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A slew of captivating courses and monumental attractions make France a slam-dunk golf destination

Golf 19 Apr 2018

Golf in France used to be a remote and foreign thought. Not anymore. Following the 2011 announcement that the 2018 Ryder Cup would be contested in the suburbs of Paris, French golf is suddenly de rigueur ... Golf in France offers surprising accessibility, good value and memorable scenery—and that's before you take in the country's monumental attractions ... Après-Golf ... Getty Images ... Emilion, and Chateau du Tertre, in Arsac, north of Bordeaux ... ....

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Semiramide: “Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento”

Elizabeth DeShong sings an excerpt from Arsace’s Act I aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production. John Copley. Conductor. Maurizio Benini. 2017–18 season ... ....

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Elizabeth DeShong as the Assyrian warrior Arsace in Rossini's "Semiramide,"

This image released by the MetropolitanOpera shows American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as the Assyrian warrior Arsace in Rossini's "Semiramide," which is enjoying a rare revival at the Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast Live in HD to movie theaters worldwide ... ....

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Selinsgrove grad sings her way to Met in NYC

The Sharon Herald 16 Mar 2018

She is now gearing up for her final performance as Arsace in Rossini’s “Semiramide" on Saturday, the role she has been playing since Feb ... Elizabeth DeShong, a 1999 graduate of Selinsgrove Area High School, performed as Arsace in "Semiramide" over the last month at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City ... The role of Arsace is "one of the largest roles" she will ever sing, DeShong said....

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Review of this week’s live broadcast at CMC in Breckenridge: Rossini’s ‘Semiramide’

Summit Daily 09 Mar 2018

Semiramide, in turn, is enamored by Arsace, the victorious commander of her army. It is disclosed later that Arsace in reality is her own son, the relationship known only by Oroe, the chief priest of the temple. Arsace himself, however, is in love with the royal Princess Azema ... Semiramia, in her attempt to save Arsace, interposes herself as Assur makes a fatal thrust to kill him....

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Rossini’s 'Semiramide' to be broadcast at Avalon

The Star Democrat 08 Mar 2018

Saturday, March 10. With Maurizio Benini on the podium, the all-star bel canto cast features soprano Angela Meade as the murderous queen of Babylon, who squares off in duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong ... ----- ... ....

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Warner’s Met in HD series continues with ‘Semiramide’

The Register Citizen 07 Mar 2018

TORRINGTON — The Warner Theatre’s Met Opera Live in HD Season continues in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Saturday, March 10 at 12.55 p.m ... The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong ... ....

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Elizabeth DeShong is in a revival of Rossini's 'Semiramide'

The Southern Illinoisan 06 Mar 2018

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Elizabeth DeShong in a revival of Rossini's 'Semiramide'

Sacramento Bee 06 Mar 2018

... in the vocal ornamentations that Rossini demands of her character, the Assyrian commander Arsace....

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Elizabeth DeShong is in a revival of Rossini’s ‘Semiramide’

Federal News Radio 06 Mar 2018

“I like that I can be that chameleon, that I can give people something different every time.”. As Arsace, the Assyrian commander in Rossini’s 1823 opera, DeShong has by far her highest visibility and most challenging role to date ... Advertisement ... For example, DeShong said, when Arsace is having a heroic moment, “then to me that doesn’t call for multiple scales in repetition, or a flurry of notes ... ....

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Fryeburg Town Column: 'Semiramide' live in HD at Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center March 10

Conway Daily Sun 06 Mar 2018

Met Opera Live in HD presents “Semiramide” will be at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg, Maine, on Saturday, March 10, at 1 p.m ... The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong. Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov and Ryan Speedo Green complete the stellar cast ... ....

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Rossini’s ‘Semiramide’: Met broadcasts rarely seen bel canto opera

Rutland Herald 03 Mar 2018

The Metropolitan Opera will broadcast Rossini’s “Semiramide” live to Middlebury Town Hall Theater and Rutland’s Paramount Theatre March 10. (Courtesy Metropolitan Opera) ... (Run time is 3.5 hours.) ... The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong ... (45 minutes before the start time) by Jim Pugh ... ....

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Met’s New ‘Semiramide’ Is a Tacky Tragedy

New York Observer 20 Feb 2018

And by that standard, last weekend offered an uneasy mix of the lively and the moribund ... As the mysterious prince Arsace whom Semiramide chooses as her husband and consort until (spoiler alert!) she realizes the young man is her long-lost son, Elizabeth DeShong flung out roulades untiringly, though the sweet spot of her mezzo-soprano seemed to lie quite a bit higher than her music’s subterranean tessitura ... ....

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