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May 27, 2011 8:42 PM
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Super Mash-up of Rossini Overture and Rocking Drums

Super Mash-up of Rossini Overture and Rocking Drums | OperaMania | Scoop.it
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May 26, 2011 12:43 AM
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Washington National Opera Names Glimmerglass Chief as Artistic ...

Washington National Opera Names Glimmerglass Chief as Artistic ... | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The move heralds possible links between the institutions.
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May 26, 2011 12:42 AM
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Study: People Who Attend Cultural Events Are Less Stressed

"People who go to museums and concerts or create art or play an instrument are more satisfied with their lives, regardless of how educated or rich they are, according to a study.
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May 14, 2011 12:14 PM
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Irene Dalis gets back in the action - San Jose Mercury News

Irene Dalis gets back in the action - San Jose Mercury News | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Irene Dalis gets back in the actionSan Jose Mercury NewsOn Oct. 22, Irene Dalis was on her way to work at Opera San Jose, driving north on Interstate 880 in San Jose after a standing appointment with her hairdresser.
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May 14, 2011 12:13 PM
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Sacramento Opera's 2011-2012 season saved by donors - Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Opera's 2011-2012 season saved by donors - Sacramento Bee | OperaMania | Scoop.it
The Sacramento PressSacramento Opera's 2011-2012 season saved by donorsSacramento BeeThe Sacramento Opera announced Friday that it will present a 2011-12 season. Urgent pleas in the last two weeks secured $135164 from donors.
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May 11, 2011 2:15 PM
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Filipino baritone shines in German opera scene | VERA Files

Filipino baritone shines in German opera scene | VERA Files | OperaMania | Scoop.it
A FILIPINO baritone based in Berlin is now considered one of the world's most versatile interpreters of contemporary music in the German opera scene after appearing in an important segment of a contemporary opera by acclaimed composer ...
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May 10, 2011 8:27 PM
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Groupon Enters The Concert Tickets Business

"Dubbed GrouponLive, the service, expected to launch in June, is aimed at easing both the perennial problem of filling empty seats at concerts and sporting events, including last year's big drop in attendance that prompted numerous cancellations...
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May 10, 2011 8:25 PM
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Patricia Racette Excels in Title Role of Iphigénie For WNO

Patricia Racette Excels in Title Role of Iphigénie For WNO | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Racette in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at Washington National Opera (Photo: Scott Suchman)"Without any daringly ornamented arias or anything extraneous that might divert attention from the story's dramatic continuity, a Gluck opera will succeed...
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May 9, 2011 1:56 PM
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The San Francisco Opera Takes Up Blogging | 7x7

The San Francisco Opera Takes Up Blogging | 7x7 | OperaMania | Scoop.it
How many other blogs discuss the challenges of being a singing Nordic god in 15-inch platform boots? Yes, fine, the internet’s a big place. But how many of these bloggers sporting 15-inch platforms are also opera singers?
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May 8, 2011 9:15 PM
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Summer Opera in the Verona Arena

Summer Opera in the Verona Arena | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Verona summer opera festival in the Roman arena of Verona is one of Italy\'s top summer music festivals. Find out about the Verona opera festival.
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May 8, 2011 4:52 PM
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Spanish tenor Domingo sings farewell to Washington - AFP

Spanish tenor Domingo sings farewell to Washington - AFP | OperaMania | Scoop.it
AFPSpanish tenor Domingo sings farewell to WashingtonAFPWASHINGTON — At 70 years old, he climbs ladders, rolls on the ground and his voice shakes the room: Placido Domingo is Oreste in "Iphigenie en Tauride," a performance-style farewell to the...
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May 8, 2011 4:49 PM
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How To Save The Music Business?

"Direct-to-fan," everyone called it, the idea that if the bond between artist and fan is strong enough, the fan will gladly pay for access, for premium content, for the sense of a less-anonymous relationship with the artist and the process.
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May 8, 2011 12:34 PM
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Ariadne auf Naxos: Töne, töne, süße Stimme

Ariadne auf Naxos: Töne, töne, süße Stimme | OperaMania | Scoop.it
This has been a good spring for Strauss at the Met.  After a luxurious Capriccio, we get Ariadne auf Naxos with an incredible cast under the baton of Fabio Luisi.
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May 26, 2011 12:43 AM
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Jessye Norman – 101 Things I Love About You!

Jessye Norman – 101 Things I Love About You! | OperaMania | Scoop.it
by Christie Connolley
It is no secret that Jessye Norman is my idol!  As I have said before, but bares repeating when I grow up I want to be a synthesis of Jessye Norman, Oprah Winfrey and Gisele Bundchen!
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May 26, 2011 12:42 AM
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Zambello at WNO

Francesca Zambello has been named Artistic Advisor of Washington National Opera.
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May 26, 2011 12:41 AM
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Houston Grand Opera Names New Leader

Patrick Summers will assume business management responsibilities as artistic and music director, and collaborate with COO Perryn Leech and chief advancement officer Greg Robertson in an attempt to continue and build HGO's international reputation.
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May 14, 2011 12:14 PM
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Berlin Philharmonic abandon Salzburg Easter Festival

Berlin Philharmonic abandon Salzburg Easter Festival | OperaMania | Scoop.it
After years of will-they, won't-they, the Berlin Philharmonic have finally decided to part company with the Salzburg Easter Festival. Next year's will be their last. From 2013 they set up camp in Baden Baden instead.
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May 11, 2011 2:15 PM
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Being Turned On By The Opera: Die Walküre, my mother, and Jonas Kaufmann

Being Turned On By The Opera: Die Walküre, my mother, and Jonas Kaufmann | OperaMania | Scoop.it
My mother, lord love her, has long regarded--and listened to--my opera obsession in more or less suffering bewilderment, or more or less bewildered suffering.
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May 11, 2011 2:14 PM
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Kate Royal is Pregnant and Cancels Glyndebourne 2011

Kate Royal is Pregnant and Cancels Glyndebourne 2011 | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Norman Lebrecht announces that soprano Kate Royal, who just made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Orfeo ed Euridice, is pregnant and has cancelled her engagement at the Glyndebourne Festival this summer.
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May 10, 2011 8:26 PM
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CARMEN Stars in the Salon

CARMEN Stars in the Salon | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Our Stars in Salon round table discussion with the cast of CARMEN. Enjoy!
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May 8, 2011 9:14 PM
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Placido Domingo "Final Scene" Otello

Placido Domingo "Final Scene" Otello

Mirella Freni as Desdemona., Piero Cappuccilli as Jago.Teatro alla Scala. Carlos Kleiber conductor.
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20080903 Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway 107 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

20080903 Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway 107 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Newest photo →; 20080903 Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway 107 · 20080903 Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway 105 · 20080903 Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway 104. This photo also appears in. Black and White (Group) ...
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May 8, 2011 4:51 PM
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Renata Tebaldi "Pace, pace mio Dio" La forza del destino Met 1960

Renata Tebaldi "Pace, pace mio Dio" La forza del destino Met 1960

Thomas Schippers conductor.
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May 8, 2011 12:35 PM
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New Barihunk: Tae Joong Yang

New Barihunk: Tae Joong Yang | OperaMania | Scoop.it
Tae Joong YangKorean born barihunk Tae Joong Yang first came to international attention after performing in the Neue Stimmen competition in Germany. He is another one of our reader submissions from Germany.
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