Opera Makes Overtures to New Generation
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By Tim Cornwell  WHEN Welsh singing diva Katherine Jenkins replaced the traditional 20-stone heroine and G4 stormed the charts, suddenly opera seemed sexy. Now it appears opera is the new rock and roll - with tickets sales to younger audiences in Scotland up sevenfold this season.
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Leonard Bernstein introduced a generation to music in televised 'Young Peoples Concerts' in the 1950s.
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Despite considerable vocal talent, the opera felt like a lush garden going to seed.
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Arts & entertainment: Pinocchio is a tale that has been told in many different ways - now it is the turn of opera
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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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The company opened its season on Wednesday with a new, surely paced and essentially well-played production of Strauss' seldom heard opera "Daphne."
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The vitality, quality and variety of classical music performances during 2004 are encouraging.
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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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NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera will transmit six live performances to movie theaters and will broadcast more than 100 live performances over the Internet or on digital radio in a groundbreaking attempt to expand its audience, the company announced Wednesday.
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Enthusiasts filed into their seats wearing jeans and T-shirts for the Metropolitan Opera's opening night performance.
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Opera Software has released the first public beta of version 8 of its popular Opera browser, which adds voice input/output and a host of other niceties.
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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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The orchestraâs performances at Carnegie Hall this week reminded listeners that character and distinctiveness in classical music have not been obliterated entirely.
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The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players are hoping to lure a new generation of Gilbert and Sullivan fans.
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L'opera ieri al debutto alla Fenice di Venezia
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The organization New Music for Young Ensembles continues its 30-year-old mission at its concert on Monday: to promote accessible new music to a wider audience.
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Let the news ring out from Lincoln Center. Send word by satellite radio. Trumpet it in Times Square. An exciting new era was born at the staid old Metropolitan Opera on Monday night.