03/04/13 COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR OPERA

• Birmingham Hippodrome Announces Upcoming Workshops _{2013-03-04, 12:13 pm}
  ... Birmingham Hippodrome stage in the past, present and future - including Sister Act, We Will Rock You, Phantom of the Opera and High Society. No experience is necessary, and participants are encouraged to come along to have fun, meet new people and ...
• Kiri Te Kanawa to guest-star on 'Downton Abbey' _{2013-03-04, 12:01 pm}
  "Downton Abbey" is set to get a visit from a famous opera singer in its new season.
• Chor Leoni and Friends _{2013-03-04, 11:53 am}
  ... of beautiful music that reaches out to touch and move you. In those 20 years they've shared the stage with rock stars, opera super stars and stars of the stage. Chor Leoni and Friends will reunite some of them with the Lions in an event that marks a ...
• Reviews of the latest music releases _{2013-03-04, 11:47 am}
  ... such as Maria Callas,Victoria de Los Angeles and Giuseppe di Stefano amongst others.As an introduction to the world of opera it's well nigh faultless,giving newcomers to the genre an opportunity to immerse themselves in the delights of Verdi ...
• Caramoor Presents 2013 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars: 'Song of the Midnight Sun' _{2013-03-04, 11:36 am}
  ... Blier, Artistic Director, was launched as a pilot program in spring 2009. It focuses on singing outside the realm of opera, including the song recital and vocal chamber music. Singers at the beginning professional level are invited to Caramoor for a ...
• American Bach Soloists presents unfamiliar Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi _{2013-03-04, 11:21 am}
  ... was also the time of Pope Clement XI's ban on operatic performances, which did not serve Handel's reputation as an opera composer particularly well. If Handel felt constrained by this ban, Psalm 110 provided him with a perfect opportunity to get ...
• UTC Student And Rossville Native Receives Glenn Draper Scholarship Fund _{2013-03-04, 11:19 am}
  ... Into the Woods, The Music Man, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Grease, and A Charlie Brown Christmas, as well as UTC Opera's production of Mozart's "The Impressario". In addition, she has sung at several venues at rallies and gatherings. An ...
• Harrisburg Academy launches first high school musical with "Aida" _{2013-03-04, 11:12 am}
  ... were acquainted with "Aida," but are enthusiastic about the music in the Tim Rice/Elton John version of the Verdi opera. "We never heard of it before, but it's pretty cool music," Sheker said, although not a stereotypical musical. "There's a lot of ...
• MacLaine to return to Downton Abbey _{2013-03-04, 10:18 am}
  ... the ITV show's third series last year, and there were rumours she was due to return. It has also been announced that opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast. The New Zealand-born soprano will play a house guest, and will sing during her visit. ...
• 'Hamlet' at Minnesota Opera _{2013-03-04, 10:05 am}
  ... of Ambroise Thomas." This is delicious, but grossly unfair. Indeed, one of the pleasures afforded by Thomas' 1868 opera "Hamlet," which opened Saturday in a no-holds-barred production by Minnesota Opera, is discovering how engaging the music is. ...
• Review: Tosca @ The Royal Opera House _{2013-03-04, 09:51 am}
  Set against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Rome in the summer of 1800, Puccini's Tosca is an opera that boasts sex, lies and violence in a brisk work with ravishing tunes.
• Weekly Ticket _{2013-03-04, 09:23 am}
  ... birthday of Richard Wagner. Also featuring Zalman Raffael's new hip-hop ballet "A Street Symphony." Where: Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. When: Thursday through March 24, times and prices vary. Starting at $35. LORD OF THE DANCE BY MICHAEL ...
• Artsmash blog _{2013-03-04, 08:02 am}
  ... He's written for the New York Times, BBC Music Magazine and other publications, and he's a longtime contributor to Opera News. His book, The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music (Perigee, 2002), can be found on the most discerning ...
• Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Program Artists _{2013-03-04, 07:20 am}
  ... 759-5334 Admission: $30. No charge for students 17 and under. Amadeus Concerts presents: Aria: Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Program Artists The Domingo-Cafritz Program is unique in guiding singers on the verge of international careers. ...
• Buffalo Grove Resident Finds Joy in Making Pottery _{2013-03-04, 07:14 am}
  ... handle food, and she decided that she wanted to learn how to make her own functional earthenware. Chung, a long-time opera singer, was soon taking pottery classes at suburban studios. Now, three years later, her work can be found on display and for ...
• Tufts Announces Upcoming Public Concerts _{2013-03-04, 06:19 am}
  ... composer. He is currently on faculty at Tufts University as piano teacher, chamber music coach, Co-Director of the Opera Ensemble, and staff pianist. The Granoff Music Center is located at 20 Talbot Avenue on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus. ...
• MarkRees published WIN tickets to see Carmen at Swansea Grand Theatre _{2013-03-04, 05:55 am}
  ... guarantees an evening of passion and romance, and features some of the most evocative and best-loved melodies in opera; The Habanera, The Seguidilla, The Flower Song, The Chanson Bohme and perhaps the best-known baritone aria of all The Toreador's ...
• 5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 4 _{2013-03-04, 05:50 am}
  ... Powers School of Music faculty member and soprano Jessica Cooper - a 2003 New England finalist for the Metropolitian Opera's National Council Auditions - with guest artists Thea Lobo, mezzo-soprano; Rosalind Stowe, viola da gamba; and James Meadors, ...
• thebuzz published Review: Cheltenham Ladies' College Spring Concert, Pittville Pump... _{2013-03-04, 03:51 am}
  A curtain-raiser to Rossini's opera The Barber Of Seville heralded a curtain closure for the Sixth Form students of the Ladies' College.
• FdL and Area Library New & Notes _{2013-03-04, 03:00 am}
  ... discussion -- 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. The Rev. Jack Stubbs leads a discussion focusing on Puccini's beloved opera. The evening will include opera excerpts. "La Boheme" follows the lives of artists, musicians and writers in 1840s Paris. The ...