KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU
DRAMATIC MEZZO- SOPRANO
..." AND SO THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED A RAVISHINGLY SENSUAL CARMEN, WHEREBY THE GREEK-BORN KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU DOSED HER WONDERFULLY WARM MEZZO-SOPRANO VOICE, WITH NONCHALANTLY MASTERING HIGH NOTES, WITH NO "DIVA"- LIKE EXAGGERATIONS, BUT WITH SOPHISTICATION, FINE IRONY, VITAL DESIRE FOR FREEDOM AND FINALLY CONVINCING FEAR OF DEATH."
"...KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU MANAGED TO HOLD THE PUBLIC IN HER HANDS. SHE GAVE THE TITLE ROLE SOMETHING, THAT THE PUBLIC OF THE VERY FIRST PERFORMANCE OF GEORGES BIZET'S "CARMEN" MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED, ON 3RD MAY 1875 AND MADE US HOLD OUR BREATH..."
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"...AN EQUAL RIVAL TO AIDA, TO WIN THE LOVE OF THE EGYPTIAN GENERAL, BRINGS ON STAGE KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU AS AMNERIS. THE GREEK MEZZO SOMETIMES WINS THE PUBLIC WITH SWEET LEGATO PHRASES, AND SOMETIMES SHE DOMINATES WITH STRONG VOICE OVER THE WHOLE SPACE."
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