Opera Cleveland keeps standards high in final performances of season
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http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2010/11/opera_cleveland_review_1.html- http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2010/11/opera_cleveland_review_1.html
The Forthright Tenor
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704648604575620933227047828.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTSecondBucketMessiah at Community of Christ Auditorium, Kansas City
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/28/2477093/review-messiah-at-community-of.htmlSinging dog adds bite to operatic satire
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23898746-singing-dog-adds-bite-to-operatic-satire.doWedded With Wit
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514904575602582258492298.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_TOPRightCarousel_1El Nuevo Mundo: Folias Criollas
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52Our modern globalized perspective makes us alert to the cultural richness of difference, much as it ironically also seems to blur distinctions with ease of access. Intermezzo, New York City Opera
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Pace Tolstoy, happy marriages are not all alike, but they
require a lot of work. CIM Opera Theater savors the riches in Handel's "Xerxes"
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2010/11/cim_opera.htmlTosca, Manitoba Opera
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What some people won’ do for a standing ovation! Saturday night at the opera was a showcase of excesses. The Met Goes for Baroque — Preparing for Mozart, the Orchestra Fashions Itself After Its New Conductor
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703856504575600763772104790.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4Curtain set to go up on Royal Opera House's £8.3m workshop
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/18/royal-opera-house-workshopLoft and found: have you got a Vivaldi lurking in your attic?
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2010/nov/22/vivaldi-attic-lost-manuscripts-foundThe Met’s Don Pasquale: A treat for the eyes, a feast for the ears
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://blog.cnycafemomus.com/2010/11/21/nov-13-met-simulcast-don-pasquale.aspxGarsington Opera’s Glorious New Setting Unveiled With The Magic Flute
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.operatoday.com/documents/GarsingtonPress_release__season_2011.pdfHugh the Drover, Cadogan Hall, London
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/84769f6c-f987-11df-9e29-00144feab49a.html#axzz16h0GTHPhThe Makropulos Case in San Francisco
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Just now in San Francisco Finnish soprano Karita Mattila kicked ass as Janáček’s 337 year old Elina Makropulos.*Bampton Classical Opera: Holywell Music Room
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/8628534.Bampton_Classical_Opera__Holywell_Music_Room/Is China poised to become next opera superpower?
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/897896--is-china-poised-to-become-next-opera-superpowerCarmen, Arizona Opera
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On Saturday November 13 and Sunday November 14, 2010, Arizona Opera presented Bernard Uzan’ rather different take on Bizet’ Carmen. Rare music well done by Opera Lafayette
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111606859.htmlDie Entführung aus dem Serail, OAE, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2646:die-entf%C3%BChrung-aus-dem-serail-oae-qeh&Itemid=27Il Trovatore, Metropolitan Opera
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It’ difficult to be reasonable about Il Trovatore. Reason is the last quality we expect from any of its characters or situations. Cavalleria Rusticana & La Navarraise: OONY
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.opera-britannia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:cavalleria-rusticana-a-la-navarraise-oony-25th-october-2010&catid=8&Itemid=16Vocalists sing in BLO aria contest
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/07/opera_idols_revamp_their_tune/Jessye Norman — Roots: My Life, My Song
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52A career of the highest stature earns the professional the right to do as she or he pleases, after decades of dedicated achievement. Karita Mattila: Helsinki Recital
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52Ondine provides a nice bonus for fans of Karita Mattila in its recent DVD release of a 2006 Helsinki recital with accompanist Martin Katz. LA Opera’ Rigoletto
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/11/opera-review-los-angeles-opera-rigoletto-.htmlLe nozze di Figaro, Opera Australia
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52Neil Armfield’ insightful staging of Le nozze di Figaro is making a welcome return in the lead-up to his direction of the Ring Cycle for the Wagner bi-centenary 2013 (the first complete cycle staged in Melbourne in a century).The Seduction of Lovers, Plotted at a Faster Pace
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/arts/music/11cosi.htmlShirley Verrett
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8115979/Shirley-Verrett.htmlThose foolish mortals are back, courtesy of Britten and the Bard
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52By John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune, 7 November 2010] "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Lyric Opera of Chicago is a bit slow to find its comic rhythm, the early scenes suggesting someone awakening from deep slumber who needs a jolt...'Aida' by San Francisco Opera review: No subtlety
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/26/DDRF1GH442.DTLDon Carlo, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6e7b86bc-f727-11df-9b06-00144feab49a.html#axzz168yfODt7Joseph Calleja: Tenor up for a challenge
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/892297--joseph-calleja-tenor-up-for-a-challengeGet with the contemporary classical programme? We already have
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2010/nov/29/modern-classical-music-alex-rossDon Giovanni, ENO
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There’ nothing wrong with updating an opera as long as the director,
designer and conductor share an understanding of the work’ principal ideas and motivations, conflicts and contexts, and have a clear vision of how they intend to communicate these in a new setting.DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52Lucrezia Borgia: Melodramma in a prologue and two acts.What would Mozart say? Storm over new Don Giovanni opera showing gang rape by men wearing Jesus Christ T-shirts
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333833/New-Don-Giovanni-production-shows-gang-rape-men-wearing-Jesus-Christ-t-shirts.html#Kafka Fragments, Barbican, London
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/668ae2fc-ee78-11df-9db0-00144feab49a.html#axzz156me2rDaOpera North at the Grand Theatre, Leeds
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://www.opera.co.uk/view-review.php?reviewID=34Adriana Lecouvreur, Royal Opera
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Two months into the current season, after a string of so-so revivals and a curiosity which deserved to be box-office dynamite but wasn’, the Royal Opera has finally got round to a star-studded new production. Rigoletto, Opera Australia
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Not revived too frequently this 1991 production by Elijah Moshinsky updates the story to the 1960s and the films of Federico Fellini inspire the sets and costumes. Interview: Michael McCarthy, director, In The Penal Colony
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Michael-McCarthy--director.6623756.jpLa Cenerentola, Minnesota Opera
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Minnesota Opera’ recent production of Rossini’ La Cenerentola certainly is a fantastical, comical portrayal of the classical fairy tale. L.A. Phil to transmit performances to HD-equipped movie theaters
Updated: 2010-11-30 22:22:52http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/08/entertainment/la-et-la-phil-live-20101109I Found a Lizard in the Costume Shop Today.
Updated: 2010-11-30 06:21:13
The Costume Shop is hard at work, getting ready for Hansel and Gretel, and I can't wait to show you some of the amazing work they've done! Over the next few weeks they'll be sharing some of the different characters and animals that make up the production, but here's a ...LA Opera's Rigoletto
Updated: 2010-11-28 16:47:24The Annual Holiday Sale!
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Give the gift of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera tickets this holiday season (or spoil yourself with great seats at an unbelievable price!)
Choose 3 or more performances* from our 2010-11 season and save up to 50% off regular ticket prices.
For five days only, when you buy tickets online to three ...Music for your Thanksgiving Holiday.
Updated: 2010-11-24 17:51:23Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera! Some holidays have inspired more classical music than others, but we hope you enjoy these selections that make us think of the Thanksgiving holiday. An excerpt from Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland. "Autumn" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. "Thanksgiving" from A ...Serse at Berkeley West Edge Opera
Updated: 2010-11-23 00:15:13Costume Shop Turns Soldiers to Stone.
Updated: 2010-11-22 22:15:04
For today's visit to the Costume Shop we check in with Vicki, our Wardrobe Supervisor, who is busy turning soldiers to stone.
After the costumes are constructed, Vicki goes through the process of adding layers of paint to the fabric.
Here's a picture of the vest after one of the applications:
Once all ...Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Reviews.
Updated: 2010-11-22 22:15:02The concert this weekend was mind-blowing! I hope you got the chance to experience it! Here are some of the reviews: The Utah Symphony’s string sections played with keen focus, the woodwinds added incisive detail, the expanded brass section brought radiant color, and timpanist George Brown played with his ...Und kichern und huschen vorbei
Updated: 2010-11-21 19:22:07Marriage Proposal at the Utah Symphony
Updated: 2010-11-20 02:33:04Our Associate Conductor, David Cho, surprised everyone at the Oz with Orchestra concert on Saturday by proposing to his girlfriend. Congratulations David!Elza van den Heever sings 4 Last Songs
Updated: 2010-11-18 17:50:58Composer of the Week – Paul Hindemith.
Updated: 2010-11-17 21:54:20
Happy Birthday to German composer Paul Hindemith, who was born yesterday in 1895. Hindemith was a very avant garde composer, and he pretty much created his own system of music tonality. He wrote a very wide variety of compositions, from the standard chamber music, operas, and symphonies, to a symphony ...On the Upcoming Fortnight (Terfel & Heppner)
Updated: 2010-11-16 23:58:26Oz with Orchestra, Reviews.
Updated: 2010-11-16 21:50:36The reviews for last weekend's performance of Oz with Orchestra are in! Oz With Orchestra as spectacular as ruby red slippers. - The Salt Lake Tribune The effect was that the musicians didn’t distract from what was happening on screen, but only enhanced the immortal performance of Judy Garland. - Salt Lake City Weekly Let ...Monday’s Visit to the Costume Shop.
Updated: 2010-11-16 01:29:08
Right now the costume shop has a few precious moments before they start fittings for Hansel and Gretel, so what are they doing? Cleaning house!
Check out this great cubbyhole full of material:
Now times that by about 40...The fabric takes up an entire wall!
So right now they are taking all the ...Music Director of LA Opera
Updated: 2010-11-15 21:14:02GBOpera Collaboration
Updated: 2010-11-15 17:02:27Michael Francis & Rufus Wainwright at SFS
Updated: 2010-11-13 23:07:00: The Opera Tattler Subscribe to this blog's feed West Coast Opera Companies Los Angeles Opera Portland Opera San Diego Opera San Francisco Opera Seattle Opera SF Opera's Věc Makropulos Media Round-Up Main Measha Brueggergosman at SF Performances November 13, 2010 Michael Francis Rufus Wainwright at SFS Notes Michael Francis is currently conducting San Francisco Symphony in a program of Milhaud's La Création du monde Rufus Wainwright's Five Shakespeare Sonnets and Weill's Symphony No . 2. Last night's performance began with the jazz-influenced piece by Milhaud . The small ensemble did not appear to include a viola . The saxophone and oboe were particularly good . Next came the sonnets , which were sung by the composer himself . Wainwright used a microphone , which was unsurprising . HisSF Opera's Věc Makropulos Media Round-Up
Updated: 2010-11-12 18:04:35SF Opera's Butterfly Media Round-Up
Updated: 2010-11-12 08:01:00Nov 11, Mary Had a Little Lamb for Choral Warmup
Updated: 2010-11-11 07:52:58We go 'Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow', up a semitone each time. And then 'Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go', downComposer of the Week – François Couperin
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Happy birthday to French Baroque composer, François Couperin, who was born today in 1668. Couperin came from a very musical family, but he was called "Couperin the Great" to set him apart from the rest of the family.
He was primarily an organist and harpsichordist, and wrote most of his compositions ...