The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Painfully Absurd
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky's ex-wife Svetlana is to receive £195,000 annually instead of £170,000. Guardian Article | Dmitri Hvorostovsky's Official Site
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Baritone Thomas Hampson has an iPhone application in conjunction with his "Song of America" project. More Information from Instant Encore | Official Site
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Dr. Luciano Bernardi at the University of Pavia has done a study on the effects of listening to classical music, including selections from Turandot, Nabucco, and La Traviata. BBC Article | Science Blog
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are playing at the Proms on August 18, 2009. One can even take part. Proms 2009 | Learning the Ukulele
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The Opera Tattler is now on Twitter. I will try my hand at tweeting during intermissions.
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Hardly on the ball here, but The Opera Tattler puzzled to see mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook in the role of Tosca in the movie Milk. One supposes it would be even weirder if she had been actually singing. Cathy Cook’s Official Site | Milk
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San Francisco Symphony has launched an online social network of its own. It has the catchy name of the "San Francisco Symphony Social Network." Press Release [PDF] | SFS Social Network
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The set of Das Rheingold is still not working properly. LA Times | Official Site
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The London premiere of George Benjamin's Into the Little Hill seems to have occurred in the Royal Opera House's bar. Guardian Article | Production Site
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is planning to present an opera about Anna Nicole Smith by Mark-Anthony Turnage in 2011. Guardian Article
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