Siemens Opera Contest in Istanbul gears up for May 11-13 finals with judges Yekta Kara, the director of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet; İstanbul State Opera baritone Mete Uğur; Achim Thorwald, the artistic director of Germany’s Karlsruhe Opera; and Heidelberg Opera Artistic Director Peter Spuhler. [Today's Zaman]
The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris presents Sondheim's Sweeney Todd with a successful Rodney Gilfrey in the title role. [The New York Times]
Opera singer Paul Potts "has been appointed as an honorary ambassador of Jeju Island, which is competing to become one of the 'New7Wonders of Nature.' Organized by a Switzerland-based nonprofit organization called New7Wonders, Jeju Island was selected as one of 28 candidates among 77 sites around the world." [Korea JoongAng Daily]
Berlin presents the first semi-underwater opera. Aquaria Palaoa was the idea of Claudia Herr, a champion swimmer turned singer, who plays the lead role, diving into the Stadtbad Neukoelln pool in her green evening dress. [UnterwasserOper]
New York City Opera's Spring Gala is presented with plenty of stars, just few of them in opera. Guests included playwright Marsha Norman, composer and arranger Jeanine Tresori, City Opera's General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel, Gilles Bensimon, Hamish Bowles, Nell Campbell, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer Ken Davenport, Natural History Museum's Peter Lyden, Liz and Jeff Peek and fashion's Robert Verdi. [Hamptons.com]
Fordham University’s $1.6 billion renovation broke ground this week with the first buildings to go up (a new School of Law and an undergraduate residence). The 22-story facility is designed by architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is scheduled for a 2014 and will compliment the design of Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House. [GlobeSt.com]
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 8
Now you can watch a video of the much talked about opera with South Africa's Winnie Mandela as the subject matter. The opera production will tour the world. [BBC News]
Diana Damrau wins rave reviews as Gilda in Rigoletto after coming off her stint in the Rossini rarity Le Comte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. "The standout was the soprano Diana Damrau...[she] won deserved ovations Tuesday night for her vocally gleaming, technically agile and affecting Gilda." [The New York Times]
United Arts of Central Florida and the Orlando Philharmonic helped revive the Orlando Opera with concert-version performances of La Bohème. [Orlando Sentinel]
Treemonisha finds its way into Boston's Hub schools to help children with voice lessons and their first opera experience. [Boston.com]
Caramoor International Music Festival announces the 2011 season. Performances will include Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and Rossini's Guillaume Tell. [PRlog.org]
Composer Peter Lieberson dies at the age of 64 after complications with lymphoma. He wrote many of his cherished works for the love of his life, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who passed away in 2006 from breast cancer. [Washington Post]
Diana Damrau wins rave reviews as Gilda in Rigoletto after coming off her stint in the Rossini rarity Le Comte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. "The standout was the soprano Diana Damrau...[she] won deserved ovations Tuesday night for her vocally gleaming, technically agile and affecting Gilda." [The New York Times]
United Arts of Central Florida and the Orlando Philharmonic helped revive the Orlando Opera with concert-version performances of La Bohème. [Orlando Sentinel]
Treemonisha finds its way into Boston's Hub schools to help children with voice lessons and their first opera experience. [Boston.com]
Caramoor International Music Festival announces the 2011 season. Performances will include Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and Rossini's Guillaume Tell. [PRlog.org]
Composer Peter Lieberson dies at the age of 64 after complications with lymphoma. He wrote many of his cherished works for the love of his life, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who passed away in 2006 from breast cancer. [Washington Post]
Friday, April 1, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 7
Tenor Andrea Bocelli will grace Central Park in New York City with a free concert on September 15, 2011. He will be joined by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert. [PR Newswire]
"Beyond the Borders" is cycle of Werner Herzog films made between 1970 and 2005. The retrospective opened in Beirut at the Metropolis Cinema-Sofil. The German film director, producer, actor, writer and opera director, made his first film at age 10. [Daily Star]
What does the Ride of the Valkyries have in common with a train traveling at 225mph? Find out how 3D sound technique, used to shape the acoustics of the Copenhagen and Oslo opera houses, is helping the high-speed rail in England. [The Guardian]
A panel of expert gathers at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to determine whether the Metropolitan Opera's "Live in HD" is helping or hurting local opera companies. The panel includes Marc A. Scorca (OPERA America), Patricia Beggs (Cincinnati Opera), Robin Guarino (Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music) and others. [Cincinnati.com
After a successful run of Tosca in 2009, Mary Elizabeth Williams and Mark Rucker return to New Orleans Opera Association for Il Trovatore on April 1 and April 3. [NOLA]
You can rent the Amato Opera house for $22,500 a month, but it comes with graffiti. [The Real Deal]
Xiang Gao and Cathy Yang will honor Plácido Domingo for his 15-year tenure at the Washington National Opera on May 7 at the 2011 Opera Ball. [UDaily]
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 6
Riccardo Muti snags the $1 million (€720,000) Birgit Nilsson Prize for 2011. The ceremony will take place October 13, 2011, at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. [Birgit Nilsson Prize]
Carmen is not the only one getting shoved at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A patron goes for some opera glasses and is denied re-entry to the performance. Police show up at intermission to make the arrest. [Chicago Tribune]
Evan R. Luskin, general director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas, announced he will retire at the end of the 2011-12 season after 25 years of service to the art form. [The Kansas City Star]
Wonder powers come together to create Tod Machover's new opera Death and the Powers, including "Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky (librettist), Tony-nominee Diane Paulus (director), Karole Armitage (choreographer) and Hollywood creative director Alex McDowell (designer). [San Francisco Chronicle]
Economists speculate whether opera houses built before the 19th-century are still reaping benefits by having attracted a more educated audience to particular regions. [The Economist] and [The New York Times]
The new director of opera at the Royal Opera House in London will be a great Dane - Kasper Holten. He replaces Elaine Padmore after this season. [The Guardian]
Composer John Zorn and director Michael Counts sit down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss their 11-minute opera La machine l'être that had it's premiere last week at New York City Opera. [Wall Street Journal]
After singing a wildly successful duo concert with Hei-Kyung Hong, tenor Kim Woo-kyung made his long-awaited Korean National Opera debut at Seoul Arts Center in Faust. [The Korea Times]
Carmen is not the only one getting shoved at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A patron goes for some opera glasses and is denied re-entry to the performance. Police show up at intermission to make the arrest. [Chicago Tribune]
Evan R. Luskin, general director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas, announced he will retire at the end of the 2011-12 season after 25 years of service to the art form. [The Kansas City Star]
Wonder powers come together to create Tod Machover's new opera Death and the Powers, including "Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky (librettist), Tony-nominee Diane Paulus (director), Karole Armitage (choreographer) and Hollywood creative director Alex McDowell (designer). [San Francisco Chronicle]
Economists speculate whether opera houses built before the 19th-century are still reaping benefits by having attracted a more educated audience to particular regions. [The Economist] and [The New York Times]
The new director of opera at the Royal Opera House in London will be a great Dane - Kasper Holten. He replaces Elaine Padmore after this season. [The Guardian]
Composer John Zorn and director Michael Counts sit down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss their 11-minute opera La machine l'être that had it's premiere last week at New York City Opera. [Wall Street Journal]
After singing a wildly successful duo concert with Hei-Kyung Hong, tenor Kim Woo-kyung made his long-awaited Korean National Opera debut at Seoul Arts Center in Faust. [The Korea Times]
Monday, March 14, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 5
"Opera singer" Hayley Westenra will perform the national anthem for Prince William at a benefit concert for earthquake victims in her hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand. [Contact Music]
Simon Keenlyside helps Cleveland Orchestra complete their Mozart cycle with Don Giovanni performances on March 19, 22 and 24. [Cleveland Live]
March 15 marks the 116th anniversary of Enrico Caruso's debut at Teatro Nuovo in Naples, Italy. Not only a great career, but read about details of his recorded legacy. [Deutsche Welle]
San Francisco Opera assistant general director, Matthew Shilvock, buys home in Novato, California, for $585,000. [Block Shopper]
Laurence Olivier Award-winners for Best New Opera include OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre's La Bohème. [Independent]
Verdi beats out Mozart for most operas performed worldwide 2,259 to 2,124. However, breaking down the figures by single opera, there were 451 performances of Die Zauberflöte and 447 of La Traviata. Guess that means everyone is a winner? [La Stampa]
Simon Keenlyside helps Cleveland Orchestra complete their Mozart cycle with Don Giovanni performances on March 19, 22 and 24. [Cleveland Live]
March 15 marks the 116th anniversary of Enrico Caruso's debut at Teatro Nuovo in Naples, Italy. Not only a great career, but read about details of his recorded legacy. [Deutsche Welle]
San Francisco Opera assistant general director, Matthew Shilvock, buys home in Novato, California, for $585,000. [Block Shopper]
Laurence Olivier Award-winners for Best New Opera include OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre's La Bohème. [Independent]
Verdi beats out Mozart for most operas performed worldwide 2,259 to 2,124. However, breaking down the figures by single opera, there were 451 performances of Die Zauberflöte and 447 of La Traviata. Guess that means everyone is a winner? [La Stampa]
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 4
Cologne Opera bring the first ever staged opera to Sulaymaniyah, the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq. The opera? Die Entführung aus dem Serail. [Monstersandcritics]
The Diva goes Down Under: Cecilia Bartoli, seller of over 10 million CDs, will give her first performances when she travels to Australia for concerts on March 13 and 15. [Sydney Morning Herald]
New York religious leaders, and millionaire Russell Simmons, were led in singing the U.S. national anthem by 17-year-old opera student at Muslim rally. [The American Muslim]
Tenor Stephen Costello has memory lapse during legendary recital in Kansas City, while audience notices other struggles. [Kansas City Star]
Rhode Island theater that Tito Schipa helped re-inaugurate in 1962 faces closing doors due to the economy. [Providence Journal]
13-year old overcomes stutter to sing in the Dallas Opera production of Boris Godunov alongside Mikhail Kazakov and Elena Bocharova in April. [SMU Daily Campus]
High school students in the Syosset district of Long Island gets funding of $25,990 per student and some one-on-one vocal training from coaches at the Metropolitan Opera. [Syracuse Post Standard]
The Diva goes Down Under: Cecilia Bartoli, seller of over 10 million CDs, will give her first performances when she travels to Australia for concerts on March 13 and 15. [Sydney Morning Herald]
New York religious leaders, and millionaire Russell Simmons, were led in singing the U.S. national anthem by 17-year-old opera student at Muslim rally. [The American Muslim]
Tenor Stephen Costello has memory lapse during legendary recital in Kansas City, while audience notices other struggles. [Kansas City Star]
Rhode Island theater that Tito Schipa helped re-inaugurate in 1962 faces closing doors due to the economy. [Providence Journal]
13-year old overcomes stutter to sing in the Dallas Opera production of Boris Godunov alongside Mikhail Kazakov and Elena Bocharova in April. [SMU Daily Campus]
High school students in the Syosset district of Long Island gets funding of $25,990 per student and some one-on-one vocal training from coaches at the Metropolitan Opera. [Syracuse Post Standard]
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 3
Would anyone like to take a guess at which opera singer was blasting vocal scales in the hotel room next to Jason Sudeikis in Los Angeles? [New York Daily News]
For £100,000, you can rub elbows with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Katherine Jenkins as they celebrate the 80th birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev. [Telegraph]
One spelling error turns the princess daughter of Altoum into the son of emperor Fereydun. [Ultimate Conroe]
Roger Hodgman pits countertenors against each other as Xerxes and Arsamene to make new sparks and takes one of them to the edge of his range in the process. [New Zealand Herald]
Mark Rothko's "voices in an opera" are still singing after 40 years in the Texas chapel. [Wall Street Journal]
For £100,000, you can rub elbows with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Katherine Jenkins as they celebrate the 80th birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev. [Telegraph]
One spelling error turns the princess daughter of Altoum into the son of emperor Fereydun. [Ultimate Conroe]
Roger Hodgman pits countertenors against each other as Xerxes and Arsamene to make new sparks and takes one of them to the edge of his range in the process. [New Zealand Herald]
Mark Rothko's "voices in an opera" are still singing after 40 years in the Texas chapel. [Wall Street Journal]
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 2
- Watch your wallet if you are walking to La Scala or Wien Staatsoper, Sonja Kohn might just try and pick your pockets. [Newsweek]
- Over 100 children gear-up for ambitious Scottish Opera project in 2014 for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sneak peek will be in 2012 for the London Olympics.[The Herald Scotland]
- Feel like you've been here before? Vinyl fetishists in Natick, MA, have 50,000 reasons to rejoice. [MetroWest Daily News]
- Two brothers (17 and 19) from Flintshire are being dubbed the "panini Pavarottis" by the customers they serve. [BBC Wales]
- 78-year old kicking Bo Derek out and inviting Italian prostitute for the Opera Ball? [Newsday]
- Bringing "fashionista" Renée Fleming to Mississippi pays off for new artistic director. [Hattiesburg American]
- Stanford Olsen takes it to church with a new recording. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Friday, February 25, 2011
Quotidian Dope: Vol. 1, Issue 1
Last call: Ensemble Parallèle presents Philip Glass’ Orphée February 26th and 27th at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. [San Francisco Sentinel]
La Scala board members asked to pony up to pay off the deficit. [Milano Cultura]
Seems like not all the diva drama was inside the Royal Opera House for the premiere of their new opera about Anna Nicole Smith. [Daily Mail]
Conductor Antoni Wit explores Chopin's fascination with Bellini in a concert recording of Norma featuring Hasmik Papian in the title role. [Dziennik Polski]
La Gioconda returns to Teatro Massimo di Palermo after a 41-year absence. [Gruppo Adnkronos]
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu: "J'ai conscience d'être hors norme"[L'Express]
La Scala board members asked to pony up to pay off the deficit. [Milano Cultura]
Seems like not all the diva drama was inside the Royal Opera House for the premiere of their new opera about Anna Nicole Smith. [Daily Mail]
Conductor Antoni Wit explores Chopin's fascination with Bellini in a concert recording of Norma featuring Hasmik Papian in the title role. [Dziennik Polski]
La Gioconda returns to Teatro Massimo di Palermo after a 41-year absence. [Gruppo Adnkronos]
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu: "J'ai conscience d'être hors norme"[L'Express]
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