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• Today’s Top Tenors

  

  I put the task off until today. But since it’s the last day of Talented Tenors month, it was now or never. (It being the list of top tenors singing today.)... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• American Tenor Wins Operalia 2011

  

  René Barbera, 2011 Operalia winnerCongratulations to René Barbera, US tenor, Texas native, winner of three prizes at Placido Domingo’s Operalia! Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• What Makes a Great Tenor?

  

  No matter how much you know about opera or about tenors for that matter, you’ll love this seven-part series “What Makes a Great Tenor?” produced by the BBC... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• the Anniversary of an Opera That Launched Legendary Tenor’s Career

  

  Today (July 24) in 1964 marks the premiere of composer Alberto Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Don Rodrigo, a three-act opera based on the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Barkarole? Tannschnauzer? NY Opera Company Seeks Calendar Dogs!

  

  Have a canine who’s a natural to star in The Marriage of Fido, Lassi Of Lammermoor, The Dalmation of Faust? Attention, dog-loving opera fans!  Tri-Cities Opera... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 CULTURE, PETS, THEATRE & OPERA

• Stop Picking on NYC Opera!

  

  You  manage an opera company. Your expenses exceed your income. That is the scenario you inherited when you stepped in as general manager and is expected to be... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Chattin’ It up with David Lomeli: Mexican Tenor, Toast of NYC!

  

  Tenor David LomeliHe’s an Operalia winner. He’s a recent graduate of San Francisco Opera‘s prestigious Adler Fellows program for the most advanced young singers. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Did You Know the Tenor Was the ‘holding’ Voice?

  

  As a word person, I’m forever curious about the origin of words. (I really should have taken Latin instead of German classes in high school. Latin would have... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Meet @mitchthetenor: Sings Internationally; Loves American Song

  

  Mitchell Sturgess, tenorTenor Mitchell Sturges hails from Salt Lake City, Utah. Currently, he lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he is under the tutelage of Dr.... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lend Me a Tenor?

  

  I’d love to, but you’ll have to be more specific. That’s like a surgeon saying, “Lend me an instrument” when he needs a scalpel. Since it’s Talented Tenors... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Get to Know the ‘Pavarotti of the Panhandle,’ Tenor Eric Barry

  

  Tenor Eric Barry is setting himself apart with his distinctive sound–which is both passionate and earnest–and his genuine facility with dramatic expression.... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Meet a Teaching Tenor– K.E. Querns Langley

  

  K.E. (Ken) Querns Langley is a talented tenor and an international voice teacher. He has lived, taught as a vocal instructor, and sang in London and Italy. He... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Grigolo–the Next Greatah Tenore?

  

  Let’s face it. In their 2010 review of Manon at the Royal Opera House, the Guardian got it exactly right when they said Vittorio Grigolo’s “got everything the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Celebrating The American Tenors on the Fourth of July

  

  Of course, America boasts lots of talented tenors who could (and should) be celebrated today, the day when the United States of America was born with the signin... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• COC Nabs Three Dora Awards

  

  The Canadian Opera Company (COC) swept the Opera Division Monday evening during the The Dora Mavor Moore Awards, an annual ceremony honoring the best in... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Have You Taken the ’30-Day Opera Challenge’ on FB?

  

  30-Day Opera Challenge on FacebookAs a regular user of Facebook and Twitter, I am amazed at how frequently and quickly they are maligned and/or underestimated. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Stravinsky: Birthday Boy Disliked Opera but Wrote (one) Anyway

  

  Today, June 17, marks the 129th anniversary of the birth of Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, who is widely regarded in the operasphere for his... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Contemporary Opera? Modern Opera? Define, Please

  This afternoon I’m seeing Opera Company of Philadelphia‘s Phaedra, a concert opera composed by Hans Werner Henze, which first premiered in 2007. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Der Freischütz’: Bowing out of Popular Favor?

  

  (Today marks the anniversary of composer Carl Maria von Weber‘s death. In his honor, I am reposting this piece about his most acclaimed opera.) My husband came... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Julia Katherine Walsh Celebrated While Celebrating in Song

  

  Reading, Pennsylvania native Julia Katherine Walsh came home Memorial Day weekend to sing for a friendly crowd gathered at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA