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Concert Review: Grief, Joy, but No Mozart

New world elegance: pianist Nelson Freire. The composer whose name adorns the festival was absent from Mostly Mozart on Friday night, as the Festival Orchestra offered a program... Read more

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Metropolitan Opera Preview: L'Elisir d'Amore

Flórez and Damrau get together over a bottle of wine. Doctor Dulcamara opens for business in L'Elisir d'Amore. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2009 The Metropolitan Opera. Read more

The 14 August 2011 by Superconductor
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Don Giovanni

The man, the myth, the opera: approaching Don Giovanni is no easy task. But "approach" is too timid a verb for what the Budapest Festival Orchestra... Read more

The 08 August 2011 by Singingscholar
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DVD Review: The Old Switcheroo

Così fan tutte from La Scala. Dolores Ziegler (left) and Daniela Dessì in a frame-grab from Così fan tutte. Image © 1998 OpusArte/Teatro alla Scala. As... Read more

The 05 August 2011 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Hansel and Gretel

The Metropolitan Opera revives a bizarre version of the children's classic. Chefs of the Future: the "angels" in Hansel and Gretel. Photo by Douglas Quint © 200... Read more

The 10 August 2011 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: La Traviata

Natalie Dessay slips into the little red dress. Lover boy: Matthew Polenzani returns as Alfredo Germont in the Met's revival La Traviata. Read more

The 14 August 2011 by Superconductor
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James Bond Vs. The Philharmonic

Roger Moore as 007, getting ready to commute across the Piazza San Marco in an inflatable gondola. Photo © 1979 EON Productions/DANJAQ S.A./MGM Studios/United... Read more

The 09 August 2011 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Manon

Anna Netrebko goes for broke as Massenet's fallen heroine. Anna Netrebko as Manon. Photo by Bill Cooper © 2010 Royal Opera House of Covent Garden Manon is... Read more

The 18 August 2011 by Superconductor
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Review: Forever Plaid (Highland Park Players)

Forever Plaid Written by Stuart Ross Directed by Catherine Davis at Highland Park Community House (map) thru Aug 14 | tickets: $18 | more info Check for... Read more

The 02 August 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Götterdämmerung

Boy leaves girl. Boy forgets girl. Girl gets boy killed. World ends. Torch song tetralogy: Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde in Götterdämmerung. Photo by Brigitte... Read more

The 14 August 2011 by Superconductor
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La Forza Del West

Verdi's opera and the "spaghetti" Western. L.-R.: Il buono (Clint Eastwood), il brutto, (Eli Wallach) il cattivo (Lee Van Cleef) © 1966 United Artists... Read more

The 18 August 2011 by Superconductor
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