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Classical Music: DiDonato dips into Latin repertoire to keep the dazzle going

REMEMBER Dorothy's exclamation to her little dog Toto in the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz?" "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," she said as the two emerged from the tornado-transported farmhouse into the magical Technicolor of Oz.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Prairie Village, KS, Entertainment

Sun Nov 08, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

The appeal of 'La Cenerentola'

Rossini's "La Cenerentola," or "Cinderella," sets the fairy tale to music. It's a classic.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Science / Technology, Entertainment

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Tallahassee.com

Grab a blast of culture with 'Barber,' 'Godot,' 'Lion'

There's a whole generation of pop culture junkies who can trace their knowledge of Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa 'The Barber of Seville' to cartoons.

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Related Topix: Opera, Classical, Gioachino Rossini, Arts, Tallahassee Metro, Tallahassee, FL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Press and Journal News

Prepare to be astounded

The Italian Girl in Algiers, with Tiziano Bracci as Mustafa and Karen Cargill as Isabella.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Tue Nov 03, 2009

News Journal

Singing, pratfalls both fine in 'Barber'

OperaDelaware has lots of fun with Gioachino Rossini's comedy of connivance and deceit, "The Barber of Seville." Fine ensemble singing and solid orchestral support combine with well-paced direction to make for a lively and funny performance.

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Related Topix: Opera, Classical, Gioachino Rossini, Arts

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Bostonist

Opera Boston's Tancredi: This Is Why Nobody Writes Letters Anymore

Yeghishe Manucharyan as Amenaide's conflicted, marriage-arranging, pregnant-lady-executing father, with Ewa Podles as Tancredi.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, Gioachino Rossini

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Boston Globe

Podles gives both depth and pathos to a Tancredia

Amanda Forsythe with the Polish contralto Ewa Podles. Opera Boston introduced its compelling new production of Rossini's rarely heard opera "Tancredi'' last night at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Contralto Ewa Podles in Rossini: A force of nature

Late in the second act of Rossini's "Tancredi," Ewa Podles lets forth a prolonged F below middle C - a note of such visceral power and purity that its resonance seems to pin the audience back in their seats.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, New Orleans, Jazz, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Placido Domingo, Modern Family

Fox 8 - WJW

Polish contralto brings signature Rossini role of 'Tancredi' to Boston

Late in the second act of Rossini's "Tancredi," Ewa Podles lets forth a prolonged F below middle C - a note of such visceral power and purity that its resonance seems to pin the audience back in their seats.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

EDGEboston.com Entertainment Feed

Queer Hauntings - True Tales of Gay & Lesbian Ghosts

Opera Boston ignited it's new, star-studded season with vocal fireworks, as contralto, Ewa Podles, opera's velvet foghorn, appeared in Rossini's early masterwork Tancredi.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Opera, Supernatural, Social Software

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Boston Globe

Critic's picks - classical music

OPERA BOSTON The remarkable Polish contralto Ewa Podles makes her local stage debut in Rossini's "Tancredi,'' directed by Kristine McIntyre and conducted by Gil Rose.

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Related Topix: Classical, Boston, MA, Opera, Music, Entertainment

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Opera review: The Italian Girl In Algiers ROSSINI was only 21 when he ...

ROSSINI was only 21 when he wrote The Italian Girl in Algiers, a heady will-they-won't-they saga centred on the love life of the rich and powerful Mustafa, a story ripe for modernisation.

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Related Topix: Opera

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Times Online

Triumphant homecoming for East End opera star

Glasgow's East End is not known for cradling opera stars, but tonight Thomas Walker breaks the mould, taking the stage in Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers , one of Scottish Opera's biggest productions of this season.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Classical and Opera: Soap opera style causes a real froth

By Kenneth Walton THERE have been times in Scottish Opera's troubled past where its real-life shenanigans could so easily have come straight out of soap opera.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

San Francisco Examiner

Joyce DiDonato's recital for San Francisco Performances

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato Joyce DiDonato is no stranger to San Francisco. She was a "Merolina" in the summer of 1997; and the following year she performed in the Schwabacher Debut Recital Series.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Arts, Opera

Boston Globe

Ewa Podles makes her Boston operatic debut in a Tancredia

Ewa Podles, here at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, finally makes her Boston operatic stage debut this week in Rossini's "Tancredi.'' When Ewa Podles sings, people listen.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, Classical, Handel, Theater, Music, Entertainment

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Toronto Life Online

The Aldeburgh Connection

This esteemed presenter of vocal-music events celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria's poet laureate and a towering figure in 19th-century literature.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Canada.com

Fabulous Fleming

One of the world's most sought-after sopranos is coming to town to star in the concert gala launching the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's 2008-09 season.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Renee Fleming, Opera, Classical

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Associated Content

Opera Guide and Synopsis: The Barber of Seville, by Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini composed Il barbiere di Siviglia in a mere thirteen days. The libretto was adapted by Cesare Sterbini from Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Sville .

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, Gioachino Rossini, Mozart

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Tenor takes to the high C's like a duck to water

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez made the NY Times front page last year by instantly reprising the most perilous aria in "Daughter of the Regiment," hitting all nine high C's not once, but twice in a row.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Classical, Luciano Pavarotti, Arts, Opera, Donizetti, Entertainment

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