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United strings of Europe: Renewal Works by Marsh, Shaw, Golijov and Mendelssohn BIS-2549 (auditioned in 24/192). 2021. Matthew Bennet, prod.; Dave Rowell, P.Eng. Performance ****½ Sonics ****½ Here's a superbly executed oddity that…

It's rare for both Tampa Bay Opera companies to hold events on the same weekend. It's not that the St. Petersburg Opera and the Tampa Opera aren't on good terms – they are – but that there are a finite number of opera lovers.…

Jared Bybee sang "Some Enchanted Evening" many times in recitals and concerts but never in a performance. Until now.As Emile DeBecque, the wealthy landowner in the touring national production of "South Pacific," Bybee gets…

Lirica Arts Singapore presents its first fully staged opera with Gioacchino Rossini's highly acclaimed one-act masterpiece L'inganno Felice (The Blissful Deception) on 5-6 March 2022 at NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre. This Singapore premiere…

NAPLES - The Mascagni Academy based in the Tuscan city of Livorno is looking into the future of Italian music by scouting for new talent abroad.This is part of the new operations of the Mascagni Department, created within the…

– the Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Council (BAAB), along with various community organizations, recognize several events honoring the African-American Diaspora for Black History Month, while observing this year's theme as…

Armenian baritone Navasard Hakobyan won Houston Grand Opera's 34 top prizeand Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Operawire reports. The singer will take home $10,000. Soprano Amanda Batista came in second, who will…

The public did not realize it but when Andrea Molino conducted Bartók Bluebeard's Castle for Opera Australia in 2021 he did so without a score. It was the same when he directed Szymanowski King Roger in 2017, as well as Bohemian in 2016…

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born on January 20, 1906 in Smyrna and died on March 15, 1975 at the age of 69. Commonly known as Ari or Aristo Onassis, he was a Greek shipping magnate, who amassed the largest private shipping fleet in the…

After five decades of forging a successful international singing career, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has returned home to Aotearoa and wishes to reconnect with her culture by learning te reo Māori. “The saddest thing when I left New Zealand was…

Born in 1901, the pretty Emma Jean Arnt grew up in luxury, in the high society of Michigan City, Indiana. Hers was a family of millionaire bankers, her father CE Arnt, director of Citizens Bank since 1894. Emma Jean attended the best…

The numerous performance restrictions imposed by Covid-19 have not appeased the zeal of the seven young recipients of this year's Kiwi music scholarship. Western Bay of Plenty soprano Felicity Tomkins…

Most opera and classical music lovers know the history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his operas. But few people know about the colorful life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, who was the librettist of three of the composer's best-known operas, “Les…

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) In 1924, Angeles Monrayo, an 11-year-old Filipino immigrant, started a newspaper because "I like to read about myself - what happens to me every day - when I'm an old woman."…

Anne Rice, a gothic novelist who helped resurrect the vampire story with dark and alluring bestsellers such as Interview with the vampire, who was adapted into a blockbuster film and used the popular blood-sucking creature as a means to…

El Dibany is the only Egyptian singer presented in the Lebanese festival dedicated to songs from the classical music repertoire. She performed on December 15 as part of the festival which runs from December 1 to 23 with renowned Arab and…

Marjan Kiepura, pianist Marjan Kiepura and Jane Knox Les Soirées musicales de Marjan is a new series of podcasts in which pianist Marjan Kiepura shares a unique insight into the work of…

THE BASICS: Buffalo Opera Unlimited presented Bizet's full opera CARMEN on Friday, December 3 at 7:30 a.m., and will perform an encore on Sunday, December 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center, 1300…

For decades, Cal State Fullerton has maintained a reputation as a school that produces opera stars. Deborah Voigt, Rodney Gilfrey, Jubilant Sykes, James 'Marty' Schaefer, Charles Castronovo, Omar Crook and…

Peter DinklageScreenshot: The late show"The greatest singers are not necessarily opera singers, they just have a soul" Peter Dinklage Stephen Colbert said. And then he sang. Citing singular composers like Bob Dylan and Nina Simone as such!-->!-->…

MIDDLETON, NS - New additions to an Annapolis County park will help more people enjoy the outdoors and may instill in them a love of chess or ping-pong. City of Middleton Active Living Coordinator Lisa Fenton said the…

In this video shared on Instagram, a group of seven opera singers dance in the characteristic footsteps of this viral audio - "Nuestra Cancion". Every once in a while an Instagram Reel audio goes viral and it's so catchy you just can't get…

Despite effective vaccines, it has become clear that SARS-CoV-2 will not go away completely anytime soon. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, physicists and engineers will showcase innovative ways to avoid…

Live music seems to be more powerful these days. Over the course of the conversations, the musicians share with me their deep gratitude and their relief to give concerts again. It must affect the energy and focus they put into each…

Neda Ulaby October 29, 2021 A self-proclaimed bohemian witch who rubbed shoulders with the greatest jazz luminaries of her time was also an accomplished painter. Gertrude Abercrombie lived in a…

Nerves hit immediately after the end. On Sunday, after an intensive week of rehearsals and performances, Jonah Hoskins had qualified for the final of Operalia, a competition founded by acclaimed Placido Domingo to spotlight some of the…

The Ministry of Culture applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the rooms in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers. The 30 Arab Music Festival and Conference (November 1-15)…

On Wednesday I was sitting in Piazza Mattei in Rome, surrounded by 2,500 years of history, waiting for an old Italian pal, Giancarlo, to join me for coffee.Let me tell you about Giancarlo. The Maestro and I used to do 'a line' as they say…

Ann Widdecombe and Owen Jones clash over Brexit dealStrictly Come Dancing will continue as normal this weekend despite the departure of Robert Webb and Dianna Buswell. Peep Show star Mr Webb, who underwent open heart surgery two years ago,…

African-American extended family arriving in rural southern Chicago, ca. 1920. I was leaving the south throw myself into the unknown ... I took part of the south transplant into foreign soil, to see if he could grow up differently, if he…

Two creatures Sing softly to each other, Trade a series of trills, low prizes, and tweets. If you close your eyes and listen, you may think you can hear two birds. But you will be wrong. In fact, it is a pair of vocal repertoire…

Dame Sarah Connolly has said she worries about the future of British opera singers if they cannot "spend a lot of time in Europe building their careers". The mezzo-soprano has performed in some of the most prestigious venues in the world,!-->…

One of Augusta's most iconic voices will now be the name millions of people will see when they arrive on the city's busiest road. The Jessye Norman Memorial Interchange, which will be located on I-20 and Washington Road, will open Saturday…

The masked singer Australia just revealed who Dolly is, and voila, he was the comedian Em Rusciano behind the mask !!! Which, honestly, everyone guessed, including us. Dolly is Em Rusciano! #MaskedSingerAU pic.twitter.com/0HMSIHQRtS -…

Northcentral Pa. Has no shortage of opportunities to enjoy the cinema. Local universities are promoting…

IN Series will screen the free premiere of its latest opera film, Black flute, Friday, October 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument on the National Mall. Mozart's timeless music…

At a recent concert in the Xintiandi Entertainment District, tenor Han Peng and soprano Song Qian performed in front of an audience that included workers at the…

Jennie Coles remembers the time a man she was dating asked her to marry him. She was barely in her twenties and presumably flattered by the proposal, but she wasn't sure how to respond. She turned to her mother, former opera singer…

DENMARK, SC - Voorhees College is once again among the best regional colleges in the South, according to the 2022 US News and World Report rankings.Voorhees tied for 48th with the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith - a six point improvement…

As one of the most acclaimed contemporary opera singers, soprano Renee Fleming has had a taste of every major role.Thirty years ago, in March, when she was making her first appearance with the famous Metropolitan Opera in New York, Fleming…

National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, celebrates the stories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans. It began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was extended to cover 30 days…

THIS afternoon is the Last Wight of the Proms event, after three fantastic days of entertainment at the Wight Proms at Northwood House. A few tickets are still available for this afternoon, which will feature soprano…

West Bay Opera produced "Madama Butterfly" in 2016. The company's new Opera DEI program aims to support singers from under-represented ethnicities. Courtesy of the West Bay Opera House. West Bay Opera Palo Alto is launching its new…

news, local news, open mic, griffith regional theater, jorja dalton, motorbike, missi j, music, artsThe Grass Roots open mic show saw a wide variety of young musicians take the stage to showcase their musical talent, from opera singers to…

A wide range of artists helped celebrate the opening of The Link, a new business and creative center in St. Johns County that has been hailed as "the building of the future". Co-organized by the Ponte Vedra Beach Cultural Center (CCPVB),…

LONDON - Graham Vick, a British opera director who has worked at prestigious houses like the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala while seeking to broaden the appeal of opera by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and old factories and…

Laskarina "Bouboulina" Pinotsi was an extremely influential Greek woman, serving as a member of the Hellenic Navy during Greece's War of Independence in 1821. Credit: Sreejithk2000 / Wikimedia Commons / Public DomainInfluential Greek women…

A group of Cantonese opera singers are delighted to celebrate the opening of their new studio near IKEA of Richmond. Members of a Richmond-based Cantonese opera group celebrated the grand opening of their newly renovated studio…

19 July 2021, 09:38 | Updated: July 19, 2021, 09:58 Joseph Calleja: Sacred Music of St John's. Photo: Facebook / Joseph Calleja…

"I took care of him when he was literally on the verge of death," said Dr Nida Qadir, pulmonologist and co-director of the intensive care unit at UCLA Medical Center. “He has no memory of meeting me.But now the couple know each other well…

Hourly CorrespondentJudy Lisi, President and CEO of the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, has directed the vast entertainment center since 1992. She founded Opera Tampa in 1995 and the Patel Conservatory, where aspiring…

Opera singers are often judged by their vocal abilities, but on stage, there's more to it. They must inhabit their roles and give meaning to the characters they play. The best must also be great actors, and it is with this in…

New York's vibrant community of opera singers, which includes some of the world's most renowned singers, hasn't been able to perform to live crowds for over a year now. This summer, a team of creative and resourceful artists took matters…

LUKAS PODOLSKI signed up to become a judge on the German version of Britain's Got Talent. The former Arsenal and Galatasaray star announced his new "club" on Tuesday after leaving Turkish squad Antalyaspor. Das Supertalent begins its 15th…

The incredible performers who also light up opera stages around the world with rainbow colors.The approaches to opera plots about gender, identities and love are as fluid as they come. And it makes sense that stars in the opera world have…

As an ode to the country's perseverance throughout the past year, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announced on June 28 that it will host a special and socially distanced America Strong concert at Dickies Arena in Fort. Worth on July 4,…