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29 Nov 09
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Streatham MP Keith Hill fails to avoid giggling fit in vote on Short Sea shipping
Placido Domingo: from tenor to baritone - Times Online
According to Chris Hunt, the producer of the BBC documentary and co-ordinator of the video releases — who is at pains to emphasise that the BBC film is a “kick-start” to an ambitious programme of opera broadcasts, culminating in Domingo’s Boccanegra from the ROH next June — the programme will focus on his decision to sing the baritone role, but he will also discuss his great tenor parts.
27 Nov 09
Placido Domingo greets his fans in a post-performance marathon | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times
26 Nov 09
RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Katherine Jenkins is treated in hospital
Now it's nervous exhaustion. I thought she was too much of a professional to ever feel nervous (ha ha ha).
It's difficult to identify what she actually does other than go from party to party, so one does wonder what 'nervous exhaustion' is an euphemism for.
25 Nov 09
Katherine hopes to hit the TV high notes with her own Saturday night at the opera
Nice to see her delusion about being an opera singer is still on and heading straight for carcrash TV
Katherine Jenkins recovering from Norovirus stomach bug
Of course "Norovirus". Of course. It'll be those six vegetarian meals, one every half an hour. IMO.
23 Nov 09
Handel's 'Tamerlano' at L.A. Opera - latimes.com
Photo Gallery.
Only 2 out of 7 are of Bajazet
21 Nov 09
Placido Domingo spendet für Halleiner Orgel - oesterreich.ORF.at
That's the organ in the church where Franz Gruber first performed Stille Nacht (Silent night)...because the organ was broken!
20 Nov 09
Making mum proud | Zoë's World
"... Katherine Jenkins, who must have been the busiest artist this month, launching not only an album but, on last count, 15 hair looks!"
An album, and, coo, 15 hair looks! And that's in between learning the part of Carmen, and rehearsing for her many appearances in operas. Woo!
16 Nov 09
Plácido Domingo: "Si mi nieto fuera 'heavy' le enseñaría mi música más que a nadie" - 20minutos.es
Interview
BBC NEWS | UK | 'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC
Confession time: the only reason I read Enid Blyton was that they were forbidden fruit, deprecated chez nous for lack of literary value.
I further confess that I found them pretty crap even when I was reading them.
I much preferred Kathleen Fidler, but who's ever heard of her nowadays? And Antonia Forest's school stories were much much better than Malory Towers!
But I shall watch the TV drama; also the Margot Fonteyn and Gracie Fields ones. I'm surprised to find Our Gracie amongst the scandalous Enid and Margot!
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Opera’s push into the mainstream
They really do employ idiots in the BBC Entertainment website. Very strange segue from discussing the ROH/ENO marketing strategy to discussing Katherine Jenkins and:
Take That's Gary Barlow is music's latest maestro to embrace the classical cross-over, making soprano Camilla Kerslake his first signing to his own record label Future Records. Her debut album is a mix of genres and includes a classically inspired version of Take That's Rule The World.
'Classically inspired'? What, it's got violins in it. How utterly old-fashioned, retread, heard it all before - there really is nothing new about performing pop songs with an orchestra accompaniment. Zzzzzz
Divas Myleene Klass and Katherine Jenkins join forces to bring opera X Factor to TV | Mail Online
Ha ha ha ha!
Loving the idea of Katherine Jenkins and Paul Potts as judges of operatic talent. Why not throw Russell Watson into the mix, too, and then we're really singing. So to speak.
Don't these telly people know that there's already been a televised contest for opera singers, that long pre-dates Britain's got an X-Idol? Cardiff Singer.
What's the betting that they'll get these pop singers to sing one of a small select number of arias - Nessun Dorma, O mio babbino caro - with a microphone, with a tiny orchestra (or probably a backing track). there will be no requirement to do ensemble work, to project the voice over a Wagnerian orchestra (without microphone) into a house, and certainly no test of acting and other stage work - juggling, cartwheels, walking up walls horizontally, falling to the ground and rolling around, lying on one's back with head in orchestra pit, lying on one's front with head in soprano's lap, that sort of thing.
It will be sanitised, anaemic and eviscerated and once again Katherine Jenkins will cite it as 'proof' of her unique ability to bring 'classical music' to 'ordinary people'
14 Nov 09
Classical Music Downloads - Classic MP3 Music Downloads
I haven't explored this iste yet, but it looks genuine and interesting
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