Costello creates fairy tale opera
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Elvis Costello is to compose an opera based on fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's unrequited love
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Giuseppe Verdi's ``Aida'' fits the cliched concept of grand opera: a visual feast with big emotions, majestic scenes and an exotic touch like this love story set in ancient Egypt.
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Wu Hsing-kuoâs remarkable one-man âKing Lear,â which the Lincoln Center Festival presented on Thursday, expanded codified Chinese opera style to include Buddhist chant, contemporary music and electronics, and Western elements â beyond Shakespeareâs play itself, of course.
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In this age of âShrekâ and âEnchantedâ comes âThe City That Cried Wolf,â a theatrical take on fairy tales that conjures its own magic.
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Ringnuts, those obsessive fans of Wagnerâs âRingâ cycle, are dusting off their Viking hats for the Kirov Operaâs show.
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It may look like a barn, but its star power makes it feel like the center of the opera universe.
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Ian Rankin may be best known for his Inspector Rebus mysteries. Alexander McCall Smith, right, may be best known for chronicling the exploits of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. So what have they been up to lately? Writing 15-minute operas. They are participants in âFive:15,â a Scottish Opera initiative intended to attract young audiences by joining authors and composers like Craig Armstrong (âLove Actuallyâ) to create 15-minute operas. The results range from Mr. Rankinâs âGesualdo,â about the murderous 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo, to âQueens of Govan,â about a 15-year-old girl who works in a kebab shop in a gritty Glasgow neighborhood, The Independent of London reported. Mr. McCall Smithâs work is based on âDream Angus,â his collection of Celtic myths. The five operas will be presented in March in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The performances are sold out.
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Denyce Graves will sing Carmen to open the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2005-6 season, which also will include new productions of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," Tippett's "The Midsummer Marriage," Verdi's "Rigoletto" and Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice."
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A satirical opera about Italy's controversial prime minister and television magnate, Silvio Berlusconi, has opened in Venice.
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Lifestyle: 8 October 2004, Friday. Two Bulgarian and two foreign youths impressed Bulgarian opera prima Raina Kabaivanska with their talent.
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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.
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In her Met debut, Julie Taymor brings puppetry, illusion and movement to her production of the Mozart opera.
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Performances from New York's famous Metropolitan Opera are to be broadcast live on satellite radio.
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La fiction e' confermata per domenica sera, nessun ritardo
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ  uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an overseas Olympics?
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Vocal beauty has always mattered in opera. Now physical beauty matters, too.