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The Ottawa Citizen, Friday, May 17, 1996 Cll Entertainment Canadian tenor quits Southam Newspapers MONTREAL Ermanno Mauro, the Canadian tenor scheduled to sing the role of Calaf In Sunday's perfor- Montreal's Union des Artistes regarding the right of Canadian soloists such as Mauro to participate in a production with a nonunion chorus. Vladimir Popov, who is to sing Saturday and Monday, will sing Sunday also. The Montreal Gazette lack of professionalism on the part of the organizers. Mauro said he got mixed messages about when he should be in Montreal and received his contract only last weekend. Opus Productions said it was delayed because of negotiations with Turandot production, Aln-irnl-milinn mance at tne uiympic siaaium 01 rue-DiameS QlSOrganiZaUOn clnl-8 Turandot, has cancelled his performance because of what he saw as a ENTERTAINMENT "You're Going To Fiip OMTtnmr i ABOVE ALL! A.t.i.lA,M CU Suun Qrangw, CRN INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS lj rjrj.

1 urj ii.i hi j. in r9g "An Adventure 1 ILL WHOLE 1 JtAMlil WILL JA)VE. PrtCollini.WWOR MUSIC REVIEW Trio's talents wasted on fluff by Beethoven National Arts Centra Orchestra with The Erolca Trio; Gilbert Varga, conductor When: Wednesday and Thursday Where: NAC Opera By Murray Dineen Citizen correspondent Ottawa was introduced Wednesday night to a Viennese treat, the Eroica Trio, three young women performing Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Cmajor. The trio has a rich tone and a gentle sense of ensemble. What i misfortune to squander their talents on an eminently forgettable work.

The Triple Concerto has little to recommend it, compared with the rest of Beethoven's work. Indeed, it supplies evidence of his ability to write fluff. From the Eroica Trio's resume, it is capable of more rewarding music, and we would be fortunate to have it back again, but ideally performing something a little more substantial. Gilbert Varga was the invited conductor for the program. In Beethoven's Prometheus Overture, he adjusted the NACO's sound, setting that of the wind ensemble quite apart from the sound of the strings.

The effect was delightful, and took full advantage of the Opera's usually indifferent acoustics. Beethoven's Fourth Symphony was not quite as successful, despite some excellent solo work from the winds, especially clarinettist Kimball Sykes. The orchestra seemed to be working at cross purposes with Varga, particularly in the third and final movements. With the impending departure of maestro Trevor Pinnock, the NACO must settle on a new path, and in doing so must factor in conductors of the calibre of Varga, who compares with Hans Graf, heard at the podium in March. Graf was all energy, exploding with humor and fun, willing to turn the NACO's innate abilities to his own ends.

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