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"If there is a better show
in town... it has to be
the one that takes
place backstage"

in 18th-cen-
tury Italy.
The central
character is
the barber
Figaro, who
concocts a
plan to help
Count
Almaviva
win the heart
of the beauti-
ful Rosina
and save her
from Don
Bartolo, who wants
her for himself.
Making her
MOT debut as
Rosina is Vivica
Genaux in the Oct.
2, 6 and 9 perfor-
mances. She is a
young Alaskan
mezzo-soprano who
sang the role at the
New York
Metropolitan Opera.
Southern California
native Earle
Patriarco will be
her Figaro. A
baritone, he has
sung the role with
the Metropolitan
Opera and the
San Francisco
Opera.
Zheng Cao
will alternate in
the role of
Rosina and
Marian Pop will
handle Figaro for
the Oct. 3, 8 and
10 performances.
Dorothy Danner directs Barber, while
maestro Stewart Robertson conducts
the orchestra.
MOT subscribers get dibs on the
best seats for the Detroit premiere of
Werther Oct. 29 and 31 and Nov. 3, 6,
12 and 14. There will be a battle for
the rest of the 2,700 seats to hear the
41-year-old Bocelli. Just seven years
ago, the international singing sensation
was an unknown attorney torn between

his love for
singing and prac-
Left: MOT
ticing law.
General Director
"When news of
David DiChiera:
his
appearance
'Detroit audi-
here
got out earli-
ences] will see
er
this
year, there
and hear some of
eras
an
amazing
the freshest young
wave of Bocelli
opera singers --
craziness right
rapidly raisin
away — even
stars in pro uc-
more so than for
tioiu never before
staged in
The Three
Detroit.'
Tenors," said
Marci
Schramm,
MOT public
relations
manager.
"We had
calls and
ticket
requests from
around the
world, and
there was a
lineup when
a.
individual
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tickets went
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on sale. "
In 1997,
Bocelli ran sec-
ond only to the
Spice Girls glob-
ally in albums
sold. In 1998,
three of his CDs
went platinum.
He completed a
highly successful
11-city stadium
concert tour of
North America
earlier this year; a
new CD of clas-
sical sacred pieces
is due this fall, followed by an autobi-
ography next year.
In Werther, Bocelli plays a melan-
choly young man who is attracted to a
woman he cannot have. His leading
lady, Charlotte, is another big star in
the opera world, mezzo-soprano
Denyce Graves, who has sung the title
roles in Carmen and Samson and
Delilah. They will appear in all six
performances. Li

- Martin F. Kohn,
Detroit Free Press

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"The show is two
hours of fun...
wonderfully wacky"

- Michael H. Margolin,
Detroit News

The Purple Rose Theatre Company Production of

"A fun and rowdy
roller-coaster ride
of a play"

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"Escanaba is a Super
Yooper laugh-fest"

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House 8 p.m. Oct. 2, 6, 8 and 9, and 2 p.m. Oct. 3 and 10. Werther will
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