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Scarpia Sings Again
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd March 2020Baritones are rarely heroes in opera. But they usually have at least one redeeming characteristic. Rigoletto loves his daughter, Macbeth accepts his fate with manly resignation, etc. Iago in Verdi’s Otello is 100% villain. There’s nothing remotely good about him. He’s the devil’s spawn. Puccini isn’t as generous to baritones as was Verdi. But he…
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