John
Malveaux
of
www.MusicUNTOLD.com
writes:
The following article was written prior to Dallas Opera opening of AIDA http://artsandculturentx.com/an-overnight-sensation/
Thanks
John Malveaux
The following article was written prior to Dallas Opera opening of AIDA http://artsandculturentx.com/an-overnight-sensation/
Thanks
John Malveaux
Dallas opera’s season opener Aida stars Texas-born soprano Latonia Moore.
It is the stuff of dreams. Understudy goes on at the last minute.
Important performance. Internationally broadcast over the radio. Wows
the audience. Endless ovation as the curtain falls. Press raves. Career
launched into the stratosphere overnight. The next day, agent’s phone
rings off the hook. Booked for years in the future.
Is there a performer alive who hasn’t had this vision? We’ve even seen it in the movies.
It happened in 1943 when Leonard Bernstein, the brash fresh-faced
assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra made a last
minute conducting debut, without rehearsal, when an ailing Bruno Walter
canceled.
It happened again in March of this year. That is when, Latonia Moore,
the girl from Houston, who started out singing in the New Sunrise
Baptist Church and studied at the University of North Texas, first
stepped onto the stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, as a
last minute replacement in the title role of Verdi’s Aida — and without rehearsal — for the internationally broadcast final performance.
Not only is this the dream of every soprano, this is the dream role of all
sopranos (who are able to sing it). She created a sensation. As Anthony
Tommasini wrote in a review published on March 4, 2012, “When Ms. Moore
took her solo curtain call at the end, she received an ecstatic
ovation…this was Ms. Moore’s day. Bouquets were tossed, cheers rang out,
and she looked overcome with excitement.”
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