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Friday | New Yorker

Ten Memorable 2009 Performances

February 10th: Verdi's " Il Trovatore " returns to the Metropolitan Opera in a lusty production by David McVicar, with Sondra Radvanovsky singing potently as Leonora.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, Philippe Herreweghe, Bach, Tully, NY

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

LA Opera offers rollicking `Barber of Seville'

'Tis the season at the Music Center for holiday entertainment. "Mary Poppins" is flitting about the Ahmanson Theater; the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale are decking Disney Hall with musical delights; and on Sunday, Los Angeles Opera unveiled its offering: a light-hearted, cartoon-bright rendition of Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of ...

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Financial Times

Der Barbier von Sevilla, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin

There is a collective sigh of pleasure, then a giggle. Katharina Thalbach has given the Deutsche Oper audience just what it wanted.

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Related Topix: Katharina Thalbach, Opera

Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

'Barber' hits some rough patches

That reality was reinforced Sunday afternoon with the debut performance by the Baltimore Opera Theatre before a modest, appreciative, audience at the Hippodrome.

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Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Arts, Opera, Symphony, Entertainment

Thu Nov 26, 2009

About.com

How to Send an Email to Undisclosed Recipients in Opera

A drunken soldier and a music teacher, both courting a young lady and neither who he pretends to be.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Edinburgh News

Review: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Festival Theatre

BUSY to the point of bursting, Scottish Opera's vigorous co-production with the NBR New Zealand Opera of Rossini's shining comic opera at the Festival Theatre is a captivating yet strangely disconcerting affair.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Sun Nov 22, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Review: This 'Cinderella' has fireworks -- just not enough of them

Michael Dailey as Don Ramiro and Betany Coffland as Cinderella in the fall 2009 Opera San Jose production of La Cenerentola.

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

Fri Nov 20, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Joyce DiDonato returns to San Francisco

Joyce DiDonato Since I am always interested in how to think of an evening's program as a journey in its entirety, I was delighted to see that Joyce DiDonato explicitly declared the structural strategy of her San Francisco Performances recital last night in Herbst Theatre with accompanist John Churchwell.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Opera

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Independent

Album: Rossini, Colbran, the Muse

Joyce Di Donato's Colbran, the Muse follows much the same recital-as-biography format as Cecilia Bartoli's Maria Malibran disc,though the arias are exclusively by Rossini and the orchestra is exclusively modern instruments.There are some gems here a touching reading of Desdemona's prayer, "Dehcalma, o ciel, nel sonno" from Otello, and a cameo ...

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Related Topix: Opera

San Francisco Chronicle

Review: Joyce DiDonato's sublime gift of song

Bay Area music lovers have known about the brilliance of the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato longer than most, thanks to her breakthrough Merola performance as Rossini's Cenerentola and a triumphant Schwabacher Debut Recital back in the mid-'90s. Images View Larger Image Yet I doubt that even her biggest local fans - and yes, I am one - could ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Opera

Tue Nov 17, 2009

SFGate

Joyce DiDonato en Espanol

If you're inclined to wish Joyce DiDonato good luck, please do it with the Italian phrase, " In bocca al lupo ." Please do not ask the mezzo-soprano to "break a leg." Images She's been there, suffered that.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, San Francisco Metro

Sun Nov 15, 2009

This Is Exeter

Music and prayer take many forms

LAST Saturday, I sang in one concert and listened to another. Rossini was primarily a composer of comic opera, which he did brilliantly.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, Devon County, England, United Kingdom

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Townsend Opera Players play it for laughs with latest offering - 'The Barber of Seville'

If you've watched a Bugs Bunny cartoon, you've likely heard music from "The Barber of Seville." Really, if you've watched TV at all, you've likely heard its familiar chorus, "Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!" Gioacchino Rossini's comic opera has been a favorite with audiences since it premiered in Rome in 1816.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Gioacchino Rossini, Theater, Modesto, CA, Modesto Metro

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Opera-loving Scottish widow leaves millions to Met

A Scottish widow with twin passions for birds and music has left most of her 10 million pound fortune to New York's Metropolitan Opera and a British nature charity.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Arts, Opera, Lottery, Business News

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

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

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