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  1. Review: Cloud Dance Festival - ParadeRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday | Londonist

    ... relentless. And an odd but bewitching finale, a work in progress from Sophia Hurdley, interprets the story of Maria Callas's doomed love affair with Aristotle Onassis through dance. An intensely emotional, yet subtle performance from Hurdley is ...

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  2. Honour for Ulster diva who raised the roof at La ScalaRead the original story

    Monday | Belfast Today

    ... from renowned composers such as Puccini and Verdi, and performances from greats including Placido Domingo, Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti. Marjorie's autobiography a ' The Rise and Fall of a La Scala Diva a ' was published two years ago, but an ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Opera

  3. Crouch: A happy tale to lift us allRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 6 | New York City's Hometown Newspaper - NY Daily News

    ... singer with genius like Ella Fitzgerald or Aretha Franklin . Nor is she a heartbreaking operatic diva like Maria Callas or Leontyne Price . She does not need to be. Down on her profound level, Boyle has the same thing they have: the talent to move ...

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    Related Topix: Marketing, Opinion

  4. Penguin's music guide is a keeperRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 6 | The Courier-Journal

    ... - for example, a rosette is given to the celebrated 1950s monoaural recording of Puccini's "Tosca" with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano and Tito Gobbi. And for listeners whose wallets don't quite measure up to their wants, the Penguin editors ...

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    Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts

  5. Gary Player: Golfing LegendRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 5 | Sunday Times

    ... What CDs are you playing in your car? Pavarotti, Shakira, Celine Dion, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Barry White, Maria Callas. If your house caught fire what would you save? My family and the dogs. What are your creature comforts? Toblerone chocolate. ...

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    Related Topix: Golf, Golfers, Gary Player

  6. Sexy, drugs and just a hint of rock'n'rollRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    ... incongruity of classical singers being considered ''whiter than white'' for anyone old enough to remember, say, Maria Callas.) But her sentences become slightly convoluted as she reveals that only one fan has made a negative comment since that ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Arts, Opera

  7. The AlmanacRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | OfficialWire

    ... the inventor of the long-playing record, in 1906; composer/lyricist Adolph Green in 1914; opera singer Maria Callas in 1923; former Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. in 1924 (age 85); actress Julie Harris in 1925 (age 84); former U.S. Attorney ...

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    Related Topix: Maria Callas, Opera, Julie Harris, Lucy Liu, Pop/Rock, Britney Spears

  8. Lisa Hannigan to enchant INEC audiencesRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | The Sligo Champion

    ... choirs and musical choruses in school, all the while taping songs off the radio. After hearing a recording of Maria Callas singing the 'Bell Song' from Delibe's 'Lakme' (a CD at this point), she became fixated with the idea of learning how to sing ...

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  9. What's onRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | EKathimerini

    ... - To Sunday Colombian artist Julia Guerrero presents 70 paintings inspired by roles that the great opera singer Maria Callas interpreted, in an exhibition titled A'Opera Day, Maria CallasA' at the Technopolis arts complex. The display runs noon to 9 ...

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    Related Topix: Maria Callas, Opera

  10. Sexy, drugs and a hint of rockRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    ... incongruity of classical singers being considered ''whiter than white'' for anyone old enough to remember, say, Maria Callas.) But her sentences become slightly convoluted as she reveals that only one fan has made a negative comment since that ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Arts, Opera

  11. MUSIC Lisa Hannigan to play Galway's newest venueRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 30 | The Mayo News

    ... with singing in choirs and an obsessive taping of songs from the radio. After hearing a recording of Maria Callas singing the a Bell Songa TM from Delibe's a Lakmea TM, Hannigan became fixated with the idea of learning how to sing like her. A few ...

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  12. Best Seat in the House, By Frank Johnson Edited by Virginia FraserRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 29 | The Independent

    ... sometimes hilariously as on the famous occasion when, aged 14, he appeared on the stage at Covent Garden with Maria Callas in Bellini's Norma as one of the two children the heroine had decided to stab to death. Frank found himself clasped to the ...

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  13. Arda Mandikian

    Saturday Nov 28 | Groong Armenian News Network

    ... fled to Athens, and she studied at the Athens Conservatory with the soprano Elvira de Hildalgo (who also taught Maria Callas) and the mezzo Alexandra Trianti. She made her debut aged 15 singing the duet Mira, O Norma from Bellini's Norma with ...

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    Related Topix: Britten, Classical, Benjamin Britten, Arts, Opera, Opera

  14. Hollywood sea of changeRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | Variety.com

    ... the center of several projects that include the Julian Fellowes-scripted 'Greek Fire,' with Eva Mendes playing Maria Callas in a drama about her affair with Aristotle Onassis, and the Paul Schrader-scripted 'Dying of the Light,' a Nicolas Winding ...

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  15. Preview: Cloud Dance Festival - ParadeRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 27 | Londonist

    ... Sol Dans, Hagit Yakira, Nexus Dance and Diciembre Dance Group plus New Adventures star Sophia Hurdley doing Maria Callas. Slanjayvah Danza, J.H.L Dance Company and Leaf Dance make their Cloud debuts and cross our radar for the first time. You can ...

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  16. CommentsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Georgia Straight

    ... legend, Marilyn Horne, as Adalgisa. In modern times, Sutherland has more or less defined the part, though Maria Callas has an equal share in the claim. Bonynge is back to conduct the current production of a work that launched his international ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Opera, Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini, World News, World News, Queen Elizabeth, Joan Sutherland

  17. Honing Vancouver Opera's high priestess Hasmik Papian

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Georgia Straight

    ... legend, Marilyn Horne, as Adalgisa. In modern times, Sutherland has more or less defined the part, though Maria Callas has an equal share in the claim. Bonynge is back to conduct the current production of a work that launched his international ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Opera, Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini, World News, World News, Queen Elizabeth, Joan Sutherland

  18. Azerbaijani mugham singer among U.S. National Public Radio's nominees ...Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Today.Az

    ... Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, Bessie Smith, Bjork, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballe and Elvis Presley. / APA / URL: Views: 27 26 November 2009 ...

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  19. Obituaries: Obituary: Arda MandikianRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Liverpool Daily Post

    ... career that she chose to bring to a premature end in the 1960s. She was a contemporary of the Greek soprano Maria Callas and, like her, was born outside the country. She had actually been born in what is now Izmir, in Turkey, and her family of ...

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  20. Rear Window: Arianna Stassinopoulos: The siren of the SeventiesRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | The Independent

    ... to the ever-greater amusement of the press. It did not, however, stop her from embarking on a biography of Maria Callas and signing up as co-host of the BBC's Saturday Night at the Mill. The two appeared at once. The show was a disaster and she was ...

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    Related Topix: Opinion