Green Integer Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Antonio Ghislanzoni (libretto), based on a French scenario by Auguste Mariette, Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Aida / the production I saw was the Metropolitan Opera live HD, in encore on Thursday, November 12, 2009 One of the aspects of Aida that interviewer, singer Renée Fleming suggested several times in the intermissions of Verdi's great opera was that, despite the huge size of the cast, except...
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Hui He will sing the three remaining Met performances of Verdi's Aida in March and April, replacing Hasmik Papian. This marks the Shanghai-born soprano's company debut.
Narrator (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The classic opera “Aida” is set to return to the Turkish capital after a 13-year absence during which time it was staged annually at Antalya's Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival. A new production of Giuseppe Verdi's 1871 classic will open this Saturday at the Ankara Opera House, the Anatolia news agency reported. A 250-strong cast and crew from the Ankara State Opera and Ballet...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
If you feel like celebrating the fallen heroes of gruesome wars on this Veteran's day, we'll point you to the music budgets under assault in Gov. Schwarzenegger's war on education. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music , a vital institution in this city, is hosting a fund raiser tonight, from 7pm to 11pm. Billed as " an evening of eclectic performances ," it is faithful to the mission...
The Fool and The Opera (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
July 25 at 1pm. November 11,14,17,25,28 & December 1,4,7,10 at 7.30pmThe Arts CentrebookingsGrand opera does not get much grander than Aida. So when one of Australia's true visionaries, Graeme Murphy, directs a new production of Verdi's epic tale, it is an occasion not to be missed.The King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radames, and hopes they will marry. Radames, however, is in love with
Fr Mildew (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Late news on the possile ordination of married men coming in from the Anglicans who will take advantage of the new Constitution which now Cardinal Levada says should be ready in about two weeks time. The news of the detail on the possibility of married Anglican Clergy being re ordained as Catholic Priests was given today. It is rather complicated so I advise going straight over to Damian Thompson for...
Moms Pennies From Heaven (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Price: $3.99 Category: CDs Masters of Classical Music Vol 10 VerdiArtist: Anna TomowaSintowFormat: CDRecord Label: Laserlight USAGenre: Chorus, Classical, OperaUPC: 018111581028Track Listing01. Overture02. Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate03. Aida: PreludeII Trovatore:04. Vedi ...
operaman's blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
For those of you who have had your fill of writing and videos and all that about Glass and Orphée here's your weekly assortment from Operaman's grab bag of opera ephemera. Happy Birthday! Ursula K. Le Guin is 80 years young today! Avid readers among you will know Ms Le Guin as one of the world's foremost writers of fantasy and science fiction novels. She has almost innumerable awards to her...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
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英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Spotlight: Giuseppe Verdi What was Verdi's last opera? Italian composer of operas Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in 1813. Though he showed musical promise as a youngster, Verdi's early progress was not a given. He hoped to study organ at the Milan Conservatory, but was not accepted to the school, due to what they deemed his inadequate training. So, Verdi studied privately; his pieces met with...
That's me on the Left! (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD continues for its fourth season, featuring nine live transmissions. All performances begin at 1 pm ET. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local movie theater! Tomorrow the season starts off with Tosca . Other operas in the series include: • Verdi’s Aida (Oct. 24 and Nov. 11)...
Kaizenlog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
October 2009 October 2009 October is Opera Season in the sister island of Gozo and once again the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing in both Operas organised by Aurora and Astra Opera Theatres. The Aurora Theatre will be producing Verdi’s Aida on Saturday 10th October. For more info visit: http://www.facebook.com/l/2f531;leone.org.mt/pages/singledetail.asp?m=267 The Astra Theatre...
the concert (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Before we headed out to Aida last night, I realized that I was going to be adding a new opera to my “list” of works I’ve seen. I’d never actually written them all down, though, so this morning I’ve been going through my memory (and opera company archive websites), and I think I’ve come up with most of them: 67! Not bad, I think. Do any of you do this? Maury ? JSU...
The Rehearsal Studio (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
The reader of Robert C. Marsh's Dialogues and Discoveries: James Levine: His Life and His Music could easily believe that Levine never met a Verdi opera he did not like. It is interesting that, in this context, Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore only appears on two pages of Marsh's book, confined to a single sentence on each. In the first case the opera seems to be secondary to the man doing the singing:...
and these Thy gifts (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
– cute, but kind of pointless – Verdi is our “Composer of the Month” for September, and this is a perfect rabbit trail book — the illustrations are just beautiful. I have a newfound appreciation of Aida. The drama of a love triangle may not be entirely suitable for the younger [...]
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