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Monday | Henley Standard

Garsington Opera a " First Night Reviews

Maometto II by Rossini - Monday, June 10 JUST off the M40 in Buckinghamshire, the Wormsley Estate, home to Garsington Opera, looked lush and magnificent on a somewhat dull summer evening.

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Related Topix: Opera

Thu Jun 13, 2013

New Statesman

Why does opera have to have so many Wagnerian Nazis and smug anachronisms?

A new production of Tannhuser opened in early May at the Rheinoper in Dsseldorf.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Town Topics

The Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra Closes Their Season With Neapolitan Flair

The Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra finished the 2012-13 season by showcasing two of the ensembles of the orchestra's expansive program as well as a guest vocal soloist and a winner of the GPYO-sponsored concerto competition, all part of the opening concert of this year's Princeton Festival.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Daily Republic

Bridge

Gioacchino Rossini, an Italian opera composer who died in 1868, said, "One cannot judge 'Lohengrin' from a first hearing, and I certainly do not intend to hear it a second time."

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Related Topix: Opera, Gioacchino Rossini, Arts

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Opera News

Frederica von Stade: "Salzburg Recital"

Songs by Canteloube, Copland, FaurA©, Ives, Mahler, Pasatieri, Poulenc, SchA nberg, R. Strauss; Katz, piano.

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The Guardian

Maometto Secondo - review

Premiered in Naples in 1820, Rossini 's opera about the siege of Negroponte by the Turkish sultan Mehmet II soon disappeared from the stage, to be replaced by the composer's own more successful French revision of the piece as Le SiA ge de Corinthe.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts

Isle News

A Metropolitan Summer

Aria aficionados are in for a treat this summer with screenings of some of the greatest operas of all time at Jersey Opera House.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Fri Jun 07, 2013

Bucksfreepress.co.uk

What's on this week in South Bucks

Experience The Chilterns Nine guided walks over the three days led by expert guides.

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Related Topix: Buckinghamshire County, England, United Kingdom, Arts, Opera, Europe, World News,

Springfield News-Leader

Ozarks' Spyres wows London critics

Opera singer Michael Spyres, from Mansfield, had an unexpected early debut as Rodrigo in Rossini's "La donna del lago" at the Royal Opera House in London, alongside Joyce diDonato and Juan Diego Florez.

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The Gleaner

Met encores on screen for Summer

Starting Sunday, June 23, the Met's Summer HD Encore performances from the groundbreaking Live in HD series will be shown at Palace Cineplex, Odeon Cineplex and Palace Multiplex on Sundays only at 11:30 a.m. The shows run until August 11. Each opera will play only once and there will be no live performances, nor showings at Carib 5. The encores are ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Fri May 31, 2013

New Jersey Herald

Youth Orchestras set spring concert

The Sussex County Youth Orchestras invite the community to their annual spring concert to be held Sunday at 3 p.m., at Sparta High School's Performing Arts Auditorium.

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Related Topix: Sussex County, NJ, Opera

Wed May 29, 2013

Now Toronto

Music director Christopher Mokrzewski and co. set Figaroa s Wedding in a one-time department store.

FIGARO'S WEDDING by Mozart, adapted and directed by Joel Ivany, musical direction by Christopher Mokrzewski, with Stephen Hegedus, Miriam Khalil, Teiya Kasahara, Lisa DiMaria and Alexander Dobson.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Classical, Mozart, Opera, Arts

Times of Oman

ROHM brings more operas, big names next season

Muscat: The Royal Opera House Muscat announced a diverse season filled with more big names in music and dance as well as some returning favourites.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Ballet, Classical, Dvorak, Oman, World News, Middle East, Mozart

Tue May 28, 2013

Inc. Magazine

Facebook Can't Fix Papa John's Butt-Dialing Snafu

Two pizza delivery employees at Papa John's learned you never know when you'll accidentally dial a customer--and leave a racist voicemail that gets you fired.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Sanford, FL, Life, Food, Pizza, Classical, Arts, Gioachino Rossini, Opera

The Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Philharmonic gala will showcase Full Sail high-tech wizardry

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra once again joins forces with Full Sail University to present the second "Symphony in HD: Live at Full Sail University," a high-tech concert gala that benefits the orchestra.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Symphony, Opera, Entertainment

Fri May 24, 2013

The Billings Outpost

Nagel looking forward to life after Rimrock Opera

"Oh my God! I've done the opera for 14 seasons!" said Doug Nagel, commenting on his decision to leave the Rimrock Opera.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Billings, MT, Education Etc.

Thu May 23, 2013

Now Toronto

Soulpeppera s Barber gets the laughs and also draws a little revolutionary blood

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Michael O'Brien and John Millard, adapted from Beaumarchais and Rossini .

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Wed May 22, 2013

Financial Times

La donna del lago, Royal Opera House, London

In Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake , the heroine is introduced as "a monument of Grecian arta <.a <.a <.a < the guardian Naiad of the strand" - an un-clichA©d portrait of Scottish beauty.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

Tue May 21, 2013

Londonist

The Myths of Scottish Culture Explored Through Italian Opera

In the early 19th century, Sir Walter Scott promoted Scotland to the world, in what has arguably led to an enduring myth of what it means for the Scots to be culturally distinct from England.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Mon May 20, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

BWW Reviews: Soulpepper Stages Hilarious Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville , the fourth show of Soulpepper's 2013 season, opened this past Thursday at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

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