming's Alfredo is Paul Charles Clark and Bruno Caproni is Germont "I don't want anybody to come," she says, jokingly Fleming thinks it's important for singers to adapt to roles, to challenge convention and not to copy previous singers "I was too incredibly challenged by the three new roles I had done just before And then she can't quite bring herself to do that, because she's actually confronting what she has denied her entire life â€â€? the love of this man for her and vice versa "Violetta has tended to be the diva singing at center stage in beautiful clothes, with very little reality to it â€â€? except for Callas," said Frank Corsaro, who is directing the Houston production "The aria is long and unrelenting Fleming has performed just one Verdi role, Desdemona in "Otello Five years later, Fleming and Violetta finally are crossing paths Corsaro, the cast and conductor Patrick Summers gathered in New York for three weeks of rehearsals before moving to Houston 10 days before the opening "It wasn't possible There is a haunting quality in her singing â€â€? Renee's singing always sounds to me like a memory of something They follow their own way Wanting to work with composers in 1990s, she created the world premiere performances of the Countess in John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles," Madam de Tourvel in Conrad Susa's "Dangerous Liaisons" and Blanche in Andre Previn's "A Streetcar Named Desire The traditions, for the most part, were created not by the composers but by the interpreters Verdi and librettist Francesco Maria Piave adapted the Alexandre Dumas play, "La Dame aux Camelias," for their opera, which flopped at its premiere, at Venice's La Fenice on March 6, 1853 There was just no way I could do it," she said "Pathos is the result, but it is created at a very real and disturbing level Just as we have now a few movie stars who are a throwback to a very glamorous age of film, Renee is a living homage to the great, glorious age of opera singers Violetta Valery, the heroine of "La Traviata," just celebrated her 150th birthday Summers, who conducted Fleming's first Marschallin and Arabella, predicts "La Traviata" will be a triumph "To me, that is the mark of a great interpreter "Renee knows how to portray pathos in a way that makes you just want to run up to her and take care of her "That's why I'm doing it in Houston After all, how many operagoers can tell the difference between a great and adequate "Pirata" performance? "I didn't realize how safe I was in all this obscure repertoire," Fleming said, clutching a score for "La Traviata" in her hands " They are different emotions than Fleming portrayed as the Countess in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" and the Marschallin in Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier," both married women trying to deal with aging Fleming Gets Second Chance at Violetta Apr 9, 11:45 AM EST Looking back, it was "Follie! Follie!" Renee Fleming, on seven months' notice, agreed in 1998 to sing her first Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata "She's a Violetta for the ages," he said "I was insane to even think about it," she says now "Like Blanche DuBois, it's one of the great characters in theater," Fleming said one morning before rehearsal last month Her "Lucrezia Borgia" at Milan's La Scala in 1998 was booed from the first note by an anti-American claque, but she sang it successfully on her 41st birthday, on Valentine's Day 2000, in a concert performance at New York's Carnegie Hall By November, Fleming changed her mind "She starts with a feeling that everything is over, so she might as well destroy herself with great panache They both honor and transcend the traditions And it's a different kind of singing Critics have called her Mozart and Strauss portrayals among the best in decades, and she won Grammys for best classical vocal performance in 1999 and again this year " "I'm one of those sopranos for whom the second and third act is perfect, and the first act is a stretch," she said " The biggest criticism leveled at Fleming is her interpretations of scores, which some say have too much portamento (note sliding) "She really captures our imagination On Sunday, Rock appears in his own televised holiday special that coincides with the recent release of his self-titled album " Long known for his diverse musical tastes, Rock on this album pounds out tunes that run the gamut of musical styles: country, Southern rock, blues, hip-hop and metal I think it's a good, blues-based rock 'n' roll record," he said as a hairstylist worked on his long blond mane in preparation for the taping of the "fireside chat" segments of the VH1 show VH1? "I'm just growing with the music and as a person," he told The Associated Press in an interview at his Oakland County home 40 miles northwest of Detroit Williams, who killed the turkey on his own farm and flew it to Michigan on his private jet, supervised the preparation of the bird " Rock â€â€? born Bob Ritchie â€â€? has won that hard-earned corporate support by delivering massive sales on his first two major-label studio efforts " The new disc, which was released last month and has appeared as high as No And he's OK with that But Kid Rock quickly shot down that theory Rock was a Detroit-area hip-hop DJ when he broke through with 1998's "Devil Without a Cause," which successfully married hard rock beats with rap lyrics "If some song came off sounding a little country, the record company's not going to say, `Oh, that's too country " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? "A Kid Rock Christmas" airs on Sunday, Dec "Devil" sold 10 million copies, and his next studio effort, 2001's "Cocky," sold 4 million com/ "One of the worst mistakes I thought I could make was trying to hold on to anything I had success with "It's one of the best hard-rock CDs you'll hear this year I think that'd be wack The success of "Picture," coupled with Rock's professed love of country, had some thinking the new album would have a true Nashville feel to it "I felt that I've proven myself in a lot of different genres and so I felt a sense of freedom to make the kind of record I wanted to make " "Picture," a ballad duet about long-distance heartbreak and love lost, became a cross-format hit with pop and country fans alike embracing it 14 at 9 p "I don't think it's really more country as everyone was kind of speculating â€â€? that with the success of `Picture' I'd make a country album A Although he admitted he found the taping to be tiring, Rock said he hoped it would "be a real fun Christmas special "A Kid Rock Christmas" appears on â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www kidrock EST on VH1 8 on the Billboard chart, reflects an evolving artist Rolling Stone, in its four-star review, says the record "is a monster: raucous and clever and unpredictable "I've always liked so many different kinds of music and played so many different kinds of music," said Rock, who counts among his influences Bob Seger, Hank Williams Jr trying to duplicate that, because that's really not where I'm at musically or at 32 years old Kid Rock's mother helped cook the meal for the guests, who included Williams, actress Drea de Matteo (Adriana on "The Sopranos"), television host Jesse James ("Monster Garage") and singer LeAnn Rimes ' I won't have to fight them to release it one day as a single or something Kid Rock Is Back With New Album, Special Dec 12, 2:08 PM EST Kid Rock is in his 30s I like to think that if there's one positive thing with my music that I do is I bring a lot of different people together from a lot of different genres For "Kid Rock," Rock retreated to his studio, the Allen Roadhouse, which he says is "north of Detroit, south of heaven," but asked that its exact location not be revealed m Not in attendance at the turkey dinner was on-again, off-again girlfriend Pamela Anderson The 90-minute special, which was filmed in early November, features clips from a performance at the Emerald Theatre in Mount Clemens, an animated short that features Rock doing his unique version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and video excerpts of him eating Christmas dinner with family and friends " "Hopefully the dinner comes across as some genuine good spirits between people who would probably not normally get together," he said The special intersperses clips from the concert with footage from the dinner and the time spent preparing it " Sheryl Crow, who collaborated with Rock on the chart-topper "Picture" from "Cocky" assists this time around on "Run Off To L Sure, he still appears on stage with barely dressed women and knocks back his fair share of Coors Light, but the self-proclaimed "Pimp of the Nation" does appear to be toning it down a bit and Lynyrd Skynyrd And he invited a few guests to lend a hand, including Williams, blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, who appears on the part-country/part-fu nk tune "Hillbilly Stomp "I think that's what Christmas is all about |
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