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It is no secret why the world’s major opera houses do not present the earliest operas of Wagner, Verdi, and Puccini–they’re terrible. It took these great composers several attempts to hone their craft on the road to becoming great composers, but George Frideric Handel was brilliant from the get-go, as his 1707 IL TRIONFO del TEMPO e del DISINGANNO, presented by Ruben Valenzuela’s Bach Collegium San Diego on May 30, clearly proves . . .
Authentic reconstructions of Duncan’s choreography were beautiful because of their simplicity and grace, enhanced by lovely Duncanesque costumes in eye-soothing colors from nature. Some were exciting little bursts…
Irreverent and over the top, The Book of Mormon musical pokes fun at everything Mormon from doorbell ringers to wrinkled deacons, and just about every aspect of religion. The kicker is that the outlandish narrative is funny and makes sense. Buried under all of the wicked gags…
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