Operatic singer Nicole Cabell feeds the ducks (Deadline Detroit)
By Sandra Svoboda
November 19th, 2013
OK, Soprano Nicole Cabell is definitely NOT a diva. In fact, she’s
explaining why opera shouldn’t be exclusively perceived as an elitist
art form.
She’s covered how the music, voices, sets, costumes and personalities
blend into a moving experience for the audience. She’s reminded me that
La Traviata, the production she’s in this week at the Detroit Opera
House on Broadway, is the opera featured in the movie “Pretty Woman.”
Our conversation has included the discussion of how people continue to
crave culture even in economic downturns and other hard times.
But then Cabell stops talking and points out the picture window next to where we’re sitting.
“Look,” she says, “the ducks are out.”
And we head to the yard so she can feed them.
Cabell, a 36-year-old veteran of the globetrotting operatic and classical music set, (see www.nicole-cabell.com)
arrived in Detroit at the end of last month to begin rehearsals as
“Violeta,” the lead character in Giuseppe Verdi’s best-known opera. It’s
Cabell’s first time in this role, one that requires her to be on stage
for most of the production while she parties, dances, flirts, loves,
breaks up, reflects, and, of course, dies.
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