Tag: opera
group name: music
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July 12, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
Are you an opera fan and if so what is your favorite opera?
I actually am a fan of opera. Oddly, I was first drawn to opera by the visuals and not the music. When I was younger I first watched opera . . . more
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March 31, 2008 10:18 AM EDT --
We're interested in hearing about the most unforgettable opera performance you've ever experienced. Whether it was a live Met radio broadcast or HD telecast, perhaps Pittsburgh Opera's "Aida" . . . more
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September 06, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
I am sad to hear that Pavarotti passed away at age 71, and it sounds like he had suffered in the last few days. I remember when he came to Taiwan for a concert many many years ago, the tickets were sold . . . more
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February 28, 2008 10:48 AM EST --
When the Nazi "Third Reich" took power in 1930s Germany, it wasn't only books that burned and words that were lost.
As the Nazis marched toward the Holocaust, music too was suppressed. . . . more
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October 17, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
I've been told the "critics" panned the performance of the classic combination of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci . . . more
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September 06, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
Luciano Pavarotti, the most widely popular singer in opera history, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.
The son of a baker and a cigarette maker, he was over six feet tall, sometimes 350 pounds. . . . more
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October 01, 2007 09:19 AM EDT --
I heard this young man's voice when he was just 17. He blew me away. I attempted to find something about him on the internet, but there was nothing. He appeared on Ally McBeal in . . . more
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September 18, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
I heard "A Chorus Line" long before I ever saw it.
It was 1975. The original cast LP (yes, sweet, sweet vinyl). I was a teenager in a small Massachusetts town, the . . . more
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June 21, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
YouTube: Paul Potts sings Nessun Dorma via high quality video/sound
Just when I thought I’d recovered from the Paul Potts phenomenon and was ready to move onto other things, my morning was . . . more
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September 06, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
Opera Legend Luciano Pavarotti Dies - Entertainment News Story - KVVU Las Vegas<~~Read The whole story here
Opera Legend Luciano Pavarotti Dies At 71Famed Tenor Was Diagnosed With Pancreatic . . . more
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August 21, 2007 08:08 AM EDT --
It is hard to believe that it has been almost 10 years since I last saw Marilyn Manson in concert. It took place at the same venue, although back then it was known as Pine Knob Music Theatre; it was also . . . more
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February 10, 2008 10:16 PM EST --
Classic can be a conundrum, especially in musical theater. Stay too close to the original and you've got yourself a fossil. Stray too far and you've got nothing put a pale imitation. . . . more
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September 13, 2007 04:22 PM EDT --
So, a year or so ago I went to a concert by the East Village Opera Company with my parents. I wasn't sure what to expect. Surely not what I got, which was wailing electric guitars, drums . . . more
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April 27, 2008 04:27 PM EDT --
I'm so glad I didn't buy the soundtrack before seeing the show. That may seem an odd thing to say about a musical -- isn't it the songs that make or break the production? In most cases that's . . . more
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July 08, 2008 09:23 PM EDT --
"Oh, come on, ladies. God wouldn't have given you maracas if He didn't want you to shake 'em."
Hold on, hold on ... those are the words of Penny Johnson, one of the central . . . more
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June 27, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
You've heard of fantasy football and basketball, why not your own fantasy opera?
Ever since composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars updated the "historical" opera genre with their . . . more
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February 23, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, February 26-28, at 10am, I will be featuring Scott Joplin's seldom-heard opera Treemonisha in three parts on my radio program, Classics in the Morning, which airs . . . more
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March 07, 2007 05:33 PM EST --
I met Measha 2 or 3 years ago at our Convention. I know Measha parents Sterling . and Ann Gosman personally as they are members of our Convention of the Atlantic . . . more
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February 16, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
Interview with Grammy Winner Osvaldo Golijov
On Sunday, Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov won two 2007 Grammy awards---Best Opera Recording and Best Contemporary Classical Composition---for . . . more
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November 16, 2007 02:06 PM EST --
Two versions of the PMMF e-Letter are available for you to read:
1. A Web version is available at: http://pmmfeletter.blogspo t.com/2007_11_01_archive.h tml
2. An Adobe Acrobat PDF version can . . . more
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