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Opera   22.05 | 12:34

New Production of Porgy and Bess Opera Comes to Los Angeles   Lewis O'neal

Kevin Short and Morenike Fayadomi in scene from Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess was an ambitious effort by Broadway composer George Gerswhin to set to music a story of African-Americans...

Opera   22.05 | 12:34

Met Raises $1.8 Million at 'Art for Opera' Auction   Andy Jones

The Metropolitan Opera has raised $1.8 million to support new productions with the " " auction held yesterday evening on the stage of the opera house, according to the Associated Press...

Opera   22.05 | 12:34

Photo Journal: Porgy and Bess at L.A. Opera   Lewis O'neal

(Porgy himself, incidentally, is not the picturesque paraplegic with a goat usually seen in this work: he may walk slowly, with a limp and a crutch, but he's hardly defenseless.) Because Gershwin's magnum opus is getting a lot of performances in a short...

Opera   25.04 | 18:18

First Modern Cambodian Opera to Premiere in Massachusetts   Steven Bridge

Where Elephants Weep, the first known contemporary Cambodian opera, receives its world premiere on this weekend in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is home to the United States' second largest Cambodian population...

Opera   24.04 | 8:47

Carlo Maria Badini, Italian opera pioneer   Justin Henine-Hardenne

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Opera   21.04 | 14:51

New Opera Tells How Racism in 1940s Georgia Backfired   Jill Stone

Georgia Southern music professor Michael Braz's opera tells the story of how the racist policies of former Georgia govenor Eugene Talmadge, a staunch segregationist, backfired against him when he orchestrated the firings in 1941 of several prominent univ...

Opera   21.04 | 14:50

Photo Journal: San Diego Opera's Brave, Inventive Wozzeck   Franky Micklestone

"It is one of the most expensive productions we've ever done," says San Diego Opera director of media relations Edward Wilensky, "and by far the most complex." The risks have paid off...

Opera   16.04 | 8:03

Infamous opera coming to North Central   Miriam Liddle

In 1960, American baritone Leonard Warren died on stage during a performance of "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi. For years the opera had been considered a curse by Italian singers and would bring bad luck to those who performed it...

Opera   16.04 | 8:03

[April 11th, 2007] It's Thursday night, and on a nearly bare stage in Old Town, petite young soprano Elizabeth D   Will Smith

Willamette Week Online | Culture | Cavalcade of BEAUTIFUL Losers bull; Taking opera to the People mdash;the Drunk People mdash;at Someday Lounge | Thursday April 12th, 2007...

Opera   16.04 | 8:03

L.A. Master Chorale to premiere opera pieces   Sam Boyle

"In staging an opera, you're constantly making cuts so that the story can move forward inexorably," Gordon said. "The suite exists on its own. It has its own logic...

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