Arts, Briefly : Tenor Cancels Appearances
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The star tenor Juan Diego FlÃ³rez, who has a throat infection caused by a fish bone he swallowed, has been forced to cancel his performances in the Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Rossiniâs âBarbiere di Siviglia.â The company said on Thursday that doctors in Parma, Italy, have advised Mr. FlÃ³rez, 35, not to perform at least through mid-March. For the 12 scheduled Lyric Opera performances through March 22, he will be replaced in the role of Count Almaviva by John Osborn. Mr. FlÃ³rez, left, is next scheduled to sing in his native Peru on March 31 as the Duke in Verdiâs âRigoletto.â Beginning on April 21, he is to portray Tonio in the Metropolitan Operaâs new production of Donizettiâs âFille du RÃ©giment.â ... A knee injury suffered by the tenor Michael Schade has forced the cancellation of his Lincoln Center âGreat Performersâ duo recital with the baritone Russell Braun, scheduled for Feb. 10 at the Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall. It will not be rescheduled.
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Rock singer Meat Loaf cancels his European tour after being diagnosed with a cyst on his vocal cords.
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Tenor Roberto Alagna marched off the stage at La Scala when the audience booed him during the second performance of Franco Zeffirelli's 'Aida.' He was replaced seconds later by his understudy, who rushed on ...Comment
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The Baltimore Orioles-Toronto Blue Jays game for Tuesday night has been canceled and rescheduled for Wednesday as part of a doubleheder.
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The tumultuous tour pairing platinum-selling stars R. Kelly and Jay-Z has come to an abrupt end. The cancellation came one day after Kelly walked offstage during a performance and allegedly
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Patti LaBelle's current tour, "The Gospel According to Patti," is being canceled, the singer announced Monday.
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A choir that planned to sing a list of complaints about life in Singapore cancelled its performances after the city-state banned its foreign members from singing, organisers said on Saturday.
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Luciano Pavarotti, battling pancreatic cancer, recently completed medical treatment and is looking forward to resuming his concert tour next year, but won't attend a ceremony this week to receive an award, his manager said Tuesday.
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Luciano Pavarotti will make his first public appearance next week since an operation to remove a pancreatic cancer in July forced him to cancel a tour, but will not sing, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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Barbra Streisand canceled her concert in Rome next month &#151; a move that followed protests by Italian consumer groups angered by what they said were excessively high ticket prices.
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Barry Manilow has canceled his three remaining performances at the Las Vegas Hilton to undergo surgery to repair torn cartilage in both hips, his publicist said.
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Bryn Terfel has pulled out of his highly anticipated appearance in the Royal Opera's production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, citing "a particularly stressful family situation" involving one of his children.
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Celine Dion has canceled the next five performances of her "A New Day" show and an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards because of a highly contagious respiratory infection, show producers said Wednesday.
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Roberto Alagna, the tenor who quit the stage at Milan's La Scala after being booed, said Friday he plans to sue the famed opera house for damaging his reputation by dismissing him from the cast of "Aida." He claimed he suffered low blood sugar and couldn't continue the performance.
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Jazz and classical concerts in Tehran have been cancelled because of their "corrupting" influence.
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U.S. Sen. John McCain on Tuesday canceled an appearance for a Republican congressional candidate who has attacked his opponent for supporting McCain&#039;s immigration bill.