The odd story of American opera fansCharlotte ObserverOnce upon a time, average Americans appreciated opera. Not the average American plutocrat.
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David Gockley seeks to overhaul SF Opera fundingSan Francisco ChronicleDavid Gockley, who has signed on to head the San Francisco Opera for five more years, says the company needs to develop a firm financial footing.
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Leontyne Price "Tu che le vanita" Don Carlo
Newark.
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"As The Prima Donna in the prologue and Ariadne in The Opera, Christine Goerke was confident and insistent, magnificent in every respect and clearly at the top of her game.
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A new Video tribute to Lady Shirley Verrett.
Not enough documents, but some unforgettable ones.
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* Notes * Saturday evening's Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera was a study in extremes. On one hand, Diana Damrau gave a revelatory performance, her Gilda ranged from giddily sweet to utterly devastating.
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Mirella Freni "The willow's song & Ave Maria" Otello
Teatro alla Scala. Carlos Kleiber conductor.
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One Single opera ticket to see R. Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos on Saturday, May 7th, 2011, 1:00 PM at The Met Opera. Ticket list price is $245 plus handling and facility fees $10. Now you can have it for $169.
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Is that a recycled Valkyrie helmet? Legendary soprano Dame Anne Evans led the Rule Britannia singalong at a Royal Wedding street party on Quick Street in Islington earlier today.
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Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas (De Falla)Nan Merriman was born Katherine Ann Merriman on April 28, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The mezzo-soprano studied singing in Los Angeles with Alexis Bassian and the legendary Lotte Lehmann.
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"Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel suggested to a theater full of arts patrons Wednesday that he would look into whether nonprofit institutions will have to start paying property taxes under his administration.
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Earlier this month we wrote about Graham Vick's new production of Die Entfuhrung for Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and now...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio is among the most talked about movies of nowadays and people search for ways to download it and watch The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio movie online.
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"My children are now immersed in a world of iPads and text messages -- and city kids are known for a been-there-done-that jadedness -- but I was pleased that my teenage son and preteen daughter could nevertheless be charmed." The New York Times...
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AsiaOneFrench opera singer Jane Rhodes diesAFPPARIS — French-born opera singer Jane Rhodes, famous for her role as the singing gypsy Carmen, died Saturday, her husband told AFP. She was 82 years old.
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Teatro alla Scala's Friday, May 6 Turandot (with Lise Lindstrom singing the lead and Maestro Daniele Callegari swapping-in for Valery...
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Plácido Domingo already has one aircraft named after him, courtesy of frill-free Spanair. Fasten your seatbelts - he's about to get a second - and it's an upgrade.
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From tonight's Wetten, dass..? show, an interview with Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, in English.
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Couple on and off stage: Costello and Perez (Photo: Cory Weaver)Opera Fresh earlier announced Stephen Costello would be making his role debut as Faust with the San Diego Opera.
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CABALLE' SALOME FINAL SCENE- private video NY- 1978. Mehta cond.
CABALLE' at her "best".
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"Leyla Gencer - Tutkunun Romanı, Turkish journalist Zeynep Oral’s book chronicling the life of late Turkish opera singer Leyla Gencer, will be published in Italy on May 2.
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Director in London (Photo: Rii)"It is something of a mystery why Patrice Chéreau has waited until now to work in the British theatre.
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When Christoph Willibald von Gluck's adaptation of the Orpheus myth arrived on a Viennese stage in 1762, it signalled a new way of composing opera.
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