Kasarova Seduces in Weak Donizetti Staging With Clumps of Monks

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By Shirley Apthorp [Bloomberg.com, 21 March 2006]
March 21 (Bloomberg) — Vesselina Kasarova makes a fine adulterer. As Leonor de Guzman, mistress of King Alphonse and bride of ex-monk Fernand, she holds center stage in Zurich Opera’s new “La Favorite.”