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and "What You shows ended shortly aftc
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Who I>o You Love?" featured.
\ Opera princip*
g By Becky Burnatte
| The Goldovsky Grand Opera Theatre
opened the Carolina Concert Series with an
intense performance of Giancomo Puccini's
"La Boheme" before a large crowd Friday
night at Carolina Coliseum. The opera was
also performed Saturday night.
"La Boheme" centers on the relationship
between Rodolfo, a poet, and Mimi, a
! seamstress.
The Goldovsky Grand Opera Theatre uses
no understudies, but instead alternates
singers in the principal roles.
Mimi, played by Juliana Gondek on
Friday, highlighted the performance with
her lucid, sturdy voice. Gondek captured the
audience's attention with her beautiful
voice. She also had the most natural and
smooth movement of the cast.
GONDEK AND Kirk Stuart, who played
I Rodolfo Friday, seemed to act in unison,
their actions consistent. Together, they
produced the show's most ^inspiring
moments.
The first act opened in Paris' Latin
Quarter on a cold and dismal Christmas Eve
I in the attic of Marcello, a painter. The
painter and his friend Rodolfo were trying to
keep warm and started to burn one of
Rodolfo's most famous works.
Some merrymakers entered the room and
invited the friends to go on an outing.
Rodolfo lingered behind to finish some
writing, and Mimi entered the room.
Rodolfo and Mimi immediately were infatuated
and professed their love for each
M other.
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trowd, dressed in an array of
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Network Saturday night at The
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id Devo in a live show from the
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inoying host hurt the concert. The I
as hampered by a poor mix. Wall
ame across as nothing more than
inded ramblings of CEN host J.J.
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ed somewhat when Devo finally j
impressive backdrop videos, the
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synthesized keyboards. The beat h||||||H
ice to the dance floor.
in, Devo opened the 3-D set with
commercial releases. The crowd, 8
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The second act is probably the most
humorous of the four-act opera. The action
centered on Marcello and his former lover,
Musetta, and their chance meeting in front
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IN THE third act, Rodolfa, perplexed
because he did not know if he wanted to
leave Mimi for good, discovered she
overheard his discussion of the matter with
Marcello and he decides to stay with her
until spring.
The final act was set in Marcello's attic
where Mimi lay on her deathbed.
The cast seemed to work naturally as a
team. The characters' bodies flowed with
the orchestra's m sic.
Unfortunately, the orchestra tended to ,
muffle the characters' voices. Trying to
interpret the muffled dialogue became
bothersome after a while.
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GOLDOVSKY CHOSE the orchestra's
members from freelance musicians in New
York and Boston. Most have toured for
many years, and have travelled as far as 400
miles in one day to perform.
Carolina Concerts events may be attended
only by those who have a $15 season subscription.
These are still available from the
Coliseum box office.
Future events are the Prague Symphony
Orchestra (Nov. 15), Shi Ki Japanese dance
company (Jan. 26), Victor Borge with the
Atlanta Symphony (March 12), and the
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (April
1-2). All performances will be at Carolina
Coliseum.
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