Danielle de Niese is opera's young star
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With her dancer's body, huge brown eyes and California-casual personal style, soprano Danielle de Niese hardly fits the stereotype of an opera star.
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To Met fans who had grown used to the baritonal colorings of PlÃ¡cido Domingo's Otello, Ben Heppner's true-tenor sound will be a revelation.
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Keeping opera alive in the age of the  Internet and hip hop is no easy task, so when Donna  Walker-Kuhne seeks to convince black Americans to come to a  show, she dares not open conversation with the &quot;O&quot; word.
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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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It's no small task for a tenor to take on a role that Placido Domingo dominated for decades Â Verdi's Otello.
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The actress will star in Paul Mayeda Berges' directorial debut.
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On Tuesday night the New York City Opera opened its season with a new production of âMargaret Garner,â an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.
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A musical based on âThe Diary of a Young Girlâ by Anne Frank is to open next month at the Calderon Theater in Madrid.
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By SOLVEJ SCHOU  LOS ANGELES - 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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Alcott's young-adult classic Little Women has been turned into a musical that even grownups can like
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The Washington National Opera will simulcast a live performance of Puccini's "La Boheme" next fall to at least 17 colleges and two high schools across the country, aiming to create a new generation of artists and audiences.
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Stars flock to Milan's La Scala as it kicks off its opera season with a lavish Verdi's Aida directed by Zeffirelli.
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Three New York theater productions offer contrasting coming-of-age tales.
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Filmmaker Atom Egoyan, renowned for  award-winning movies that explore the dark sides of human  behavior, is taking a turn at helming a grand opera with  similar brooding features.
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The drama of how Patti LuPone finally got to star as Rose in a New York production of âGypsyâ is almost a musical in itself.
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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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The Martha Graham Dance Companyâs current season at the Joyce Theater gives New York audiences a chronological survey of Grahamâs astonishing career.