Black sopranos set to soar on Hub stage in ‘Bohème’
Victoria Cheng
When Kimwana Doner last sang the role of Musetta in Puccini’s “La Bohème” five years ago, she dubbed her character “the party girl.”
A feisty and ruthlessly flirtatious Bohemian street singer, “Musetta can do whatever she wants to do,” Doner said in a recent interview before a cast rehearsal in the gilded halls of the Tremont Temple. Full story
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Mexican painter’s master work found in NYC trash
Ula Ilnytzky
NEW YORK — An abstract painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, found lying in trash on a New York City street, could be worth up to $1 million.
Elizabeth Gibson found the brightly colored work four years ago while on a morning walk on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. She didn’t know what it really was but picked up the painting and brought it home because “it had a strange power.”
It turned out that the 1970 painting, “Tres Personajes” (“Three People”), had been stolen more than 20 years ago and was the subject of an FBI investigation. It’s now back with the rightful owners, who have decided to sell it at auction. Full story
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