At La Scala, an Egypt That Looks a Lot Like Hollywood
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Even for those who embrace opera as a celebration of excess, it seemed almost a provocation to open the Teatro alla ScalaÂs season on Thursday with an extravagantly lavish new production of ÂAida.Â
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Theater that invites the audience to get in on the act may be poised to become a more prominent component of the theatrical scene.
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Verdiâs opera has two faces. It is spectacle on a royal scale, but also a love story wedding jealousy, honor and revenge to regime change.
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If Moammar Gadhafi dropped by to check out the English National Opera's latest production, he might well be pleased.
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Hollywood and Moses go back a long way, so it's only fitting that fashion mogul Max Azria's spectacular new musical production of "The Ten Commandments" should make its debut at the Kodak Theater in the heart of Hollywood, the same theater that presents the Academy Awards. With Val Kilmer, a bona fide Hollywood star, playing Moses, expectations of a kitschy Hollywood extravaganza ran high.
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These days the production houses have started a new trend of striking film deals with big actors.
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Much of the most interesting and enterprising theater in New York starts Off Broadway, even if it doesnât necessarily stay there.
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The thriving art world has something to teach the classical music world.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - The screen got bigger this year and the luminaries slightly more illustrious.
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A new exhibition takes a close look at the dÃ©cor behind the dances of Merce Cunningham.
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Milan's world-famous opera house La Scala is re-opening on Tuesday after a three-year closure for renovation.
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A white tent outside the back door of the Shrine Auditorium was the scene of nearly as much Emmy action as the stage.
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A statue has become a blazing symbol of Italyâs legal and moral battle against foreign museums and private collectors.
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Of the two collection shows now running, the one in Boston offers a far truer, newer and more surprising vision of Africa.
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When Bette Midler opens at Caesarâs Palace in Las Vegas with âThe Showgirl Must Go On,â the stage will reflect this pop divaâs reputation for extravagance.
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The hit Broadway show may now be filmed.
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In her Met debut, Julie Taymor brings puppetry, illusion and movement to her production of the Mozart opera.