Rushdie Fable of Free Speech Makes NY Opera Debut
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Based on a book that Salman Rushdie  wrote while he was still under threat of death, the new opera  "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" is a fable about free speech  that its creators say speaks straight to the post-Sept. 11  world.
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Bizet's Carmen will be the first full UK opera production to be streamed online next month.
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The opera, as seen at Montclair State University in New Jersey, is a tunefully entertaining and thoughtful piece of theater.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python,  free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain&#39;s  interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for  Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Lorin Maazel conducted a lucidly textured, rhythmically incisive and strongly conceived account of this touchstone opera.
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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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Britain said on Wednesday the award of a  state honor to author Salman Rushdie was based on literary  merit and was not meant to offend Muslims.
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A controversial new opera about Libya's  flamboyant leader Muammar Gaddafi blasted opera buffs out of  their seats at its world premiere, but music critics asked --  Where was the singing?
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Four canceled performances of a Mozart   opera have reignited an anxious and heated debate in Europe   over free speech, self-censorship and Islam.
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Lorin Maazel, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, is to open a run of Wagnerâs âWalkÃ¼reâ at the Metropolitan Opera, 45 seasons after making his debut at the house.
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The English National Opera gives unprecedented access to its latest production of Carmen on the web.
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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 ballet's opening night featured an exhilarating debut by Sofiane Sylve, and "Liturgy," a mesmerizing piece by Christopher Wheeldon.
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A new opera based on the life of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, featuring a rapper as Gadhafi and a chorus of all-female bodyguards, highlights the new season of the English National Opera.
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Britain said on Wednesday the award of a state honor to author Salman Rushdie was based on literary merit and was not meant to offend Muslims.
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Author Salman Rushdie has said he was horrified by the government&#39;s response to Sikh protests that forced a play in Birmingham to be cancelled.
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Arts & entertainment: Theatre: Transcendent puppeteering turns Michael Morpurgo's war novel into the ultimate horse play.