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• Cognoscenti…independientemente!

  

  Editor’s Note: This Golden Operatoonity repost continues this month’s Verdi love fest! Two of my favorite words. And how lucky am I that these two words, both... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Rigoletto’ Potpourri: a Tale, Trivia, and a Magical Performance

  

  Editor’s note: All month long, in honor of Verdi’s birthday, we will celebrate all things Verdi on Operatoonity.com. This Golden Operatoonity repost features... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Intermezzo – an Opera Blogger Whose Actions Speak Louder Than Words

  

  Editor’s note: Opera Bloggers’ Month concludes with this Q&A with the intrepid, wholly devoted, and widely admired blogger,  Intermezzo. Who is Intermezzo?... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Donizetti Operas — ‘Lucia’ Plus Three Score More

  

  Editor’s Note:  Today’s Golden Operatoonity repost is in celebration of the anniversary of the Premiere of  Donizetti ‘s Lucia di Lammermoor, on September... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Have You Read ‘Bel Canto’?

  

  Editor’s Note: Since I will soon be publishing my own opera novel, I thought I’d repost a review of a very fine, award-winning opera novel. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Cardiff’s ‘Hairman’ Has a Thing for Hair and Opera!

  

  Editor’s Note: Opera Bloggers Month continues with this lively, well-written blog, “Hairman at the Opera.” He’s a man based in Cardiff, Wales, with hair who’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Il Catalogo – Visitors to Operatoonity.com

  

  Visitors to Operatoonity.com since August 18Madamina, signore e signori, Since I moved to Operatoonity.com last month, The blog is now translate-able into... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Toronto-based COC Presents Alden’s Updated ‘Rigoletto’

  

  costume concepts for The DukeDirector Christopher Alden, who staged the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) highly acclaimed production of The Flying Dutchman, bring... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Co. of Phila. Launches ‘Carmen’ Under the Stars

  

  The Opera Company of Philadelphia cordially invites the City of Philadelphia to grab their picnic baskets and blankets, and join them for Opening Night... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Marion’s Blogs Celebration Her Devotion to Opera Greats

  

  Editor’s Note: Opera Bloggers’ Month continues with a Q&A with the always gracious and utterly captivating blogger, the intrepid Marion Lignana Rosenberg.... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Do You Know Parlando? All About COC’s Blog (and Blogger!)

  

  Editor’s note: Opera Bloggers’ Month continues with this retropost of Cecily Carver, who blogs for the Canadian Opera Company. The day I found Cecily Carver’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• He’s Half Greek, Half Chinese. Hence the Blog’s Name: Grecchinois

  

  Tenor Nicholas Phan's blog “The only time it all consistently makes sense is when I sing.” –Nicholas Phan, host of “Grecchinois” Tenor Nicholas Phan has been... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Spanish Tenor Albelo Replaces JDF in Bellini’s ‘I Puritani’

  

  Celso Albelo replacing JDF in 'I Puritani' this monthTenor Celso Albelo will travel to Japan this week to take the lead role in the opera I Puritani vacated by... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Zerbinetta’s Blog, a Trove of News and Reviews for Opera Lovers

  

  Zerbinetta’s blog, “Likely Impossibilities: evenings at the opera” is an elegant, well-written trove of opera reviews and news hearkening back to 2005 (and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Bachtrack Founder’s Reviews and Posts Connect the World to Live Opera

  

  David Karlin, founder of BachtrackEditor’s note: This is the second in this month’s series about Opera/Classical Bloggers.Being the techno-mastermind behind U.K. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera is This Erudite Blogger’s Obsession

  

  Lucy, grad studentMeet Lucy. She’s a twenty-something grad student by day and opera-goer by night. Not a singer, not a music student, but increasingly obsessed... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• up Close & Personal with Tenor René Barbera, 2011 Operalia Triple-winner

  

  Bel canto tenor René Barbera, 2011 Operalia triple-prize-winner On July 24, 2011, two days after his mother’s birthday, American tenor René Barbera made Operali... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• COC Launches 2011-12 Season with Gluck Masterpiece

  

  Susan Graham (centre) as Iphigenia in the Lyric Opera of Chicago production, 2006. Photo: Robert KuselFrom the same creative team that brought Toronto... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Merola Opera: Where Future Stars Get Loads of Training and TLC

  

  25 Young Artists. 7 Performances. And individual training, training, training galore. The Merola Opera Program is the training and performance program for... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• 50K Today? Prizes! Olé!

  

  Fifty is an important measurement in the United States. It’s a big honkin’ deal to turn fifty years old or to have been married fifty years.Sometime today,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA