‘Carmen’ outstanding; Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is next
The Sierra Vista Herald
By Richard Zoller, The Last Word The opera production of “Carmen” in the Cinema theater at Cinemark was the best of several live productions of the same opera that I have attended. The soloists were brilliant, the chorus was exciting and ...
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT – A Hit for San Francisco Opera
SanFranciscoSentinel.com
Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) is not among the great masterworks nor is it the very best work of the composer. But the comic opera does offer to the best singers in the operatic world a marvelous range of ....
'Opera Show' rocks classics with more emotions, energy
Cincinnati.com
Q: How did you choose specific operas as the best to use for the "opera in the 21st century" Act Three? A: "The Opera Show" was originally developed for an outdoor venue. For Act Three, we were thinking about our actual setting and the impa...
Canadian folksinger Kate McGarrigle dies at 63
Denver Post
... McGarrigle arrives at the opening of Donizettis opera La Fille Du Regiment and the Metropolitan Opera opening night gala benefit at Lincoln Cente in New York. Internationally acclaimed folk singer Kate McGarrigle, best known for perform...
San Diego Opera promises passionate voices behind 'Season of Desire'
Del Mar Times
'La Bohème' opens the season on Jan. 30. Reasoning that everyone who likes opera is enthralled by the emotions behind love, passion and death, the directors of the San Diego Opera chose to make the 2010 theme for the 45th International Seas...
Writers needed to revive classical opera
Vietnam Net
VietNamNet Bridge – Tuong (classical opera) lacks modern themes due to a shortage of playwrights, while folk singing opera seems to have captured the taste of contemporary audiences, according to insiders at a recent national tuong and folk...
St. Petersburg Opera excels in pacing and performance in Mozart's ...
St. Petersburg Times
Mostly the opera is persuasive because of Mozart's penetrating music, but the libretto may also be da Ponte's best (and he also wrote Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro ). It combines a madcap farce on the attraction between men and women ...
Review: 'Il Trovatore' casts show convoluted plot's versatility
Seattle Times
The absurd plot of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" is a distraction best left unexplained and unexcused. Put simply, the opera concerns a romantic triangle between a woman and two men, one of whom is a mama's boy. And depending on which Seattle Oper...
'Dreamgirls' to close Best of Broadway season
San Francisco Chronicle
"Dreamgirls," the latest incarnation of the 1981 Tony award-winning musical turned 2006 Oscar award-winning film, will be the final production of the 2009-10 Best of Broadway season, playing at the Curran Theatre from Aug. 24 through Sept. ...
OPERA SOFTWARE: Opera Mini shortlisted for two GSMA awards: Winners ...
TMCnet
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and each February, it hosts the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Opera Mini is a contender for "Best Mobile Internet Service" and "Best Mobile Techn...
I Puritani
My Hackney
Following five years of extraordinary success with La Sonnambula, Norma and Beatrice di Tenda, I Puritani, the last opera written by a young Bellini, who died at age 34, is the richest example of transition from the lyrical classicism to th...
