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Soprano Gutiérrez shows daunting vocal flexibility

If the vocal recital ranks high on the endangered-species list, someone forgot to tell Eglise Gutiérrez. The charismatic Cuban-American soprano led off 2009 with a wide-ranging program of Russian, Italian, French and Spanish music for Sunday Afternoons of Music, and her vibrant singing and personality-plus artistry showed there's plenty of life in the concert platform.

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A vibrant recital by a personality-plus soprano

If the vocal recital ranks high on the endangered-species list, someone forgot to tell Eglise Gutiérrez. The charismatic Cuban-American soprano led off 2009 with a wide-ranging program of Russian, Italian, French and Spanish music for Sunday Afternoons of Music, and her vibrant vocalism and personality-plus artistry showed there's plenty of life in the concert platform.

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What Stalin wrought on his family

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FICTION

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CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

Soprano Gutiérrez shows daunting vocal flexibility

If the vocal recital ranks high on the endangered-species list, someone forgot to tell Eglise Gutiérrez. Th...
A vibrant recital by a personality-plus soprano

If the vocal recital ranks high on the endangered-species list, someone forgot to tell Eglise Gutiérrez. Th...
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CLASSICAL MUSIC

The Russians are coming to play South Florida

On a fall evening of rehearsals in Vienna, Valery Gergiev, music director of the Kirov Orchestra of the Mar...
THE PIANIST

The restless, intellectual life of 21-year-old Wang

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MUSIC

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