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28YL and The Choral are both in the can (the latter looks fun- screenplay by Alan Bennett) and The Beacon was due to start shooting last summer but doesn't appear to have attracted a...
It's not fake singing, quite the opposite. But when The Rad is winding up to schwing it up in alt, she channels her inner Joanie. She's not unwisely carrying the weight too far,...
Yeah, my practice when doing operas as concerts was to fold my score shut so I could put it one hand and use it as a prop. It also helped me (I think) feel less freaked out when approaching...
Well pooh. We'll be there in November, but I just have a hard time getting it up for Giovanni. It's not the opera that I love to hate, but it's the unassailable masterpiece...
On this day in 1930 The Broadway Melody was named “Outstanding Picture” at the second annual Academy Awards ceremony.
The Broadway Melody was the first original film musical, the first MGM musical, the first sound film to win the “Best Picture” award and the first widely-distributed sound feature.
Born on this day in 1639 composer Alessandro Stradella
Born on this day in 1859 composer Reginald De Koven
Born on this day in 1891 soprano Felice Huni-Mihaczek
Born on this day in 1895 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Born on this day in 1911 soprano Maud Cunitz
Born on this day in 1918 conductor Sixten Ehrling
Born on this day in 1924 tenor Murray Dickie
Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Kerstin Meyer
Happy 74th birthday baritone Jorma Hynninen
Happy 61st birthday librettist and director Stephen Wadsworth
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
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