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In Act II, when Despina is required to disguise herself as a physician, Leilani entered dressed as a Hawaiian kahuna carrying a lump of glowing lava.
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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In Act II, when Despina is required to disguise herself as a physician, Leilani entered dressed as a Hawaiian kahuna carrying a lump of glowing lava.
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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23.30 FILM: "Despina," Greece, 1966, drama directed by Sotiris Goritsas, with Maria Kiriaki
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23.30 FILM: "Despina," Greece, 1966, drama directed by Sotiris Goritsas, with Maria Kiriaki
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Fiordiligi was renamed Pualani, Dorabella became Keanani, and Despina was transformed into a girl from Maui named Leilani, who clearly understood that "to catch mynah bird, you use guava."
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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Fiordiligi was renamed Pualani, Dorabella became Keanani, and Despina was transformed into a girl from Maui named Leilani, who clearly understood that "to catch mynah bird, you use guava."
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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Andrea Carroll has great comic skills and a powerful soprano to make a compelling Despina, the partner-in-cynicism of Don Alfonso, sung and played with great authority and power by Gideon Dabi.
Howard Kissel: Cosi Fan Tutte Howard Kissel 2011
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Despina Spyrou Athina Rachel Tsangari on location filming 'Attenberg' Among the films recognized on the red carpet at this weekend's Academy Awards will be the first Best Foreign Language nominee from Greece since the 1970s: "Dogtooth," directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a surreal and disturbing tale of three teens who have never been outside the walls of their family's estate and are held in check by a domineering patriarch.
Tsangari Tackles Greek Taboos Leigh Dyer 2011
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Andrea Carroll has great comic skills and a powerful soprano to make a compelling Despina, the partner-in-cynicism of Don Alfonso, sung and played with great authority and power by Gideon Dabi.
Howard Kissel: Cosi Fan Tutte Howard Kissel 2011
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He's joined in his scheming by Despina, hilariously played by Rosemary Joshua, who enjoys that rare combination of a brilliant voice and perfect comic timing.
Così fan tutte; Dream Hunter; Commotio; Stephen Hough, LPO/Alsop – review 2012
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