Discover the rising opera stars who stunned the audience at Wagner College’s Italian Idol
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges?
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The European Country With Some Of The World's Most Incredible Opera Houses
While many people may see opera as an old-fashioned art form, it still thrives in Germany. The country boasts dozens of ...
Review: Dallas Opera’s ‘Pelléas’ musically great, dramatically often a head-scratcher
Like La traviata, which opened the Dallas Opera season — and numerous other operatic hits — Pelléas ends with a woman’s death ...
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Capital entertainment
The Wagner concert was titled “Gods and Mortals,” an oddity since Wagner’s gods perish and are thus quite mortal. The program ...
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Stage Notes: Review of WTT’s ‘Search for Signs;’ Pegasus’ tradition goes on hold
Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent ...
Lesser-visited ‘alternative Florence’ with world’s oldest Christmas market – where hugely popular sweet was invented
DRESDEN in eastern Germany, is often called “Florence on the Elbe” thanks to its riverside setting, Baroque architecture and ...
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A look back at Wagner offers a glimpse into the WNO’s future
The opener, the overture to Wagner’s third completed opera, 1842’s “Rienzi ... and Goerke’s immolation scene (“ … Starke scheite”) was as grim and gripping as one could want ...
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Name Dropping: Neathery creates a winter wonderland — on glass
Villa Grove Mayor Cassandra Eversole-Gunter is a fan. She lauds Neathery’s upbeat, energetic demeanor and support of all ...
San Diego Reader17d
Halloween opera style
Faust by Charles Gounod is the quintessential Halloween opera. This classic deal with the devil has been, at times, the most popular opera in the world.