New York TimesVerdi's Irresistible Melodies And Implausible PlotNew York Times"Il Trovatore," with the tenor Marcelo Álvarez and the soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the Metropolitan Opera revival at Lincoln Center.
Zhou Long wins Pulitzer Prize for operaThe Classical ReviewZhou Long's first opera, Madame White Snake, has been awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
"If the ballet vocabulary created restrictions, then scenery, costumes and props provided their own physical limitations - and this is where the new story ballets arriving on our stages are shaking things up.
"Ticketmaster said Monday that it is introducing new technology to let artists and sports teams raise or lower ticket prices to reflect demand during the initial sales period -- a move it said will crimp the profits of scalpers and boost revenue for performers and teams.
Christoph Zadra as Agamemnon (Center & Right) in ViennaThere are certain operas that give us particular delight, as they are both musically rich and filled with roles for barihunks.
Things to do: S.F. Opera seeks extras for Ring cycle productionsSacramento BeeThat happening is the San Francisco Opera's much awaited Ring Cycle, and it is seeking to cast extras for that operatic juggernaut.
Jay Hunter Morris will sing the title role of Siegfried at San Francisco Opera this Summer. He replaces Ian Storey, who is still to sing the role of Siegfried in Götterdämmerung. Storey has been recovering from illness over recent months.
"Some years ago this repetitive, mesmerizing but severe work was big in France, welcome territory for other cerebral experimentalists such as Merce Cunningham … but here?
Celebrating Margaret Price's ROH debut as CherubinoIn case you missed it when it was broadcast on the weekend, erm...just as I did, S4C are reshowing a tribute to the late Margaret Price tomorrow evening at 11.10 p.m. If you still manage to miss it...
The Royal Opera House, unlike just about every other opera house in the world, don't publish a full season calendar. Why? I've no idea. It's a mystery and a great nuisance.
In celebration of Soprano Month on “Operatoonity,” I created a poll to find out your favorite soprano roles. To see. To sing. Makes no difference in this poll.
Los Angeles TimesOpera plugs in to the high-techLos Angeles Times(Jonathan Williams / MIT Media Lab / April 17, 2011) By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic When Opera America holds its annual conference in Boston next month, futurist and technology...
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