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Reviewers praise Royal Opera's `Ariadne auf Naxos' (AP) Print E-mail
Written by Yahoo! News: Music News   
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

In this undated handout image made available by the Royal Opera House in London, Robert D. Smith, left, as Bacchus  and American soprano Deborah Voigt, 47, right, as 'Ariadne auf Naxos', are seen during a rehearsal for the famous Richard Strauss opera. The soprano returns to the Royal Opera House stage Monday June 16, 2008, four years after the company fired her for being too big to fit into the black evening dress chosen for the title character that opera.The decision sparked a ferocious debate about weight discrimination in opera. Now a slimmer Voigt is back in the same opera, the same role — and wearing 'that' dress. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, handout)AP - Reviewers have abundant praise for the Royal Opera's "Ariadne auf Naxos." They love the sets, the orchestration and the production. But the newly slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt's voice received mixed reviews.



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