Group to act over Springer opera
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A Christian group is to bring a blasphemy prosecution against the BBC over Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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When the BBC recently announced it would air "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the West End hit famous for its vulgarity and a cast of characters including transsexuals and a man wearing a diaper, no one batted an eye. In Britain, after all, the biggest-selling daily newspaper carries a photograph of a bare-breasted woman every day.
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Playbill - Jerry Springer - The Opera has announced it will shut up shop at the Cambridge Theatre on Feb. 19 2005, after 609 performances.
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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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TV standards campaigners urge the BBC to drop a broadcast of hit stage musical Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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The organization will let fans help call the shots on an upcoming pay-per-view event.
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By GEORGE JAHN  VIENNA, Austria - A piece of advice to those planning to see the Vienna State Opera's new production of "Boris Godunov": Get ready for a depressing night.  And that's not because the performance is bad.
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Opera is no stranger to sensitive singers and demanding divas.
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Audience members at Monday's Deutsche Oper production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" will be kindly asked to empty their pockets of all metal objects.Comment
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Every opera season demands a scene-chewing scandal to feed fansâ appetites for outsize drama, and this summer that niche has been filled in Europe by the new production here of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger.â
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London's Royal Court is considering staging a play which outraged Sikhs in Birmingham.
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German police are investigating a Spanish theatre troupe under obscenity laws after displays of graphic sex and bestiality in a controversial play called "XXX", say authorities.
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A Berlin opera house condemned for  canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it  could provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might  consider staging the production if it had security assurances.
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A German court on Thursday began considering a lawsuit seeking royalties from the heirs of German composer Richard Strauss for nine works, including opera favorites "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Elektra."
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When the BBC recently announced it would air "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the West End hit famous for its vulgarity and a cast of characters including transsexuals and a man wearing a diaper, no one batted an eye.
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The BBC receives more than 15,000 complaints over its plan to screen Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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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.