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Title: Oh,Please...Is This Singing?
Review: Just glance at Salome score;what the hell is she doing?Lots of groans and guttural speech in substitution to music!This evasive vocal performance by Maria Ewing can deceive ROH audiences but not Strauss' music lovers.Moreover,her calculated grimaces was always the same as to Carmen,Dido,...In despite of all his diligence,Devlin's singing hardly can be regarded appropriate to Jokanaan.In fact,he completes his performance so exhausted,just like he was drowned himself on the Sea of Galilee.After all,this is the worse Salome I've seen.There are much better on Cd's and the Malfitano/Terfel Dvd.
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