Opera

Football fever transforms ´Carmen´ in SAfrica

Members of a local ballet perform an adaptation of Carmen, in Johannesburg. It´s Bizet´s classic opera but the beautiful, fiery gypsy Carmen is torn between team captain Escamillo and star player Jose as the ballet is given a...

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Dudamel Conducts Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem Mass

Award-winning conductor’s magnificent performance receives standing The death of the famous Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni in 1873 led Giuseppe Verdi to write his great masterpiece Messa da Requiem, known simply as the Manzoni...

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Alaskan returns from New York to direct opera double-header

The director of Anchorage Opera's twin bill of "I Pagliacci" and "Sister Angelica" is also the director of a hit musical that's been filling houses in New York for the past two years. When's the last time that kind of...

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Heritage is at the root of Pulaski artist's dance

Daniel Dutton, 50, has never lived any place other than his family farm near Somerset, Ky., except for brief periods of what he calls "flux." Such flux will include a five-day stay in Louisville doing private and public...

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International cultures take spotlight at Worldfest celebration

Texas A&M University and the city of College Station are setting aside a day to celebrate international diversity, but one need only stroll around College Station, Bryan, A&M, Blinn College or any of our public or private...

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Opera through the lens

By CARLTON WILKINSON • CORRESPONDENT • November 8, 2009 I HAVE STRONG RESERVATIONS about the effectiveness of live musical performances seen on video. The first, the Ocean Grove performance earlier this fall of Giuseppe Verdi's...

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Glamour, plus wisdom

The ultra-operatic opera director Tito Capobianco is back in Philadelphia - but does anybody recognize him without Joan Sutherland in tow? Or without his spirited wife, Gigi, telling him his work could be better? Or without his...

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Window on the Past: Olympic Theater blaze of 1919 one of the indelible memories

Large icicles, some more than two-feet long, created an eerie scene for spectators after an evening fire completely gutting the Olympic Theater, at the corner of 7th and Polk Street, formerly known as the Amarillo Opera House,...

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Holiday spectacular: Trans-Siberian Orchestra explodes with Christmas spirit in Toledo shows [The...

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 8--Paul O'Neill has never wavered from the vision he had when he founded the Trans-Siberian Orchestra: "We just want to blow the fans away and just keep building to bigger and bigger levels," he...

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Galveston Ballet to perform ‘Peter and the Wolf’

Contributor Published November 8, 2009 GALVESTON — Galveston Ballet will present a free children’s matinee at The Grand 1894 Opera House, 2020 Postoffice St., in Galveston, on Thursday at 1 p.m. The 30-minute performance of the...

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