On a role
Aug 22, 2018
2 minutes
TEXT - JULIE HILL
One Sunday, a few weeks ago, New Zealand-born Samoan opera star Marlena Devoe had the kind of moment that dreams are made of. As understudy for the lead-soprano role in the Verdi opera Falstaff at the Royal Opera House in London, she never expected to see the stage. But then the Puerto Rican singer Ana María Martínez took ill.
“It was bizarre
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