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Lyric Opera Baltimore ready to raise its voice
Three years ago, a Druid priestess and her Roman lover walked willingly and melodically into a blazing pyre as the curtain fell on a performance of Bellini's "Norma" at the Lyric Opera House. Those epic characters were not the only ones being consumed....Tags: Government, Mount Royal, Artists, Budgets and Budgeting, Placido Domingo
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New company works to bring grand opera back to Baltimore
When Ron Griffin received a solicitation for Lyric Opera Baltimore a few weeks ago, he had some questions. The organization sounded a lot like the Baltimore Opera Company, which folded midseason in 2009 because of financial problems, leaving Griffin and...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Concerts, Rentals, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Poetry
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Opera in the market
Dining@LargeDining@Large reader mededitor sent me a link to something she described as "sorta food-related." It is related to food in the sense that food goes with wine, and what she sent me involves a drinking song. A drinking song sung in......Tags: Opera (genre), Music Theater
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Lyric Opera to work with Second City for first time next season
The very notion of Lyric Opera and The Second City performing together, even for a one-night stand, would strike most folks in Chicago as slightly absurd. The city's venerable impresario of grand opera making beautiful music with the town's famous factory...
Tags: The Second City, U.S. Army, Yo-Yo Ma, PBS (tv network), Chicago Tribune
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Queen's Balcony Wave, Flypast, Cap Jubilee Celebrations
CNNLondon -- Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations reached a climax Tuesday as she and other members of the royal family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for a flypast. Aircraft from the Battle of Britain -- including Spitfires and a...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Artists, Monarchy (music group), Elton John, Andrew, Duke of York
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Signature performances return for Virginia Arts Festival
The Virginia Arts Festival begins its 16th season on Monday, April 16, and the opening lineup of performers says a lot about where the festival has come and where it's heading. The week ahead is bracketed by two events of international caliber, a recital...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Concerts, Virginia Arts Festival, Alvin Ailey, Lincoln Center
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Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro awes Virginia Arts Festival audience
Opening with the vocal mastery of Renee Fleming on April 16, the Virginia Arts Festival presented a very different master in Jake Shimabukuro's performance on the ukulele April 18. Hawaii-born Shimabukuro gained world-wide attention with his YouTube...
Tags: Concerts, Virginia Arts Festival, Bohemian Rhapsody (song), Festive Events, YouTube
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Nauticus and Stage Company team up for swingtime revue
Nauticus and Virginia Stage Company are teaming up to present "Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck Revue," this summer. Performances of the World War II-era song and dance show will take place May 31 through July 8 on the deck of the Battleship Wisconsin in...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), August Wilson, Andrews Sisters (music group), Glenn Miller, Opera (genre)
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Yo-Yo Ma visits the Chicago Tribune
"After I play this,"Yo-Yo Masaid as he picked up his 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius cello, "tell me what you think about." This is Tuesday, around lunch.
He played the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
Here's a popular version of it online, which...Tags: Concerts, Yo-Yo Ma, Culture, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Subscription drop? Not in Newman's Chicago
If you've been staring at the huge banner of the beautiful Renee Fleming on the back of the Civic Opera House — or noting how well the Lyric Opera of Chicago finds the sex and glamour in its promotion of its season of operas — you're...Tags: Marriott Theatre, LivingSocial, Inc., Nathan Lane, Civic Opera House, Mormonism
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World premieres dominate the 2011 music and theater scene
No one blockbuster event stood out in the year that's ending, but Hampton Roads experienced a strong year of music and theater.
The economy improved just a hair so that audience members felt a little more comfortable dipping into their wallets. The...Tags: Ceremonies, Festive Events, Chrysler Hall, Music, Radio Industry
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