&#39;Flashmob -- The Opera&#39;
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Opera is not an art form that particularly appeals to today&#39;s youth. But, what if you turned an opera into a flashmob event? TV network BBC3 is going to try it, springing a live performance on unsuspecting
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It&#39;s a rare show in the  legitimate theater when the performance is not preceded by a  sepulchral voice reminding you to turn off your cell phone.
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La pellicola rappresentata al Theater an der Wien di Vienna
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As one of the Bard of  Avon&#39;s most popular tragedies, &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot; has been  interpreted in incarnations as eclectic as Franco Zeffirelli&#39;s  reverential 1968 film, Baz Luhrmann&#39;s 1996 modern-day update,  musical variations like &quot;West Side Story&quot; or the gay-themed  off-Broadway production &quot;R J.&quot;
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WELSH National Opera has introduced a new marketing idea - posting tissues to audiences who have recently seen its tear-jerker La Bohme.   The tissues, containing information on future operas, has been encouraging opera- lovers to book seats for future performances.
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Arts & entertainment: Bryn Terfel shocked the opera world by dropping out of Covent Garden's Ring cycle. John Tomlinson was happy to pick up the pieces.
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There should always be room at the Met for wonderfully old-fashioned productions like this production of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger von NÃ¼rnberg.â
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The Royal Opera House in London revived Francesca Zambelloâs grippingly spare and psychologically probing staging of âDon Giovanni.â
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By Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Feb. 14--Name the most popular opera. "Aida,""Carmen," and "La Boheme"  come most readily to mind. At least in the United States, "Amahl and the Night  Visitors" rates as the most beloved.
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Toscanini forbade it. La Scala's management discouraged it. But the "encore" calls from the balconies proved too much for Juan Diego Florez to resist.
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com December 23, 2004, 11:15 AM PT. Opera Software released a test version of a major update to its Web browser software Thursday, intensifying its efforts, along with open-source
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Opera Software has released a beta of version 4 of its popular Opera Mini browser for mobile phones, which integrates features the company designed for its Nintendo Wii browser. Now, users can see an entire Web page in "overview mode" and zoom in to specific parts.
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Lorin Maazel conducted a lucidly textured, rhythmically incisive and strongly conceived account of this touchstone opera.
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Da ottobre sessantuno appuntamenti con musica e teatro
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There is nary a shriek, of either humor or horror, in this musicalâs drably earnest two hours of throaty sturm und drang.
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For the first time in nearly 20 years the Metropolitan Opera presented Verdiâs breakthrough early masterpiece in a stylistically eclectic, grimly effective and, at times, intriguingly playful production.
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In the middle of the first act of a packed English National Opera performance of Donizettiâs âLucia di Lammermoorâ on Saturday, a chest infection claimed the voice of the bass Clive Bayley, who was singing the leading role of Raimondo, Luciaâs tutor. Could the show be saved? Yes indeed, Reuters reported. Out from the audience came Paul Whelan, 38, who just happened to have been studying the role and was scheduled to take over from Mr. Bayley in a few weeks, through he had had no chance to rehearse. As the performance continued, Mr. Whelan sang from the wings and Mr. Bayley mimed the action. At the conclusion Mr. Whelan, wearing suit and tie, joined the cast for a bow onstage, above. The performers received a standing ovation. âIâm just so glad I was wearing my Armani tie,â he said.