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Cecile Cooper newspaper clippings, 1966-1987
September, 1986 Vogue: ""Simon Sings""
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Simon Sings Simon Estes looks and sounds the way a divinity should. In the flesh, he's monumental, imperious in a kind way, and preternaturally calm. He even speaks in a muted rumble. As Wotan, king of the gods in Wagner's Die Walkure, the Met's fall opener, he commandeers his luxuriant baritone through the second of four operas in the spectacular and demanding Ring cycle the Met plans to produce over the next four years. Wotan is a tricky role: "He's a husband and a father," says Estes, "and he's both mortal and immortal." Two seasons ago, Estes gave the Met its first, and definitive, Porgy. With Wotan, he takes us to heaven. [Picture] Top: Johnny Rozsa; bottom: Josef Astor Vogue, September, 1986
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Simon Sings Simon Estes looks and sounds the way a divinity should. In the flesh, he's monumental, imperious in a kind way, and preternaturally calm. He even speaks in a muted rumble. As Wotan, king of the gods in Wagner's Die Walkure, the Met's fall opener, he commandeers his luxuriant baritone through the second of four operas in the spectacular and demanding Ring cycle the Met plans to produce over the next four years. Wotan is a tricky role: "He's a husband and a father," says Estes, "and he's both mortal and immortal." Two seasons ago, Estes gave the Met its first, and definitive, Porgy. With Wotan, he takes us to heaven. [Picture] Top: Johnny Rozsa; bottom: Josef Astor Vogue, September, 1986
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