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• Opera Dinosaurs? Another Kind of Literacy is Now Vital

  

  Though my research leading me to this conclusion was hardly exhaustive, I believe there’s never been an opera written about dinosaurs. “Tyrannosaurus Rex” is... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• an Imagined Cast List for Don Juan in Hankey, PA

  

  Editor’s note: This post is the fourth stop on the Eye-Popping, Jaw-Dropping, Gob-Smacking Blog Tour to launch my novel with an opera backdrop, DON JUAN IN... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• What’s Your Favorite Donizetti Opera?

  

  Gaetano DonizettiToday is composer Gaetano Donizetti’s birthday! He was born on November 29, 1797, in Bergamo, Italy.Some wonderful links to recordings,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Online Festival Next Week to Launch Opera Novel

  

  Next, week I am launching my opera novel DON JUAN IN HANKEY, PA with an online festival at my author website. Why am I doing this, you may ask? For one thing,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Love of Opera Inspires Young Spaniard’s Poster Designs

  

  I’m not sure how I stumbled onto the creative genius of Jose Llopis, but I think he reached out to me on Twitter. As a result, I had a chance to check out his... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Music Broadcast, a Treat for Music Lovers & Resource for Opera Companies

  

  Have you tuned into Opera Music Broadcast yet? If you haven’t, you don’t know what you are missing. Opera Music Broadcast offers all opera, art song, and vocal... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Remembering Gluck on His Dying Day

  Not much of the opera seen today was written prior to the eighteenth century. Gluck is one of the earliest pre-Mozart composers whose work endures. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Eye-popping, Jaw-dropping Blog Tour for New Novel

  

  A host of talented bloggers with varied gifts–authors, artists, writers and opera experts–are opening up their blogs as part of a thirteen-stop tour to launch m... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• COC’s Audition for Young Artists Now Welcomes an Audience

  

  Sasha Djihanian, soprano, from Montreal, QC For the first time in the history of the Canadian Opera Company, the final auditions for singers seeking to join... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Six Figure Program Income

  So you’re here as you want more information on Six Figure Program, right? Of course you will be! You’re not here to know calligraphy think you’re? Of course... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sneak Preview of “Who Are You New York,” Songs of Rufus Wainwright

  

  Rufus Wainwright, November 17, Rose Theater Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Video Trailer for My Soon-to-debut Opera Novel

  Life gets busy, doesn’t it? There have been times when friends and acquaintances have done important things professionally–opened a boutique, starred in a... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Happy, Happy Anniversary, Don G., You Splendiferous Thing!

  

  How about that Mozart, stepping out with Don G., two days before Halloween! How fitting.Yes, Don Giovanni premiered in Prague 224 years ago today, which means... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• COC Raises $100K for Rising Opera Artists

  The bar for charity balls was raised on October 21, 2011, at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto as the scene of Operanation 8: A Muse... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Some ‘Habaneras’ Celebrating Bizet’s Birthday

  

  Today in Paris, France, composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838. Though he had no great body of operas to contribute to the repertoire, not like Verdi, he... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Triberr Makes Spintos of Everyday Bloggers

  

  In the same way that tenors and sopranos with lovely vocal qualities might not have enough ping in their voices to reach the back of the opera house, sometimes... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Verdi Zings a ‘Great Critic’

  

  Verdi lore has it that A Great Critic visited Verdi as he was finishing Il Trovatore. (We all know and LOVE the Great Critics.) Verdi played him the Anvil... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Celebrating Favorite Verdi Arias on His Birthday

  

  When a composer like Giuseppe Verdi has numerous operas still performed in the repertoire, favorite arias pile up–even more so than favorite Verdi operas–becaus... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Supporting Characters Are Opera’s Unsung Heroes

  

  I recently saw a wonderful production of Carmen by Opera Company of Philadelphia, their 2011-12 season opener.When one goes to see Carmen, one expects the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• What is Your Favorite Verdi Opera?

  

  October is Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday month. We’re celebrating the 19th Century Italian composer and his works all month long on this blog. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA