Callas News

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2009 with 29 to follow. The moon is full.

Date : Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:18:09 PST Arda Mandikian Arda Mandikian, the Greek soprano, who died on November 8 aged 85, was a great favourite of Benjamin Britten and created the role of Miss Jessel, the ghostly former governess in Turn of the Screw; but her international singing career came to a premature end in the 1960s after she spoke out ...

These days, Vienna-based soprano Hasmik Papian is the go-to Norma, a truly operatic role that's had many legendary names associated with it.

A Modesto native who has sung in the great opera houses of Europe will perform Sunday in the Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association series.

Date : Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:49 +0400 ARDA MANDIKIAN: SOPRANO CHAMPIONED BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN The Times/uk November 17, 2009 Arda Mandikian, left, as the ghost of Miss Jessel with Jennifer Vyvyan in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw A singer whose repertoire ranges, with authority, over more than 2,000 years is likely to be unusual.

Spontaneity doesn't come naturally to everyone. Neither is it welcomed by everyone.

MARIO Lanza belting out Be My Love from our battered wind-up gramophone is one of my earliest memories.

Anna Kazakova teaches piano to Isabella Koh, 7. Kazakova came to this country from Russia, where she had a successful career as an opera singer with several companies in Moscow.

Six rising stars from the Metropolitan Opera and European stage will perform a benefit concert on Sunday, Nov.

A stalwart of the New York stage since the mid-1960s, Terrence McNally has gained distinction on and off Broadway as a playwright and, to a much lesser extent, as a screenwriter.

"It takes a village to make a solo," Monique Jenkinson, a.k.a. Fauxnique, quips over drinks at the Lone Palm, before finding a sequin from her blouse in the peanut jar.

Colorado State University School of the Arts will present internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joy Davidson for one night only in 'Maria: The Life and Loves of Maria Callas' at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St.

It was my pleasure and privilege to attend the stunning performance of the Fort Collins Symphony on Oct.

A few days ago, I got an email from our editor here at Bay Area Bites asking me if I would incorporate "in my own very special way" a Halloween theme into this week's post.

Under a brilliant Texas sun, Dallasa s wealthiest arts patrons -- among them oilman Bruce Calder, mergers and acquisitions super-lawyer Hal Brierley and art collector and philanthropist John Dayton -- thronged the citya s fantastic new opera palazzo on Friday night for the premiere of its inaugural production, Verdia s a oeOtello.a Many women wore ...

The last time I interviewed Oscar winner Faye Dunaway , I asked her what was taking so long with her proposed film adaptation of Master Class , in which she would recreate her L.A. stage role of opera diva Maria Callas.

She calls Cedar Lake home, but Brenda Roberts is an opera singer with artistic experiences that extend way beyond Hoosier soil.

Actress Faye Dunaway has been in Detroit for a month prepping for her film 'Master Class.' Filming starts next week.

Actress Faye Dunaway really was scouting locations a few months ago when she had a private party at the Book-Cadillac Hotel's champagne bar.

"MASTER CLASS," through Nov. 8, Salt Lake Acting Company, 801-363-7522. Running time: two hours 15 minutes .