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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICAL
Last month was the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet soldiers on 27 January 1945. To commemorate the occasion, a special concert was held at the Berlin Philharmonie on 27 January, with the o... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukCardiff University As the last sound died away, Hill’s head was bowed long and low over the keyboard. The audience was similarly transfixed La Fauvette Passerinette – the subalpine warbler – has acquired a new profile since scholar and p...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosHappy Chinese New Year 2015! Happy New Year of the Sheep, from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra. From: Phil Orch Views: 9 0 ratings Time: 00:38 More in Music
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Willem Mengelberg, conductor of the Concertgebouw orchestra for half a century and its defining personality, was banned from conducting in Holland after the war because of his pro-German sympathies. Now Frederick Heemskerk, a former crim... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicPurcell Dido and Aeneas , Blow Venus and Adonis ; Opera Lyrica, dir: Cuffolo, cond: Cole; St Paul's Church, Covent Garden Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Feb 18 2015 Star rating: 4.0 Fine solo contributions lift this double bill of 17th cen...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
It happened in Melbourne, Australia. The driver, 27, got socked with a $354 on-the-spot fine. Bet he would have blown a hole in the breathalyser. Story here. -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The general manager of the Metropolitan Opera has buttoned his lip for almost three months, which we think may be a record. It has done his image a world of good. He will unbutton this lunchtime (NY time) to announce the Met’s next... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Jean Nouvel, creator of the city’s splendid new Philharmonie, has applied for a court order to have his name and imaged removed from any connection with the building. His lawyers told a Paris court that he is not seeking damages, b... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The ailing Pierre Boulez, 90 next month, has nominated the conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and the composer Matthias Pintscher to replace him at this summer’s Lucerne Festival Academy. Andris Nelsons and Bernard Haitink are the limeli... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from JDCMBWhat could be cuter than turning a Moomin book into a ballet? At Finnish National Opera they are rehearsing a new ballet of Moomin and the Comet, based on the classic children's book by Tove Jansson. Ananadah Kononen is cho...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The day after a Parliamentary committee recommended an increase in sex education in all British schools, from primary up, a Warwick University commission has warned that ‘creativity, culture and the arts are being systematically re... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosOne day at LSO St Luke's Friday 13 February 2015 was a busy day at LSO St Luke's – a lunchtime concert, an afternoon photoshoot with the Orchestra and an evening rehearsal; all requiring different staging, performers,... Fr...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Eva Wagner-Pasquier, shoved out of Bayreuth by her half-sister Katharina, has been co-opted by Valery Gergiev onto one of his Tchaikovsky Competition juries in June. Shrewd move by both parties. -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICAL“Do I have to?” Parents hear this question countless times from their kids. Parents who have children in music lessons might hear it the most. Although many people pursue music well into their adult lives, it is sometimes tricky getting ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicHong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra The last year has been a good one for catching foreign orchestras in London, with a number coming to the BBC Proms for the first time and this trend continues as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra makes...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicOrchestras Live is 50 this year . Well, strictly, the organisation is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of one of its former incarnations, The Eastern Authorities Orchestral Association. This membership organisation for lo...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Joshua KosmanThe French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is best known in this country as the newish music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, where by all accounts he has injected some much-needed vitality into a lagging organization. In ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Peninsula Reviews
Pianist Joaquín Achúcarro Friday, February 20 at 7:30pm (Sherwood Hall, Salinas) Saturday, February 21, at 8pm and Sunday February 22, at 3pm (Sunset Center Carmel) With a gracious bow to nobility, the Monterey Symphony’s third concert... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from British Classical Music: The Land of Lost ContentThe Composer journal (Spring 1969) carries a short article by the late Professor Frederick Rimmer about the Scottish Music Archive (now the Scottish Music Centre ) which had been established in 1968 at the University of Glasgow. It offic...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Classics TodayIn 2006 I gave a mixed review to Boris Giltburg’s solo debut CD, while indicating my desire to hear the pianist again. My hunch paid off, for Giltburg’s artistry and career have positively progressed. Along with his first-prize victory i...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsICYMI: The @LATimes on our history and future, with lots in between: http://graphics.latimes.com/la-phil/
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsWe just got an update, @atticus_funch: Thor Johnson deadline extended to this Friday, Feb. 20. Pls submit your materials by then.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsA lot of people ask if @janlisiecki ties his own bow ties. The answer is YES! http://youtu.be/kwoQ20LTepo
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsSo much fun on stage tonight with @tf3 after a frigid #Toronto day! Two more shows tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/yD68i5Zsad
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsFrom #Denver's @9NEWS: "The most fun and unique gala of the year, The Colorado Symphony Ball, "From Bach...To Rock!" http://ow.ly/IfqoB
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsRehearsal for this evening's Myer Music Bowl concert with @MelbSymphony #Brahms #Liszt #Bartok http://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2015-season-2/sidney-myer-free-concerts-3/ … pic.twitter.com/1F9JHE3h8w
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique" Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique." Originally aired February 13, 2015 on dso.org/live. From: ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsWoot! Can't WAIT RT @MichaelFeinstei Working on charts for our upcoming @PasSymphPops season! It's going to be fun. #paspops
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Sandow
Some of the names mentioned for the New York Philharmonic might not be plausible. So don't believe what you read — even if it's by me. -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Classics TodayPhilip Glass’ Etudes for piano are, for the most part, studies in rhythm and textural layering, yet it would be a mistake to assume that they all sound the same. True, many of them begin with some ostinato pattern over which Glass ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsDue 2 weather & citywide shutdown tmrw’s back2back Young People’s Concerts R canceled Edu Dept education@nashvillesymphony.org
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsAnd goodnight pic.twitter.com/WJGGkrCYgH
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsGot my @HollywoodBowl group seats today! See you this summer! @JoshuaBellMusic! @BramwellTovey! @LAPhil!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsThe @HollywoodBowl summer season kicks off w/ @PlayboyJazzFest on June 13! Explore the full calendar: http://bit.ly/1CFsKAS
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from New York Concert Review, Inc.
Carlo Grante, Pianist Masters of High Romanticism, Program III: Johannes Brahms Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY February 10, 2015 The sheer bravery of structuring a recital devoted wholly to Brahms and his many them... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsEgyptian Classical Pianist Mohamed Shams to Make Solo Debut at Carnegie ... Broadway World Mohamed Shams observes that few people are aware that Egypt has a long and storied classical music tradition. "I am an Egyptian classical pia...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsAbout to go onstage and preform lots of Veracini with my group @triosettecento in Buffalo. http://instagram.com/p/zOTgsuP33T/
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsWe're excited to announce that @RixtonOfficial joins the lineup on June 24 with @EdSheeran: http://hbowl.com/rixton
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsDon't forget, the Sidney Myer Free Concerts continue tonight with Summer Nights in Budapest! http://mso.com.au/smmb pic.twitter.com/EbDoxtgcfs
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsGreat job @kcsymphony Edu Dept!! RT: @kmbc: Video: Symphony's KinderKonzert program fosters music love at early age http://on.kmbc.com/1CFHpfq
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Music and VisionMusic for Lent and Easter impresses Howard Smith. '... excellent musical standards and high technical achievements ...'
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Sinfini Music
Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on a Bare Mountain -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Sinfini Music
Classical music's boundaries of artistic and social respectability -
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalSchumann, Anthony Payne, Brahms. Primrose Piano Quartet [Susanne Stanzeleit (violin), Dorothea Vogel (viola), Andrew Fuller (cello), John Thwaites (piano)] Hall One, Kings Place, London. 15.2.2015. (LB) Schumann– Piano Quartet in E flat...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Classical Voice North AmericaBy Colin Eatock TORONTO - Although five works by Canadian and Chinese composers including Fuhong Shi were all world premieres from 2015, a New Music Concerts event unfolded as a compendium of post-war avant-garde tricks of the trade.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalElgar, Shostakovich. Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.2.2015 (JQ) War and Revolution Elgar – Polonia – symphonic prelude, O...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosTchaikovsky's Biography with Charles Greenwell Charles Greenwell gives a complete Tchaikovsky biography in under 5 minutes! From: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:18 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukHeath Ledger theatre, Perth festival Kate Miller-Heidke, Lally Katz and John Sheedy’s take on the John Marsden / Shaun Tan picture book delivers a wallopingly emotional experience Continue reading...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTWhat's ahead for Simon Rattle ? When he steps down from he helm of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the most prestigious job in the whole business in 2018,, he'll be 63, much too young to retire, Besides, he's such a dynamo, it's...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Sequenza21/I see my friends in Houston just had a brush with rare, almost-freezing weather. All the better to get you in the proper mind-set for a wonderful concert coming up this week… This Saturday, February 21, 7:30 pm, at the South Main B...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Operagasmby Christie Connolley It is no secret that Jessye Norma […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from OperagasmMIAMI – February 17, 2015 – Despite falling short of it […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Angela Gheorghiu fan blogAngela Gheorghiu is touring in Australia for the very first time in October 2015 to perform two very special piano recitals, accompanied by the highly respected pianist Alexandru Petrovici. The second recital in Australia is now promoted...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet Tweets.@xanderparish, Yorkshire-born star of The Mariinsky Ballet will perform at our Sapphire Gala http://northernballet.com/?q=media-releases/2015-02-17/xander-parish-to-perform-at-sapphire-gala … pic.twitter.com/0vFB2vMkMK
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsThe 2015 Opera Awards will be part ceremony, part opera gala, and all awesome. Tickets from just £30. Book here: http://www.operaawards.org/Bookings.aspx
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from The Eyes Have ItOver the next few weeks I shall be posting some of the more memorable bits from Series 3. THE BEST BITS – PART 2 ~ In which Gillian receives an unexpected gift ~ A moment of light relief in a series which many found sad at best, un...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsBooking for Summer Season opens to Premium 1 Friends today at 10am. Let us know if you need any help ^E http://bit.ly/1yQjsgE
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsHe's about to make his debut @E_N_O & a return to @RoyalOperaHouse - at 10am we're web chatting with @noahsofficial: http://classfm.co/PPkwnK
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsIt's official! Feb 2016: @DutchNatBallet world premiere of our full-length ballet, MATA HARI. http://www.operaballet.nl/en/ballet/2015-2016/show/mata-hari … pic.twitter.com/dSs9k0AMYa
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsBig crush on Adrianne Pieczonka. That woman is fierce!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsToday we are @RoyalOperaHouse for Culture Change Conference 2015 ft Wayne Hemingway & more http://www.roh.org.uk/about/culture-change … pic.twitter.com/90mdQxlrOY
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsSo how do you like season '15/ '16? What production are you looking forward to most? Check it out here: http://bit.ly/Season20152016
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsA photo of Vladimir Shklyarov in the role of Ivan the Fool in Ratmansky’s The Little Humpbacked Horse this Monday: http://fb.me/21SA5p9aR
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsA stylish flock of swans on Sydney Harbour today. Photography @boudist #TABSwanLake #Sydney pic.twitter.com/rp2HUPDz2D
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsPremiere | Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano | @WrStaatsoper: http://bit.ly/17R4OAo
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsTonight's performance Suddenly Last Summer is cancelled due to cast member illness. More information here: http://bit.ly/11GYZlk
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsRT @boudist: Morning sunshine! Dancers from @TheAusBallet on Sydney Harbour this morning to coincide with the… http://instagram.com/p/zOyRpWFpdE/
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsShopping always makes the Winter Blues disappear. The Winter Ball Online Auction will make your spirits soar!... http://fb.me/1zmSakTaW
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsOur swans hit Sydney! Who's seen them on the cover of MXSydney today? More pics: http://ow.ly/JezIM pic.twitter.com/aOVtVmjEbO
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Joyce DiDonato“For years, the superb mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has sung “Tanti affetti,” the final showpiece aria from Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” (The Lady of the Lake), as a surefire encore in recitals. But on Monday night on the Metropolitan O...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosStephen Mills on Director's Choice One / the body's grace is a sensuous exploration of the various stages of relationships. The stunning and athletic choreography features arias by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosSydney Opera House: The Australian Ballet 2015 The Australian Ballet have launched their 2015 season! Get in quick to score the best seats in the house and start your Year of Beauty. From: Sydney Opera House Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:3...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Pointe MagazineIsraeli-born choreographer Hofesh Shechter is best known for his grounded, highly physical contemporary work. In March, he will take over the Royal Opera House stage in London, with a world premiere for The Royal Ballet.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosCacti trailer | The National Ballet of Canada | 2016 Alexander Ekman's Cacti is a wonderful, iconoclastic, choreographic treat, full of startlingly inventive uses of space, sound and physical design. Onstage March 9—13, 2016 Mo...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosRoad to Paradise - Music Maestro Gary Thor Wedow discusses the unique appeal of Handel's sparkling composition. Video includes footage of Seattle Symphony musicians, principal singers, dancers, and the Seattle Opera... From: SeattleO...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosInterview with Maria Mosina about "Concerto Barocco" - Part II This is the second part of an interview with Colorado Ballet principal dancer Maria Mosina about "Concerto Barocco," one of the ballets in "Ballet Ma...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosInterview with Maria Mosina about "Concerto Barocco" - Part I This is the first part of an interview with Colorado Ballet principal dancer Maria Mosina about "Concerto Barocco," one of the ballets in "Ballet Mast...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from parterre box
The Met announces its 2015-2016 season tomorrow at 1:00 PM, cher public, and La Cieca knows you will all be here to discuss and dissect -
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from The latest articles from OperavoreThe central challenge of an operatic star vehicle is knowing what else is needed — and how important that is. At times during Rossini's La Donna del Lago at its Monday medium-voltage Metropolitan Opera opening, you questioned the piece's...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosSF Ballet's '15 Season, Program 3 and 4 Teaser Tickets available now for these dynamic programs opening February 24 and closing March 8th! From: San Francisco Ballet Views: 4 0 ratings Time: 00:16 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Opera Today
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from parterre box
Ellen Douglas finds herself in Act II of Rossini’s La Donna del Lago in the far from unusual operatic position of having her love claimed by two impassioned tenors in the bel canto version of a macho drag race. -
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosIn Harmony Opera North 'I Got Rhythm' http://www.operanorth.co.uk/education/in-harmony In Harmony Opera North 'I Got Rhythm' in concert with the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North and City of Leeds Youth Orchestra at the...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from parterre box
On this day in 1598 Boris Godunov was chosen tsar of Russia. -
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosIn Harmony Opera North ‘I Got Rhythm’ in concert with the Orchestra & Chorus of Opera North http://www.operanorth.co.uk/education/in-harmony In Harmony Opera North 'I Got Rhythm' in concert with the Orchestra and ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsJennifer France has Hollywood roots but is destined for Holland Park this summer, says Rupert Christiansen
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosNutcracker: Trailer Over 100 dancers and musicians bring Nutcracker to life with exquisite dancing, beautiful sets and Tchaikovsky's glorious score played live. On a sparkling Christmas Eve in a frost-dusted... From: English National...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosLe Corsaire: Trailer Le Corsaire (The Pirate) follows the escapades of a dashing pirate, Conrad, who journeys across the high seas to save his beautiful harem girl, Medora. It is a swashbuckling fantasy tale of... From: English National ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosLest We Forget: Trailer A poignant reflection on World War I, Lest We Forget features three works expressing the experiences of those who fought the war, and those who stayed behind. Liam Scarlett's No Man's... From: English Nati...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Behind Ballet
DRESS UP Match the glamour on stage with your swishest outfit! Although no one will blink an eye if you turn up to the ballet in jeans or office gear, it’s fun to bolster the sense of occasion by donning … Continue reading → -
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Joyce DiDonatoThe Metropolitan Opera Michele Mariotti, conductor Paul Curran, director
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from Joyce DiDonatoJoyce DiDonato presented a recital at Carnegie Hall with the Brentano String Quartet on February 5, featuring works by Charpentier, Debussy, the world premiere of MotherSongs from the Lullaby Project, and the New York premiere Jake Heggi...
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Monday, February 16, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosLa Donna del Lago: Finale (Joyce DiDonato) Joyce DiDonato performs an excerpt from "Tanti affetti," Elena's final aria from Rossini's "La Donna del Lago." Met premiere production: Paul Curran. Conductor: Miche...
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Monday, February 16, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosLa Donna del Lago: "No! più non so frenarmi" (Trio) Juan Diego Flórez (Uberto), Joyce DiDonato (Elena), and John Osborn (Rodrigo) perform an excerpt from the Act II trio from Rossini's "La Donna del Lago....
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Monday, February 16, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosCorigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles - Patricia Racette (LAO, 2015) Patricia Racette sings "Once there was a golden bird" from Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles. Conducted by James Conlon. Los Angeles Opera. February 1...
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Monday, February 16, 2015 from parterre box
At the Opernhaus Zürich, the coat check is not optional. -
Monday, February 16, 2015 from Opera TodayHenri Dutilleux’s music has its devotees. I am yet to join their ranks, but had no reason to think this was not an admirable performance of his song-cycle Correspondances.
