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This recording was made live at Lincoln Center in January 2000. Tackling the demanding title role is the radiant soprano Lauren Flanigan, whose performance New York Magazine critic Peter Davis termed "expressive and dramatically alive..." Ms. Flanigan is known for her numerous acclaimed appearances at both New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. She has premiered many important contemporary operas, including John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles at the Met, and Hugo Weisgall’s Esther at the New York City Opera.  (courtesy Concord Music Group)