Australia calls in substitute for homophobic soprano
mainTwo days of frantic phone-arounds have resulted in a promising, if untested, Desdemona at Opera Australia.
Having dropped Tamar Iveri over homophobic sentiments posted on her facebook page, the company is calling in Lianna Haroutounian, an Armenian who made her Covent Garden debit last year as a last-minute sub as Elisabeth in Don Carlos.
She’s good.
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