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The opera novice: Verdi's FalstaffThere's plenty of horsing around in Verdi's final opera Falstaff
telegraph.co.uk | 18-May-2012 10:31
Five top models-turned-actors
A company that bought the rights to convert Wayne Newton's Las Vegas home into a museum is suing the entertainer over allegations that he unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:57
Opera Australia's The Merry Widow .
MORE than most operettas, Franz Lehar's lushly romantic Merry Widow needs that indefinable magic if it is to sweep us away.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:57
Byron Watson and Antoinette Halloran in the Victorian Opera's Midnight Son .
Gordon Kerry and Louis Nowra Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre Until May 23 COMPOSER Gordon Kerry and librettist Louis Nowra describe Midnight Son as "An opera inspired by a true story". That story is infamous: the murky, tragic tale of Maria Korp, her suburban Don Giovanni of a husband, Joe, and his murder-intent mistress, Tania Herman.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:35
Opera Australia's The Merry Widow .
MORE than most operettas, Franz Lehar's lushly romantic Merry Widow needs that indefinable magic if it is to sweep us away.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:35
Opera: Stephen Costello and Ailyn P rez's Matrimonial Duets
Not so in the world of opera, where singing schedules can play havoc with marital bliss.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:35
Five top models-turned-actors
A company that bought the rights to convert Wayne Newton's Las Vegas home into a museum is suing the entertainer over allegations that he unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 07:35
Upcoming National Tour, Presented By Operatunity
The Daytime Concert Series presents its latest offering in its 2012 season, this month with its new show, Viva Italia.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 07:35
Soprano Mattila withdraws from new Metropolitan Opera production of 'Un Ballo in Maschera'
Soprano Karita Mattila has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera ." The Met said Thursday she will be replaced as Amelia by Sondra Radvanovsky, who will make her Met role debut in the David Alden staging, which opens Nov.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 04:48
Celebrations: Opera singer finds cantorial work a good fit
When Sharon Azrieli-Perez told her father, David Azrieli, one of Israel's biggest real estate moguls, that she wanted to be an opera singer, he told her he'd pay for voice lessons only if she got into Juilliard.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 03:26
Mattila withdraws from new Met Opera 'Ballo'
Soprano Karita Mattila has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera ." The Met said Thursday she will be replaced as Amelia by Sondra Radvanovsky, who will make her Met role debut in the David Alden staging, which opens Nov.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 02:26
Green River engineering instructor inspires her students
As a kid, Janet Ash listened to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, played Chopin nocturnes on the piano, read anything she could get her hands on.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:43
The expanded scope of this summer's Merola Opera Program
With summer almost here , it is time for opera-lovers to start making plans for the annual Merola Opera Program.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:16
Take fido to the Walk and Wag; enjoy Ribs and Blues; take in the Picnic Pops concert
THEATER Monday continues "The Met - Live in HD: Wagner's Complete Ring Cycle" at the Quality 16 and Rave movie theaters.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:34
The Royal Opera & The St.James's Church
The Royal Opera & The St.James's Church, Stockholm The Kungliga Operan or Royal Opera House is Sweden's premier stage for opera and ballet.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 22:29
34th Opera Birmingham vocal competition takes place this weekend
This weekend, 20 singers from around the nation will be competing for more than $12,000 in cash prizes and a spot in Opera Birmingham's "Catch a Rising Star" recital.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 20:17
Everything old is new again in L.A. Opera's `La Boheme'
Amazingly, everything old seems new again with Los Angeles Opera's umpteenth revival of its 1993 production of Puccini's "La Boheme." The idea that yet another revival of this production could paint a fresh face on such an old canvas seems inconceivable.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:17
'I Pagliacci' Continues Through May 20 At Detroit Opera House
In 1904, Enrico Caruso's recording of "Vesti la giubba," the aria from the conclusion of Act One of Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera " I Pagliacci," became the first million-selling record in history.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 18:24
'I Pagliacci' Continues Through May 20 At Detroit Opera House
In 1904, Enrico Caruso's recording of "Vesti la giubba," the aria from the conclusion of Act One of Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera " I Pagliacci," became the first million-selling record in history.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 18:17
Opera Theater Adds Children Chorus
ST. LOUIS, MO - To the untrained ear, it can be hard to tell a soprano from a contralto, or a baritone from a bass.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 17:07
Terence Blanchard commissioned to write new work for Opera Theatre St. Louis
Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard has been commissioned to write a new work called Champion for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis .
topix.net | 17-May-2012 15:14
A night of rock opera: 'CYCLOPS' hits ASF Saturday
The critically acclaimed show 'CYCLOPS: A Rock Opera' is coming to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Octagon at 11 p.m. Saturday for a one-night-only concert version of the show's original rock music.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 13:57
Photo gallery: Opera comes to Stonington
Libby Hall, left, and Rachyl Jackson, both sophomores at Stonington High School and supernumeraries for Salt Marsh Opera, wait backstage for their cue Wednesday at the performance of "The Magic Flute" at Stonington High School.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:47
Beautiful Dreamers: As an opera of the heart, WNO's...
If opera is your music for heartbreak and plots be damned, then Massenet's gorgeously overwrought Werther is for you.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:14
Beautiful Dreamers: As an opera of the heart, WNO's...
If opera is your music for heartbreak and plots be damned, then Massenet's gorgeously overwrought Werther is for you.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 10:47
'M. Butterfly' now more ho-hum than shocking
At the heart of David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning drama lies the question of how a man would not notice that the actress with whom he has had a two-decade affair is actually a man.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 10:10
Terence Blanchard commissioned to write new work for Opera Theatre St. Louis
Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard has been commissioned to write a new work called Champion for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis .
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 08:43
Santa Monica Students Tackle Comic Opera Masterpiece
May 16, 2012 -- If anybody doubted the firepower that the Lincoln Middle School Theatre can muster, four shows this weekend should put any doubts to rest.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 05:55
Santa Monica Students Tackle Comic Opera Masterpiece
May 16, 2012 -- If anybody doubted the firepower that the Lincoln Middle School Theatre can muster, four shows this weekend should put any doubts to rest.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 04:33
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Good Taste In Music
We direct your attention to the New Yorker , where Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has told the magazine's classical music critic Alex Ross about her favorite records.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 01:46
Verdi's Ernani with Angela Meade, Marcello Giordani, Dmitri...
's revolutionary play, Ernani involves three men--two noble, and one a bandit--who attempt to out-maneuver one another for the hand of the beautiful Elvira.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:41
Playing with Purcell
NUNi Productions returns with a new experiment on opera. Taking Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, director and NUNi founder Pattarasuda Anuman Rajadhon gives the Baroque tragedy a darker and more grotesque spin.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:41
BANNING: Chorale concert features Puccini, patriotic songs
Stacey Fraser, head of the opera program at Cal State San Bernardino, will sing a Puccini aria at the spring concert of the Pass Chorale community chorus and orchestra on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Banning.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:41
Elektra
Charles Dutoit is stepping down as chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, finishing his distinguished tenure.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:28
Telemann's 'Orpheus' given staging by NYC Opera
No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus," a work premiered in 1726 that was long lost before it was rediscovered in 1978.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 22:29
Wagner's epic 'Ring' has defeated many directors, including Robert Lepage
Nothing could stop Robert Lepage-except Wagner's Ring . The Quebec director has received great reviews for his plays, his opera productions and his spectacular shows for Cirque du Soleil.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 20:36
Hop on popera with Il Divo
SA©bastien Izambard may belong to one of the most famous singing quartets in the world - Il Divo - but that doesn't get him out of bedtime duty with his three kids.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 18:24
Notredame
Notre Dame de Paris; French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame,[2] is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 16:26
Falstaff, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, review
Having a real horse onstage which Falstaff rides into Windsor Forest was only an amusing gimmick, writes Rupert Christiansen.
telegraph.co.uk | 16-May-2012 15:40
Chatfield band students do well in solo and ensemble competition
From left, Kayla Woltz, Jillian Oakley and Bailey Hilgren - in combination or as solo instrumentalists - brought home 'best in site' awards from the high school solo and ensemble contest held at Rushford-Peterson in April.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:15
Fairfield University to present Wagner screenings
Fairfield University will present "The Met: Live in HD" transmissions of four recent Metropolitan Opera House productions of works by German composer Richard Wagner over the next week at the school's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts , 1073 N. Benson Road.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:07
Mass MoCA to present opera in progress, a Oceanic Versesa
Mass MoCA will present a work-in-progress showing of Paola Prestini's new multimedia opera Oceanic Verses in the Hunter Center on Friday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Set on the Mediterranean Sea, Ocean ic Verses is about people who flee and people who stay, people who sail to escape and people who sail to arrive.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:05
A different pattern.
With a little cajoling, I dispensed with the evening's planned framework and instead of by computer tweaking files on a new puppet style zine, I found myself at the State Theatre watching the grand parade in all its powdered, theatrical, bright costumed glory.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 06:02
Tech opera to be performed in June in Honduras
Fiordiligi , left, and Dorabella check the vital signs of their lovers in the Texas Tech Music Theatre production of the Mozart opera "Cosi fan tutte," which will be staged June 8-9 at the National Theater of Honduras.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 05:59
Scientist discovers opera singing skills after television experiment
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Topix.net | 16-May-2012 02:55
15-May-12 - Pope's Thanksgiving After Anniversary Concert
"In you, Lord, I joyfully place my hope, make me love you as your Holy Mother" VATICAN CITY, MAY 14, 2012 .- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave Friday evening at the end of a concert offered in honor of his seventh anniversary as Pope.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 01:48