Opera’s elite celebrate music of Viardot

Viardot_Pauline.pngBy Georgia Rowe [Mercury News, 20 March 2008]
Marilyn Horne returns to the stage in San Francisco this weekend, but the great American mezzo-soprano won’t be singing. Instead, she’ll serve as host and narrator for a “theatrical concert” about 19th-century superstar singer-composer Pauline Viardot.