Voigt rises as Met Opera soprano star on rise
Soprano Deborah Voigt, lauded after winning the 1990 Tchaikovsky gold, earned raves in Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera in March and won the Richard Tucker Award in February. She described a path from early choirs in Placentia California to auditions with Riccardo Muti and a Boston Requiem cameo.
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Riccardo Muti
la Scala
Jessye Norman
Boston
Mutt
Enow
Des Plaines
Ill
Met
Amelia
The
Baptist Church
Chicago
California
Placentia
Calif
California State
Fullerton
Jane Paul
Odds and quirky reference books reviewed in brief
A brisk look at new books on odds and language. The piece highlights What the Odds Are by Les Krantz and In a Word by Jack Hitt, plus ecoporn by Paul Bickart and other titles that blend facts, neologisms, and playful inquiry across various topics.
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Harper Perennial
Les Krantz
Dell-Laurel
Jack Hitt
Paul Bickart
Actress builds stage career amid Florida gigs and Kansas roots
Actress Oleson, raised near Horada in Kansas and KU alumna, discusses choosing midcountry work over New York or LA. She splits time between Kansas City and Clearwater, performing in dinner theater and lining up film and TV opportunities in Florida. Her show Whose Life is it Anyway runs at Crown Center late week through June 28.
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Oleson
Hadora
Willis
Kansas City
Clear
Crown Center
Medal of Honor Society to move HQ and museum to Charleston
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society says it will relocate its headquarters and museum from New York to Charleston, with operations aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant. The move, planned for mid-May, aims to boost visitor numbers, possibly surpassing 400,000 annually, and includes hosting the 1993 convention in Charleston.
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