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• Ernani: Ogni Cor Serba Un Mistero

  

  Verdi's Ernani, a politically provocative opera which enjoyed great popular success in the years following its 1844 premiere, exists today only on the fringes o... Read more

  The 11 February 2012 by   Singingscholar
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• Opera Review: Damascus, on a Budget

  

  A semi-staged Armide bows at Juilliard. New kids on the block: Emalie Savoy (standing) Wallis Giunta (l.) and Devon Guthrie (r.) in Armide.Photo by Nan... Read more

  The 09 February 2012 by   Superconductor
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• Stupendous!

  

  Gustavo Dudamel appears on Sesame Street. Gustavo Dudamel, with baton conducts penguins as Elmo (with cute fuzzy red fur) looks on. Stupendous!Image © 2012... Read more

  The 07 February 2012 by   Superconductor
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• PETA's Shakespeare Offerings This February

  

  William Shakespeare has written a hundred sonnets and plays about the irony, tragedy, and splendor of love. He wrote about love from all angles, encompassing al... Read more

  The 03 February 2012 by   Gibbs22manila
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• Tragic Women and Sexy Ladies: Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall

  

  The recital which Susan Graham brought to Carnegie Hall last night united a wide variety of moods and musical styles around famous female figures from... Read more

  The 02 February 2012 by   Singingscholar
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• “Louise,” an Opera Premiere to Celebrate

  

  Editor’s note: Louise premiered on February 2, Groundhog Day, in 1900, in Paris, France. (This is a Golden Operatoonity post). My classmate Ginger found a... Read more

  The 02 February 2012 by   Galegirl
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• Rienzi: Sage An, Hast Deine Sendung Du Vollbracht?

  

  Opera Orchestra of New York: Chauvet, Matos, Storey (c) AP PhotoWagner's 1842 opera Rienzi is a heady cocktail of medieval history and political idealism, shake... Read more

  The 01 February 2012 by   Singingscholar
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• New York Philharmonic Avoids Strike

  

  Orchestra, union sign two-year labor deal. Filling the seats: the New York Philharmonic poses in Avery Fisher Hall. Photo by Chris Lee © 2011 The New York... Read more

  The 30 January 2012 by   Superconductor
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• Review: The Hunchback Variations Opera (Theater Oobleck)

  

  Mickle Maher’s 2001 play *The Hunchback Variations* has been transformed by Maher and composer Mark Messing to create a new iteration; *The Hunchback... Read more

  The 30 January 2012 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Götterdämmerung: So Gut Und Schlimm Es Geh'

  

  In a world where the gods don't matter, why should we care about their downfall? In the last installment of his Ring, Robert Lepage has banished the gods to... Read more

  The 30 January 2012 by   Singingscholar
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