Above, gorgeous Marina Poplavskaya in full warpaint.
Below, with tenor Lee Yong-hoon at a press conference in Tokyo earlier today.
daddy I want a harpsichord
So cruel.
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Intermezzo replies - Cruel? She looks fine to me, just very, very different from her high-glamour stage persona. That's not a pap shot btw - it's how she chose to present herself at the press conference.
Posted by: Vecchio John | 06 June 2011 at 05:58 PM
Yes - it's amazing what cosmetic adjustment and professional presentation can do to obscure an underlying lack of foundation...
Posted by: Rannaldini | 06 June 2011 at 06:30 PM
A good photographer can make anybody look glamorous or a least more interesting with a bit of good lighting only if need be.
Posted by: J M | 07 June 2011 at 10:25 AM
She'll make a gorgeous Filipyevna in ten years time at this rate.
Posted by: Nikolaus Vogel | 07 June 2011 at 12:42 PM
http://ja-opera.seesaa.net/category/10474456-1.html (tour blog with pictures)
Posted by: Fillipievna :-) | 01 July 2011 at 09:51 PM
She is beautiful.
Posted by: Jerry | 06 November 2011 at 02:37 PM