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A Blissful Autumn Afternoon With the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

Dana Wen — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:45:46 +0000

On October 26, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra performed their season opener concert at Wallingford's Chapel Performance Space, featuring a delightful program of music by Hector Berlioz and Igor Stravinsky.

A Comedienne on the Opera Stage: Joyce Castle

Philippa Kiraly — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:00:34 +0000

Mezzo-soprano Joyce Castle’s long career has, so far, spanned 43 years, and the opera star is not slowing down any time soon. She is here this month to sing the Marquise in Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment, (The Daughter of the Regiment) presented by Seattle Opera October 19-November 2. It’s a lighthearted romp with the … Continue reading →

A Conversation with Mezzo Soprano Rosalind Plowright

Philippa Kiraly — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:21:43 +0000

Plowright has described her current roles as “witches and bitches, bags and hags.” Among them are the role she last sang here in 2008, Klytemnestra in Richard Strauss’s Electra, (definitely a bitch), the Ortrud she wishes she had been able to sing (“She’s a witch. I would have liked to sing Ortrud—I probably could get away with it at a pinch, but the angst isn’t worth it”), as well as the beggar woman in Sweeney Todd, (“she‘s a bag and a hag as well”).