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Review: Tosca

(Today y Mañana) - The Charlottesville Opera’s production of Puccini’s masterpiece, Tosca, is a team masterclass of artists and singers whose attention to detail and execution add so much depth to the experience as to leave you breathless to the last note! My wife and I could hardly clap due to the tension and sheer shock value. Even I, who knew how the opera would end, was not expecting the amount of tension being in the audience rather than watching a recording on television...

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Silent treatment: Jay Yñiguez in the HotSeat

(C-VILLE Writers) - When the curtain goes up at the opera, it’s easy to get swept up in the glamorous costumes, impressive sets, and sweeping high notes. Perhaps less noticeable, but equally worthy of attention, are the supernumeraries. They move silently throughout the production, playing important, non-speaking roles, filling out crowds, and adding to the grandeur of the opera’s constructed world. In Charlottesville Opera’s Tosca, supers play critical roles like the cardinal, the bishop, and Roberti the Torturer. Jay Yñiguez is one of these supers, and he dishes on his dream role, proudest accomplishment, and more...

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For first time in history, Charlottesville Opera presents 'Tosca'

(The Daily Progress) - For the first time in its 46-year history, Charlottesville Opera will be presenting a production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca.” The new production, which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Paramount Theater, will be bringing a tale of passion, political turmoil, devotion and loyalty to a stage many believed was too small for the story...

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Charlottesville Opera season opener is nicely, nicely chosen

(The Daily Progress) - If summer travel isn’t in the cards this year, relax. Charlottesville Opera’s new production of “Guys and Dolls” offers destinations that are sure to please.

“The set is really exciting. People are going to feel transported to New York and Havana,” Leanne P. Clement, Charlottesville Opera’s general director, told The Daily Progress...

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