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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: Renovation, Placido Domingo, Air Transportation Industry, Financially Distressed Companies, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Mount Vernon, Poetry, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Opera (genre)
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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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List of 2003 Grammy Award winners
The Associated PressAlbum of the year: "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones. New artist: Norah Jones. Record of the year: "Don't Know Why," Norah Jones. Song of the year: "Don't Know Why," Jesse Harris (performed by Norah Jones). Hard rock performance: "All My Life," Foo...Tags: Usher, Eminem, Willie Nelson, Daniel Barenboim, The Game
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Arts on TV: Yo-Yo Ma with Goat Rodeo; Renee Fleming
"The View" 10 a.m. Thursday, ABC: performance from “Jesus Christ Superstar.” “Open Call” 9 p.m. Thursday, KCET: Fine Cut Festival of Student Films: Hosted by mezzo-soprano opera singer Suzanna Guzman, “Goat Rodeo Live: Yo-...
Tags: ABC (tv network), HBO (tv network), Boston, Zac Brown Band (music group), Music
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Detroit Free Press Mark Stryker column
Detroit Free Press"Where have you reached me?" says arranger Rob Mathes, repeating the question posed to him. "You have reached me at my desk with about 30 pencils in front of me and score paper, listening to 'Bawitdaba' and trying to figure out how to use the great...Tags: Metallica (music group), DC (music group), Luciano Pavarotti, Brian Wilson, Fine Artists
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Composer George Benjamin:Don't label me, I'm British
ReutersBy Michael Roddy LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Rats "stream like hot metal, to the rim of the world" and children, lured by the music of a Pied Piper-like exterminator, disappear into a hillside in British composer George Benjamin's eerie 2006 mini-opera...Tags: France, Stanley Kubrick, United Kingdom, Olivier Messiaen, Opera (genre)
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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: Jane Krakowski, Alvin Ailey, Hampton Roads, Yehudi Menuhin, Dance
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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: George Harrison, Entertainment Events, Virginia Arts Festival, Bohemian Rhapsody (song), World War II (1939-1945)
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Metropolitan Opera competition winners include L.A. Opera singer
Culture MonsterJanai Brugger is among the winners of this year's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The soprano is currently enrolled in Los Angeles Opera's Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program.... -
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: YouTube, Chicago Tribune, Facebook, Music, Yo-Yo Ma
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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), Arts, Virginia Arts Festival, Christopher Newport University, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York)
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