12/25/14 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Opera

• Meteorologist hits high notes in dual careers _{2014-12-25, 06:09 pm}
  ... woman.' " Jurica, 37, a first-generation American whose family is from Croatia, grew up in Vancouver, Canada, with an opera-singer mother and musical grandparents. Her father is a civil engineer. Jurica played the tambourine with her grandfather's ...
• Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe to receive six-month suspended jail sentence for tax fraud _{2014-12-25, 05:57 pm}
  The 81-year-old, whose duet single Barcelona with Freddy Mercury featured at the 1982 Summer Olympics, will also have to pay a 196,500 fine The 81-year-old, whose duet single Barcelona with Freddy Mercury featured at the 1982 Summer Olympics, will also have to pay a 196,500 fine. Tax authorities launched court action against soprano Caballe after concluding she had listed herself as a resident of Andorra to reduce her tax bill despite living in Barcelona.
• Our favorite theater of the year _{2014-12-25, 05:39 pm}
  ... outrageous physical comedy. The Bard would have approved. -- Rebecca Brudner as Susie in "Lady Be Good," College Light Opera Company, Falmouth: Company newcomer Brudner exuded talent and charm, with a natural comic and physical aptitude that called ...
• Brookfield/Elm Grove Things to Do: Dec. 25 _{2014-12-25, 03:11 pm}
  ... Fire: 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. One of the most beloved tales of all time comes to life before your eyes - Florentine Opera's "Goldie B. Locks & the Three Singing Bears." The Florentine Opera presents a very special operatic performance based on ...
• People: Theater re-creates a The Interviewa film -- live _{2014-12-22, 03:00 am}
  ... Work If You Can Get It." The play was seen this summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In it, Fleming plays an opera diva whose conductor-husband starts to fall for a woman hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography. She retaliates by ...
• Out and About: Top 10 things to do _{2014-12-25, 11:07 am}
  ... of Jane and Stephen Hawking. With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior. 2 MUSIC SHINING FIGARO The Jerusalem Opera presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Omer Arieli. The JO presents an ...
• Bringing opera back to Jerusalem _{2014-12-25, 11:06 am}
  We all know that culture doesn't get a fair slice of the budget pie, and all sorts of theaters and music venues are struggling. So it doesn't really seem to be the right time to try to get a new opera venture off the ground.
• PHOTO: The Broadway musical, Rent, opened on Christmas Eve in Havana, Cuba. _{2014-12-25, 10:33 am}
  ... on Christmas Eve. The Broadway musical is the first to open in Cuba in decades. The story is loosely based on the opera La Boheme and follows a group of artists struggling to succeed in New York's East Village. Gisela Gonzalez, president of the ...
• Cooperation Between VivaCell-MTS And Opera Support Fund Marked By Holiday Concert _{2014-12-25, 09:54 am}
  MTS AND OPERA SUPPORT FUND MARKED BY HOLIDAY CONCERT 15:14 25/12/2014 >> CULTURE On the occasion of the coming holidays a concert took place at the National Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre after A. Spendiaryan that summed up the results of the cooperation between VivaCell-MTS and the Opera Support Fund during 2014, the press service of VivaCell-MTS reports. The Symphonic Orchestra of the Opera Theatre , soloists, as well as the special guest - famous Germany-based singer Hrachuhi Bazents
• Cooperation between VivaCell-MTS and Opera Support Fund marked by a holiday concert _{2014-12-25, 09:43 am}
  On the occasion of the coming holidays a concert took place in the National Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre after A. Spendiaryan that summed up the results of the cooperation between VivaCell-MTS and the Opera Support Fund during 2014, the press service of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmInfo. The Symphonic Orchestra of the Opera Theatre , soloists, as well as the special guest - famous Germany-based singer Hrachuhi Bazents performed works of Joseph Strauss, Johann Strauss, F. Suppe, F. Lehar,
• COME, COME: _{2014-12-25, 08:41 am}
  ... bridge the sacred-secular divide in a way that is more difficult for those trying to challenge the standard guards of opera or theater or even much of today's choral music. In 1992, he collaborated with another young and upcoming Scot, renowned deaf ...
• Refugees are welcomed by vast majority of Germans -president _{2014-12-25, 06:34 am}
  German opera singer Cornelia Lanz performs with Syrian refugees during the "Cosi fan tutte" dress rehearsal in Oggelsbeuren near Biberach, southern Germany, September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle BERLIN, Dec 24 - President Joachim Gauck urged Germans to welcome with open arms the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war zones and to reject anti-immigrant populism.
• Neighborhood Texture Jam at the Hi-Tone _{2014-12-25, 05:20 am}
  ... a band that called it quits in 1996, a good seven years before they finally got around to performing their epic rock opera Frank Rizzo at Colonus , so with these guys, you never know. NTJ formed in the late '80s and found a loyal following for their ...
• Ukrainian Santa Clauses boost spirits of passengers _{2014-12-25, 04:33 am}
  ... the repertoire of Kyiv Academic Municipal Brass Band is huge and versatile: from marches to waltzes and mazurkas, from opera arias and operettas to symphonies, jazz music, salsa, tango, rumba (1,200 works). Virtuoso performance and perfect ...
• Fast Forward _{2014-12-25, 03:43 am}
  ... the state. Call (888) 287-2757 or visit arkansasstateparks.com. Horn: The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra teams up with Opera in the Rock for two evenings of Mozart as they present Die Zauberflote ( The Magic Flute ) as part of the Intimate Neighborhood ...
• Current Issue _{2014-12-25, 03:12 am}
  The year 2015 marks two remarkable milestones for the legendary Sherrill Milnes. This month the baritone celebrates his 80th birthday, and in December it will be 50 years since he made his Metropolitan Opera debut.
• Lessons of a Lifetime _{2014-12-25, 03:12 am}
  ... later endear him to conductors. Graduate voice studies at Northwestern led to an audition with the Boris Goldovsky Opera Theater, and Milnes' voice was destined to take him on a decades-long journey. He sang at New York City Opera, the Metropolitan ...
• Dec31 _{2014-12-25, 02:39 am}
  ... believable Who Tribute band in the world" by VH-1. See them in an interactive concert playing The Who's original rock opera album "Tommy" from beginning to end with Intermission. The live show will be backed by an inspired video and light show. THE ...
• Saturday, Jan. 3: Target First Friday _{2014-12-25, 12:53 am}
  Big 'Rig': The Regina Opera Company performs one of Verdi's most popular operas, "Rigoletto," at Regina Hall in Dyker Heights through Nov. 25. January's First Friday features music, comedy, and performances by the artists and artists inspired by the work in the exhibition "Crossing Brooklyn," including performances by funk band Snarky Puppy and comedian Greg Barris. You agree that you, and not BrooklynPaper.com or its affiliates, are fully responsible for the content that you post.
• Wednesday, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve at The Farm on Adderley _{2014-12-25, 12:32 am}
  Big 'Rig': The Regina Opera Company performs one of Verdi's most popular operas, "Rigoletto," at Regina Hall in Dyker Heights through Nov. 25. The Farm on Adderley hosts a New Year's Eve dinner, with a five course meal and champagne toast at midnight for later seatings. You agree that you, and not BrooklynPaper.com or its affiliates, are fully responsible for the content that you post.