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Focile and Shenyang as Susanna and Figaro at their wedding dance. Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera

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An interesting letter is found in the program for Seattle Opera’s staging

An interesting letter is found in the program for Seattle Opera’s staging of The Marriage of Figaro that…

Focile and Shenyang as Susanna and Figaro at their wedding dance. Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera

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An interesting letter is found in the program for Seattle Opera’s staging

An interesting letter is found in the program for Seattle Opera’s staging of The Marriage of Figaro that opened Saturday.…

Triangle in Berlin: Earp, Adam Somers (center), and Wildrick. Mark Kitaoka/Village Theatre

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You’d never know it from Liza Minnelli’s performance in the 1972 Bob

You’d never know it from Liza Minnelli’s performance in the 1972 Bob Fosse film, but Sally Bowles—one of…

Photo by Bruce Tom

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“Ambassadors of their own cultural music” is how composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack describes

“Ambassadors of their own cultural music” is how composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack describes the diverse musicians she’s spotlighting on…

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“Ambassadors of their own cultural music” is how composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack describes

“Ambassadors of their own cultural music” is how composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack describes the diverse musicians she’s spotlighting on…

Aylward's Big Daddy.Chris Bennion

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The choice of Laura Griffith and Brandon O’Neill for Maggie and Brick—two

The choice of Laura Griffith and Brandon O’Neill for Maggie and Brick—two examples of the superb casting of…

Above: Trimpin (left) and Morlot in rehearsal. Below: the score and the prepared piano.

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“Do I have to use musicians?” was Trimpin’s first question when planning

“Do I have to use musicians?” was Trimpin’s first question when planning began for his new commission for…

Hawke, at right, clearly venerates his subject.Ramsey Fendall/Risk Love LLC

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Right from the first scene, in which pianist Seymour Bernstein talks his

Right from the first scene, in which pianist Seymour Bernstein talks his way through his thought process for…

Rae’s Semele with Alek Shrader’s Jupiter.

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The spectacle is what’s been hyped about Seattle Opera’s production of Handel’s

The spectacle is what’s been hyped about Seattle Opera’s production of Handel’s Semele, but the music is why…

Left: Eager Sounders fans cluster behind the team’s bench. Right: pre-game stretches.

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Even on an absolutely cloudless day, the light in Arizona is pale,

Even on an absolutely cloudless day, the light in Arizona is pale, washed-out, yellow-white—nothing like the electric lemon…

O’Neill’s Billy Bigelow with Laura Griffith’s Julie.

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With its tricky mix of kitchen-sink realism, cornpone Americana, and supernatural fantasy—and

With its tricky mix of kitchen-sink realism, cornpone Americana, and supernatural fantasy—and not an overabundance of likable characters—what…

Stab him! Stundyte and Grimsley in Tosca.

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Here’s a question: Does anyone actually like Tosca? Not Puccini’s 1900 opera,

Here’s a question: Does anyone actually like Tosca? Not Puccini’s 1900 opera, I mean, but its title character.…

The one disheartening thing about Robbie Rogers’ Coming Out to Play (Penguin,

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The one disheartening thing about Robbie Rogers’ Coming Out to Play (Penguin,

The one disheartening thing about Robbie Rogers’ Coming Out to Play (Penguin, $17), the newest entry in its…

Taylor’s Elizabeth (left) with Rebecca Olson as sister Jane.

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Pride and Prejudice Center Theatre at the Armory (Seattle Center), 216-0833, book-it.org.

Pride and Prejudice Center Theatre at the Armory 
(Seattle Center), 216-0833, book-it.org. 
$25–$60. Runs Wed.–Sun. Ends Dec. 28.…

Schenkman (rear center) and colleagues.

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Though you’d think a nickname so catchy could have taken root, as

Though you’d think a nickname so catchy could have taken root, as far as I know Carl Maria…

Lobo as Leo (with Audi’s Gabriel seated behind).

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The Way He Looks Opens Fri., Nov. 7 at Sundance Cinemas. Not

The Way He Looks Opens Fri., Nov. 7 at Sundance Cinemas. Not rated. 95 minutes. Leo, from Sao…

“Indian summer” is a term often applied to Richard Strauss’ last works,

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“Indian summer” is a term often applied to Richard Strauss’ last works,

“Indian summer” is a term often applied to Richard Strauss’ last works, in which he set aside the…

In 1945, the elderly Strauss had much to grieve for.

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“Indian summer” is a term often applied to Richard Strauss’ last works,

“Indian summer” is a term often applied to Richard Strauss’ last works, in which he set aside the…

Busswood's forlorn Rose. Michael Brunk

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The title of this musical—based on the affecting 1991 movie—refers to a

The title of this musical—based on the affecting 1991 movie—refers to a hideous sort of male-bonding competition among…

What’s a nice girl like her doing with him? Cavallier and Hall.

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These days, the sexual politics in Mozart’s Don Giovanni are nearly impossible

These days, the sexual politics in Mozart’s Don Giovanni are nearly impossible to navigate. The zeitgeist can’t tolerate…