LA Opera gets &#36;6 million to stage 'Ring'
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The Los Angeles Opera will present Richard Wagner's epic "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time here, thanks to a $6 million donation from philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, the company announced Wednesday.
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A month before La Scala raises its  curtain after three years of renovation, the opera house is  still packed with hammering builders and busy decorators -- but  organizers say it will be alright on the night.
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The Los Angeles Opera's upcoming season will feature several productions directed by famed filmmakers including Woody Allen, David Cronenberg and William Friedkin.
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Taking a step beyond the Metropolitan Opera's recent live broadcasts in movie theaters, San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants will partner in a live simulcast of Camille Saint- Saens' "Samson and Delilah" at AT&T Park on Sept. 28.  The 8 p.m.
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The Met hosts a season-opening gala, dripping with wealth and celebrity, that nearly upstages its own opera.
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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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Britain's Royal Opera company turns 60  next month and celebrates with a lavish new production of  Georges Bizet's "Carmen," the same opera it performed at its  inauguration shortly after the end of World War Two.
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Arts & entertainment: They've lavished money and machinery turning Tolkien's epic story into a musical. Was it worth it?
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In this photo released by Teatro alla Scala, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, French tenor Roberto Alagna, playing Radames, performs during rehearsals of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida". Franco Zeffirelli's "Aida'' took an ...Comment
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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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It may be hard to believe that  anybody has not seen "The Phantom of the Opera" after more than  65,000 performances in 18 countries since 1988, but on  Wednesday the curtain rose on a film version of the hit stage  musical.
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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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The boxoffice power of  Oscar was demonstrated during the weekend as "Sweeney Todd,"  fueled by three Academy Award nominations, seized the No. 1  spot internationally, grossing an estimated $18.7 million from  1,760 screens in 11 markets. Its early overseas total stands at  $30 million.
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LONDON - The Royal Opera House bought its own DVD recording and distribution company, purchasing Opus Arte for $11.3 million in an agreement announced Wednesday.  Covent Garden said the deal marked the first time an opera company acquired its own DVD recording business.
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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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Playbill - As expected, and as reported by Playbill On-Line on Nov. 11,  the hit musical Wicked - with a whopping &#36;14 million capitalization - will recoup its entire initial investment by the end of the year.
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The Metropolitan Opera is getting back into the DVD business.