22 Mar 2006

Electric Carmen

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/reviews/critics/chi-0603210336mar22,1,2253561.story?coll=chi-ent_critics-hed

vizin_viktoria_small.jpgMezzo-soprano's odyssey from Hungary to Aurora suggests she was born to play the Gypsy femme fatale

By John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune, 22 March 2006]

Many opera plots contain riddles, but here's an intriguing new one: How did a virtually unknown young singer from Eastern Europe via west suburban Aurora land the coveted title role in "Carmen" at Lyric Opera of Chicago?