The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Painfully Absurd
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William Friedkin will direct An Inconvenient Truth, the opera, which is to open on May 11, 2011 at La Scala. Variety Article
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The Bayreuther Festspiele is going to stream Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on July 27th for a mere 49 Euro per online ticket. Bayreuth LIVE | AP Article
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The 1944 opera Shasenem and Garib opened in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan last Friday. This is the first opera to be staged in the country since Saparmurat Niyazov imposed a ban in 2001. Current President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov lifted the ban on opera and circuses earlier this year. Turkmenistan.ru Article | AP Article
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The Wiener Staatsoper canceled a ballet performance on June 29, the day of the Euro 2008 Final. Apparently the opera house has been uncharacteristically empty. IHT Article| Wiener Staatsoper
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Voigt returns to Covent Garden tonight in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos. AP Article | Deborah Voigt Official Site | Production Site | YouTube
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Charles Wuorinen's operatic version of Brokeback Mountain will premiere in 2013 at New York City Opera. AP Article| Press Release
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WSJ.com Article | The Guardian Article
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Lincoln Center has mice. Read more from Perez Hilton | AP Article
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Dominique Meyer, Vienna State Opera's director designate, finds tenor Johan Botha "too fat." Read More from Mostly Opera… | OE24 Article (in German) Botha with Nina Stemme in Vienna State Opera's Die Walküre (2007):
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This morning I checked my post office box, and it completely filled with opera flyers and solicitations for donations to opera-related causes. On the second point, it was amusing to see the form letter (complete with laser-jet printed fake signature) from the Adler Fellowship Program’s Making Voices Sing campaign was from Carol Vaness, whose voice…
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