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Vinyl Revival Causes Discord | Standpoint

Vinyl Revival Causes Discord | Standpoint | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Standpoint magazine...
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April 25, 2012 11:00 AM
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OAC (@operaacademy) Artistic Director Yefim Maizel interviewed for Aida at West Bay Opera

Yefim Maizel, Artistic Director of Opera Academy of California and Stage Director at the Metropolitan Opera, is interviewed about the upcoming production of ...
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April 21, 2012 5:54 PM
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The Opera Tattler: Dominique Labelle Interview

Soprano Dominique Labelle (pictured left, photograph by Lino Alvarez) is currently singing with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She spoke with The Opera Tattler on April 17, 2012 after rehearsal in Berkeley.
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April 19, 2012 1:27 AM
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Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann sings Sapphische Ode 1910

A properly pitched and engineered version of this wonderful record. Metzger-Lattermann was one of the finest contralto's of the 20th Century, created the 1st...
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April 15, 2012 1:25 PM
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Musica Poetica: The Baroque Before Bach : San Francisco Classical Voice

Musica Poetica: The Baroque Before Bach : San Francisco Classical Voice | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Get full concert, event and ticket information for Sonoma Bach: Musica Poetica: The Baroque Before Bach at San Francisco Classical Voice. Find related events, concert reviews, previews, news and more at SFCV.org.
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April 14, 2012 12:25 PM
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How Digital Music Innovation Will Suffer if Universal Acquires EMI

How Digital Music Innovation Will Suffer if Universal Acquires EMI | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The music business, to say the least, ain't what it used to be. To be precise, the industry has shrunk by about 50% since Napster's heyday, and virtually nobody expects it to fully bounce back.
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April 4, 2012 10:11 PM
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Peter Gelb on Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle at Met Opera

Peter Gelb on Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle at Met Opera | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Peter Gelb, the Met Opera’s general manager, discusses his $16 million “Ring” production, coming together in full cycles for the first time, and future projects.
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April 1, 2012 1:57 AM
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Bruno Giacometti - Telegraph

Bruno Giacometti - Telegraph | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Bruno Giacometti, who has died aged 104, was the last surviving member of a notable family of artists and sculptors — among them his brother Alberto Giacometti — but chose to follow a different vocation, becoming a leading architect in...
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March 31, 2012 1:45 AM
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The Complicated Road to Becoming a Dancer Étoile

The Complicated Road to Becoming a Dancer Étoile | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The unexpected naming of the Argentine dancer Ludmila Pagliero to star status at the Paris Opera last week has set the French ballet world aflutter.
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March 31, 2012 1:42 AM
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Give the people what they want

Give the people what they want | OperaMania | Scoop.it
SUBLIME. Boring. Elitist. Popular. Or, to use Dr Johnson's memorable terms, "exotick and irrational". Opera is all of these things, an art form that seems to divide opinion like no other.
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March 27, 2012 8:40 PM
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All Hail (Or to Hell With) Poor Opera Librettos : San Francisco Classical Voice

All Hail (Or to Hell With) Poor Opera Librettos : San Francisco Classical Voice | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The go-to place for great music in the Bay Area.
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March 18, 2012 1:22 AM
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Charles Anthony - Telegraph

Charles Anthony - Telegraph | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Charles Anthony, who has died aged 82, was the longest-serving member of the
company at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, appearing in a record
2,928 performances between 1954 and his retirement in 2010.
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March 2, 2012 9:19 PM
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R. Tebaldi & D. Mitropoulos "Pace, pace mio Dio" La forza del destino

New York Philharmonic. Carnegie Hall.April 3, 1957...
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April 27, 2012 6:47 PM
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Jeremy Hunt launches 'once in a lifetime' London 2012 Festival

Jeremy Hunt launches 'once in a lifetime' London 2012 Festival | OperaMania | Scoop.it
From a bouncy-castle Stonehenge to Jay-Z, the Olympic festival will feature 12,000 events at 900 venues across the UK...
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April 21, 2012 6:06 PM
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Opera Chic: A Mighty Mezzo Wins Spring For Music's 2012 Arts Blogger Contest

Everyone is a winner! But on the real, mezzo soprano Jennifer Rivera is today's biggest. The American opera singer just...
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April 21, 2012 5:54 PM
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Puccini’s second opera ‘Edgar’ premiered today

Puccini’s second opera ‘Edgar’ premiered today | OperaMania | Scoop.it
This day in opera history, April 21, 1889, marks the premiere of Puccini’s Edgar in Milan, Italy, an opera that I’ve never seen on anyone’s season schedule here in the U.S.
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April 18, 2012 11:29 AM
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Jonas Kaufmann Steps Into The (Boxing) Ring : NPR

Jonas Kaufmann Steps Into The (Boxing) Ring : NPR | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Who cares if the tenor doesn't sing in this Royal Opera House video promo?
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April 14, 2012 3:17 PM
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Lili Chookasian, Opera Singer, Dies at 90

Lili Chookasian, Opera Singer, Dies at 90 | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Ms. Chookasian, praised for her immense and velvety voice, was a principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera, appearing there 290 times from 1962 to 1986.
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April 9, 2012 9:08 PM
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Opera Chic: Gonnelli's Latest Manuscript Auction

Opera Chic: Gonnelli's Latest Manuscript Auction | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Florence-based antiquarian bookshop and auction house Gonnelli rounds up another auction jewel with music manuscripts and other effects to go...
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April 4, 2012 10:04 PM
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Top 10 All-Time Worst Opera Librettos: Part 2 : San Francisco Classical Voice

Top 10 All-Time Worst Opera Librettos: Part 2 : San Francisco Classical Voice | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The go-to place for great music in the Bay Area.
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April 1, 2012 1:55 AM
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Opera Fresh: Anna Netrebko Sings the "Gavotte" From the New MET "Manon"

Opera Fresh: Anna Netrebko Sings the "Gavotte" From the New MET "Manon" | OperaMania | Scoop.it
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March 31, 2012 1:44 AM
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The Price of Cool: Berlin's Struggling Artists Demand Share of the Pie - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

The Price of Cool: Berlin's Struggling Artists Demand Share of the Pie - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International | OperaMania | Scoop.it
With almost a billion euros in annual arts subsidies, Berlin has transformed itself into one of the world's major meccas for the arts.
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March 27, 2012 8:46 PM
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Zoë Keating: Composing At Fever Pitch : San Francisco Classical Voice

Zoë Keating: Composing At Fever Pitch : San Francisco Classical Voice | OperaMania | Scoop.it
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March 21, 2012 10:28 PM
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American Mavericks festival shines a light on America's game-changing composers

American Mavericks festival shines a light on America's game-changing composers | OperaMania | Scoop.it
About six months after Michael Tilson Thomas began his tenure with the San Francisco Symphony in 1995, I asked him what he hoped people would think about the orchestra in years to come.
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March 17, 2012 6:05 PM
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Maria Callas "Tu che le vanita" Don Carlo

Amsterdan.July, 11, 1959...
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