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Article: HIGHS KEEP COMING FOR FREDERICA VON STADE.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- September 8, 2005
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Byline: - David Mermelstein
Shortly before joining a rehearsal for Jacques Offenbach's ``The Grand Duchess,'' mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade relaxes at one of the Music Center's outdoor cafes, picking at a Caesar salad with finishing-school poise. She is simply dressed but chic and wearing sunglasses, her lapdog snoozing quietly at her feet. A casual observer not recognizing her might mistake her cool demeanor for divalike attitude.
But he would be wrong. The New Jersey-born von Stade, though an internationally famous opera star, has forged her acclaimed three-decades-long career on a foundation of sound artistic judgment and a no-nonsense work ethic ...