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A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
November 29, 1924— Giacomo Puccini , who assumed the mantle of master of Italian opera from Verdi, and who lived with as much tumult as he chronicled in La Bohème , Tosca , and Madama Butterfly , died of cardiac arrest amid radiation treatment for throat cancer in Brussels, Belgium. Death deprived him of the chance to complete his final masterwork: Turandot . In two years of blogging,...
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Remembrance in Spacetime (Free subscription) | yesterday
§ ≡ A quantum of Quantized History { #25 « #26 » T•of•C } November 29, 1924 » Death of Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Powerful Greek soprano who was a specialist in French song The Greek soprano Arda Mandikian, who has died aged 85, was a powerful presence on stage or concert platform, appearing to be much taller than she really was. Her face was not only beautiful but awe-inspiring, like an ancient statue, with a noble nose that seemed to start in the depths of her forehead. Of Armenian Greek stock, she was born...
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Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Having sung on some of the most prestigious opera stages including the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Bastille Opera Paris and the Metropolitan Opera, Hasmik Papian is regarded as one of the most successful lyrical-dramatic sopranos in the world. Hasmik Papian will be open Vancouver Opera's Golden Anniversary season in her signature role as Bellini's Norma. Guilty musical pleasure? Can any musical...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
'Mon Oncle Antoine' plays at Pratt's Film Talk series "La Boheme," MGM's 1926 silent epic of selfless love in the pursuit of high-quality playwriting, will be shown Sunday afternoon at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, with organ accompaniment by James Harp, director of opera and education for the Lyric Opera House. The movie, directed by King Vidor and based on Puccini's opera, stars John Gilbert...
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
OperaUpClose is presenting Robin Norton-Hale’s new translation of Puccini’s La Boheme at The Cock Tavern Theatre – from December 8, 2009 to January 23, 2010. La Boheme is transported from 1830s Bohemian Paris to the gritty realism of vibrant modern day North London, in a production that has been conceived to make Puccini’s opera as visceral, funny, accessible and emotionally...
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My Buenos Aires Travel Guide (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires has presented its program for the 2010 Season. After three years of restoration works, the companies will return to the theater's concert hall, that will be inaugurated on May 25th, 2010, with a Reopening Gala in celebration of the May Revolution Bicentenary. The 2010 Season will feature great figures as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta Paloma Herrera, and Yo-Yo Ma. The...
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Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
An active tenor with Vancouver Opera Chorus, John Arsenault has appeared in minor roles in Salome and Fidelio . John recently turned heads as Pinkerton in Vancouver Island Opera's production of Madame Butterfly . JOhn will help kick off the season with his role of Flavio, a centurian, in Vancouver Opera's Norma . Guilty musical pleasure? I love lots of different music, and I don’t believe in...
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Green Integer Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Ciacosa (libretto), based on a play by Victorien Sardou, Giacomo Puccini (music) Tosca / premiere at Teatro Costanzi, Rome, January 14, 1900 / the production I saw was from The Metropolitan Opera's HD production of October 10, 2009 (the encore production I witnessed was on October 29, 2009) By coincidence, soon after seeing a filmed version of Puccini's La Bohème (see...
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The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
In honor of her birthday (she would have been 116), TCM is running a number of Lillian Gish’s movies today. They just finished showing La boheme, an adaptation more like the sketches than the Puccini opera, I think. She makes a stunningly good Mimi with John Gilbert a wonderful Rodolphe. Not only [...]
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Louise Broomhead Textile Designer (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Ahh last night was sweet indeed!! I went to see my dad perform in the chorus of Sheffield City Opera's latest opera Puccini's La Boheme Bravo dad!! My dad has been rehearsing every night for nearly a week prior to the performances from 30th September 2009 to 3rd October 2009 at Sheffield University Drama Studio. © Photograph Copyright Event Sheffield 2009 The cast includes Nick Sales as Rodolfo...
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High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The big-budget adaptation of Puccini's romantic opera is coming to Blu-ray in December. Kultur Video is preparing Robert Dornhelm's 'La Boheme' for high-definition on December 15. There's no word on tech...
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High-Def Digest: All Hig (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The big-budget adaptation of Puccini's romantic opera is coming to Blu-ray in December. Kultur Video is preparing Robert Dornhelm's 'La Boheme' for high-definition on December 15. There's no word on tech...
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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...
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