Category Archives: DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

Of Turks, Tenors and Titillating Trillers: Il Turco in Italia

By Victoria Looseleaf There’s something delicious about the way the word ‘Turk’ sounds in Italian. Il Turco. Kinda like turkey – er, Turkey. But The Turk in Italy, a Rossini confection from 1814, is far from being a clunker. Indeed, … Continue reading

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Booty-Shaking By Way of Brazil

By Victoria Looseleaf Brazilians, known for plastic surgery, bikini waxes and, well, their voluptuous beauty, are also a festive people. (Attending carnival, high on my to-do list, also comes to mind when I think of the land of samba and … Continue reading

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