The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: News
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"You know, the thing that's really remarkable about that book for the time period in which it was written is the improvisational, free-flowing nature of it. He goes from straight prose to something like love poetry to setting up scenes as though this were a play–and then, back again!" I particularly like that this interview…
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Mezzo-soprano Helene Joseph-Weil and composer Benjamin Boone have put together an "ethno-historical cantata" based on the oral history of one Ascencion Solorsano, the last known fluent speaker of Mutsun. NPR Story | The Mutsun Language
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Next season the Royal Opera, London will show live performances of both ballet and opera in movie theaters across the UK. As for this season, ROH will present pre-recorded a performance of Carmen, along with the ballets Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, and Sleeping Beauty. Telegraph | CBC News |Official Site
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"I had to look it up," said Renée Fleming of the Central Asian country Kazakhstan in an interview with Manuela Hoelterhoff. (Apparently she didn't watch the terribly informative film Borat.) Fleming is singing an opera ball in Almaty this summer.
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Padmâvatî opened last Friday at Théâtre du Châtelet. In English: IHT | Times of India | Reuters India | The Telegraph En Français: webthea.com | Le Monde | ResMusica.com | AFP
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The chief executive of the Royal Opera House Tony Hall recently reviewed youth dance in the UK and dance is to receive £5.5 million from the Departments for Culture, Media and Sport and Children, Schools and Families and Arts Council England. Press Release | BBC Article
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The English National Opera presented Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time this season, and the last performance was yesterday. The adorable Anna Christy made her British debut in the title role, despite recently suffering bronchitis. She has a sweet, warbling sort of voice, and from the reviews, it sounds like she was adequate, not…
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Actor Juan Pablo Di Pace did not like the Royal Opera House's poster for Rigoletto from 2001, as it did not flatter his penis. ROH is not using Mr. Di Pace's image in the promotional materials when the production is revived in 2009. BBC News Article | thisislondon.co.uk
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Opera Australia is simulcasting their March 12th performance of Carmen into the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. The Covent Garden production is by Francesca Zambello, Catherine Carby sings the title role, and Rosario La Spina is Don José. Tickets | Production | Opera Tattler Review
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali denies rumors that he is to marry choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant. The director turned 45 last Sunday and says working on the opera Padmâvatî, which opens in a little over a fortnight, has been fun. Times of India Article | Official Site
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