Showcase: Julia Migenes

From: The Independent - London | Date: February 21, 1999 | Copyright information

With hearty voice and Cleopatra looks, Julia Migenes is larger than life. She has notched up most of opera's grande dame roles, at the same time as hanging out with the Jets in 'West Side St...

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Chicago Sun-Times ; Rock and opera stars will raise their voices this weekend as part of a fund-raising drive to raise $85,000 to save the rhinoceros from extinction. Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes will sing Saturday night in Windsor, west of London, after a benefit polo match. The receipts will go to the Rhino