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35 min ago | Contra Costa Times

Review: Opera San Jose's 'La Traviata' catches fire in second half

Jasmina Halimic, "Violetta" and Michael Dailey, " Alfredo" sing during "Traviata" rehearsal at Opera San Jose headquarters in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan.

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Related Topix: Arts, Giuseppe Verdi, Opera

3 hrs ago | Charleston City Paper

A Bella Notte of opera and nudes at the Gibbes

Find Great Local Deals Using Forkfly Find local happy hours using Cocktail Compass Tickets to see The Pink Floyd Experience Boone Hall Plantation was a madhouse on Sunday afternoon for the 29th annual Lowcountry Oyster Festival.

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Related Topix: Arts, Life, Food, Food Festival

7 hrs ago | Daily Journal

'Traviata' opens City Opera's short season

NEW YORK - Homeless, financially strapped and lacking music al leadership, the New York City Opera still managed to do something that just weeks ago had seemed in doubt: It launched its season.

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12 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Poperazzi is a sweet Valentine's treat in ISO Pops concert

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra served up a savory confection in the form of a vocal group called Poperazzi , during It's Amore , a concert to celebrate Valentine's Day.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Valentine's Day, Life, Holidays, Theater, Classical, Luciano Pavarotti

16 hrs ago | SFGate

'Great Gatsby' review: Trimmed opera lacks bravado

Among other things, "The Great Gatsby" is about the desire to reclaim, or simply reinvent, a lost past.

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Related Topix: Arts, Pop/Rock, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sun Feb 12, 2012

North Texas e-News

JJ Pearce Phantom of the Opera a box office sensation

JJ Pearce High School's performance of The Phantom of the Opera is a huge success with only seven performances remaining.

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Related Topix: Arts, The Phantom of the Opera, Theater

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Biting the Big Apple: Celebrated Smithfield dog to compete at...

Today, the Smithfield pooch - full name Ecco D'Oro - is on his way to New York City to compete for the first time in the celebrated Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

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NY1

NYC Opera Sounds Opening Notes Of 2012 Season

Weeks after a musicians' lockout threatened its future, the New York City Opera begins its 2012 season today with a performance of "La Traviata" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this afternoon.

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BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Coverage: the Phantom of the Opera Celebrates 10,000 Performances

The longest-running show in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, offered its 10,000th performance yesterday at 2 PM as a special benefit for The Actors Fund.

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Related Topix: Arts, The Phantom of the Opera, Music!, Tony Awards

MLive.com

Popular opera 'The Tender Land' to bring warmth, personal feeling to WMU stage

It was rejected by TV, given a thumbs-down by critics after its stage premier, but in recent years Aaron Copland's "The Tender Land" has become a popular opera, especially for colleges.

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Related Topix: Arts, Aaron Copland, Classical, Theater, Entertainment

Palm Beach Daily News

Palm Beach Opera celebrates golden jubilee with concert, dining

More than 250 guests walked the red carpet into the Kravis Center Jan. 20 for the celebration of Palm Beach Opera's 50th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Ruth Ann Swenson

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Sunherald.com

Whitney Houston's voice will never be forgotten

Whitney Houston's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Celebrities, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Arts, Bobby Brown, R-N-B

Harlem World

Noah Stewart, from Harlem to Hootie to the Royal Opera House

Noah Stewart has the swagger of Puffy and the voice of Paul Robeson. Noah's musical development started in Harlem where he studied classical music at The Harlem School of the Arts.

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Related Topix: Sesame Street, Classical, Arts

National Public Radio

An Understudy Turned Star Shines On The Met Stage

Jay Hunter Morris has received glowing reviews for his role as Siegfried in the Metropolitan Opera's most recent production of Wagner's Ring Cycle .

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Related Topix: Arts, Paris, TX

MyCentralJersey.com

NJSO makes the 'Best' even better

The opening concert of the season sets the tone, launching into this interesting period with Duke Ellington's 'Harlem' and Ferdinand Grofe's famous 'Grand Canyon Suite' on a program with George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'' and variations on 'I Got Rhythm.' / ASSOCIATED PRESS The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra recently unveiled its 2012-13 roster ... (more)

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Related Topix: Duke Ellington, Jazz, Symphony, Arts, Count Basie, Red Bank, NJ

The Detroit News

See 'Gotterdammerung' live

"Gotterdammerung," the final installment in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle, is the most theatrically effective staging of the four works in this epic series, and the clearest representation of the director Robert Lepage's vision.

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Related Topix: Richard Wagner, Arts, Opera, New York

NorthJersey.com

A Valentine's Day operatic tragedy: 'Tosca' at NJPAC

Puccini's "Tosca" is a tragic love story packed with edge-of-the-seat thrills and a melodramatic score.

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Related Topix: Arts, Symphony, Ridgewood, NJ

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Opera News

Judging Anna: How does the experience of a live opera compare to that of an HD transmission?

With the Live in HD program, the Metropolitan Opera has been able to capture new audiences worldwide.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Donizetti, Theater

The Courier-Journal

Opera finds musicians to play for 'The Merry Widow'

More than any of its neighbors on Bardstown Road's restaurant row, Ramsi's Cafe on the World is a... The Kentucky Opera announced Friday that about 35 volunteer musicians from the community will play orchestral music to accompany next week's performances of Franz Lehar's operetta 'The Merry Widow.' The opera's general director, David Roth, told The ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Kentucky, Classical, Franz Lehar, Opera, Lehar

WFAA-TV Dallas

Glass' 'The Perfect American' to open in Madrid

Philip Glass' "The Perfect American," imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney, will have its world premiere at Madrid's Teatro Real on Jan.

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