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Carlos Kleiber and the Liebestod from Bayreuth

What intrigued me about this video was the eerie dream-like quality, obviously from a backstage black & white monitor camera, of Carlos Kleiber conducting Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth in 1975 .

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Related Topix: Opera, Blog News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Arias by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner: Kaufmann/Mahler CO/Abbado | CD review

Discs of operatic arias seem to be A proliferating at the moment, almost A certainly because studio recordings of complete operas have become so expensive.

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Related Topix: Opera

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Boston Globe

Boston Philharmonic, with soprano Linda Watson, gets Wagner right

Most of the time, a concert devoted entirely to one composer is a feast; with Richard Wagner, it's merely a sampler.

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Related Topix: Opera, Richard Wagner, Music, Entertainment

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Examiner.com

Schoenberg the middleman

George Gershwin painting his portrait of Arnold Schoenberg, ca. 1934, unidentified photographer, from the Henry Botkin papers of the Archives of American Art It is hard to imagine a better program to illustrate the musical tensions of the latter half of the nineteenth century and their impact on the early twentieth than the one prepared by Sir ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Schoenberg, Simon Rattle, Opera, Richard Wagner, Arts, Symphony

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Independent

Ballet and Opera - The odd couple

To many ballet fans, opera is all about melodrama and inappropriate vocalising. Yet, to opera aficionados, ballet can seem limited and dull.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Opera, Watches, Dance

Thu Nov 19, 2009

National Public Radio

Wagner's Overtures In Full-Spectrum Sound

As an intellectual, he was a fascinating paradox of pragmatism and idealism - had it not been for his indisputable talent, he might easily have been branded a crackpot - as well as the living embodiment of pride and prejudice.

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Related Topix: Opera, Richard Wagner, Theater, Arts, Barenboim, Symphony

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Metropulse.com

KSO Offers Haydn, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Strauss

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra continues its 2009-10 season this week with a concert that should interest just about everyone with a pulse.

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Related Topix: Opera, Symphony, Arts, Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Metro

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Globe and Mail

COC diamond gala is really golden

Robert Everett-Green Last updated on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 3:12PM EST D iamond Anniversary Concert Canadian Opera Company In Toronto on Saturday It took only a few sheets of plywood to turn the Four Seasons Centre into a concert hall.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Ionarts

American 'Ring' Cycle Comes to Surprising Conclusion

In 2006, when Washington National Opera opened its American Ring Cycle, few could have imagined that it would end as it did on Saturday night, with a concert performance of GA tterdA mmerung .

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Italian opera woos slasher-movie fans

With opera house attendances falling alarmingly, venues such as La Scala in Milan are trying to titillate and lure the young La Scala opera house in Milan.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Italy, World News, Verdi

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Symphonic series continues Nov. 13

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 Symphonic Series continues with "The Wonder of Love," featuring mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock at 8 p.m. Nov.

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Related Topix: Arts, Symphony, West Virginia, Opera, Classical, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Haaretz

Wagner descendant slams 'anti-semitic' music at Berlin Wall event

Richard Wagner's great-grandson, Gottfried Wagner, on Friday protested the choice of music at festivities 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which includes a composition by his "anti-semitic" great-grandfather. Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim is leading Monday's performance at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, which is to include A ...

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Related Topix: Opera, Richard Wagner, Classical, Schoenberg, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Bohemian.com

Stage review: 'La Boheme' at Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater

Puccini's La Boheme is one of those operas that means something even to people who have never seen it.

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Related Topix: Petaluma, CA, Arts, Opera

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Classical Singer

Inspirazione! - Finding Peace this Holiday Season

It seems like yesterday when I started writing this monthly column, but this will be my third holiday column.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Review: The music's the thing in HGO's Lohengrin

Richard Paul Fink , from left, Ryan McKinny and Simon O'Neill star in the Wagner opera.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Maestro is ready for his Wagner debut

Houston Grand Opera music director Patrick Summers will conduct Wagner's Lohengrin.

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Related Topix: Opera, Arts, Houston Metro, Richard Wagner

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Kansas City InfoZine

Leading Dramatic Soprano Deborah Voigt Returns to Harriman-Jewell Series to Sing Recital

The opera superstar has selected a delightful program that includes arias by Richard Wagner and Giacomo Puccini and songs by Amy Beach, Ottorino Respighi, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Moore, and Leonard Bernstein .

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Kansas City, MO, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Puccini, Classical, Strauss

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Electronic House

This Weeka s Blu-rays a Bit of a Horror Show

It's a wonderful contest - and I also mentioned it in my column: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091025 jack The home entertainment systems and lights are operated by a Control4 home control jack which it believes will make it far less expensive for homeowners to monitor their Blu-ray There aren't a whole lot of spectacular choices for ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Strauss, Opera, Bollywood

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

Tickets now on sale for Hawaii Opera season

Tickets are now on sale for Hawaii Opera Theatre's Grand Opera 2010 Anniversary Season.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, Mozart, Richard Wagner

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

On opening night, the sounds of success fill Winspear Opera House

"Joyfully we greet this noble hall/where only art and peace shall ever dwell." With the rousing Entry of the Guests from Richard Wagner's Tannhauser the Winspear Opera House opened for business Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Richard Wagner, Opera, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Arts, Verdi

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