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Article: Opera Ontario.(HAMILTON)
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- Opera Canada
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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Opera Ontario's premiere of Mozart's first big hit, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, seemed to be getting into trouble before it began, when two Konstanzas dropped out before soprano Cheryl Evans was found, a mere five days before the first performance. And she had never sung the role before. Her "brilliant top extension" that all the critics raved about had kept her orbiting endlessly around North America as the Queen of the Night. Happily, she fashioned an exquisite Konstanza. She had already melted every heart in the house, pouring out her soul in opulent lament, before coming to her show-stopping aria, "Martern alle Arten," which duly stopped the show.
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