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The Washington Chorus: ‘The Essential Verdi’ at The Kennedy Center

The Washington Chorus: ‘The Essential Verdi’ at The Kennedy Center

A thrilling performance of Azucena’s fiery “Stride la vampa” by mezzo-soprano Ola Rafalo, whose imperious manner and dark, sultry chest voice, exploding in a ravishingly focused high G, captured the character’s passionate fury.

Leslie Weisman