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Royal Opera House introduces edible food
It does seem too good to be true, but time will tell!
Intermezzo: a small portion of Renee Fleming
I am so glad I didn't go to this Renée concert. although, after her shenanigans at the Barbican a couple of years ago with a first half that consisted of Purcell re-imagined as jazz, and Renée blowing into a piano in a misguided belief that it was a) music and b) what we had paid to see, I really don't care if I never hear this over-rated singer again
BBC - Radio 3 Blog: At last! Radio 3 synchronised opera surtitles ...
I'm a bit out of date with this, but nevertheless it's interesting to read, and presumably will happen again.
Hair Man at the Opera: To the left...to the right...
Useful info about navigating the Wales Millennium Centre eg location of loos, how to get past people who get in the way (Also useful at ROyal Opera House!)
Arts, Briefly - Twice-Injured Soprano - NYTimes.com
We've all had weeks like that. True, I've never had a week where I've managed to kick a mugger and been landed on by a dodgy tenor, but you know.
Does she know these things come in threes?
Tenor - History of a Voice by John Potter
Review by 'Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Lover'
Reality TV - News - ITV bosses 'plan popstar opera show' - Digital Spy
Oh I see, they get to sing arias.
Next show, getting people to kick a few penalties (without a golakeeper) and calling them footballers...
Or getting a few celebs to drive a Vauxhall Nova on a disused RAF field and calling them Grand Prix drivers
Pop star opera show to take on The X Factor? | TV | STV Entertainment
Total joke, I assume. Utter car crash telly waiitng to happen. And having Katherine Kenkins and Russell Watson as judges, and Paul Potts as mentor - as if they have any insight or knowledge to bring to the table.
Give me a panel that includes Tony Pappano, David McVicar, Kiri te Kanawa and Bryn Terfel, then we'll take it seriously. Make the wannabes take on some recitative, some ensemble work, and solo singing against an orchestra. Oh, and put them in front of a live audience and take away their mikes.
I have absolutely no doubt that Will Young is capable of singing Nessun Dorma in tune. But what will that prove? That Will young can hold a tune and has a sweet voice. I think we know that already.
Opera? Is she a chat show host ask Brits ignorant of classical music? - Telegraph
One in four people from Coventry think that Beethoven was a dog rather than a world famous composer and one in 10 people from York thought Mozart was a footballer.
Riding to the rescue of L.A. Opera's 'L'Elisir' -- latimes.com
This is the first article I have ever read about opera (or arts/showbiz/entertainment in general) that specifically mentions risk management.
Saddo that I am I would love to carry out a risk management/corporate governance audit of an opera house
From Enlightenment back to the Dark Ages - Scotsman.com News
Another mishap involving the mezzo I shall be seeing tonight.
I liked the way they managed to use 'cruel irony' and 'Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment' in one sentence
It 'aint over til the fat lady... falls into the orchestra pit. Opera singer hurt after embarrassing accident at Glyndebourne | Mail Online
If I were Ana-Maria I would sue the Daily Mail for that headline.\n\nIt seems her fall was cushioned by a cellist. One hopes the cello is okay
From the gods to the pit | Bagehot's notebook | Economist.com
Eye witness report on Ana Maria's tumble
The end of an aria as soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa quits opera - Telegraph
“The press retired me,” she said. “I have not been singing opera very much but I still sing a lot of concerts.”
She said she would not give up singing and would maintain her touring concert schedule.
(But, of course, being a jealous frumpy opera snob she has to get her dig in at Katherine Jenkins singing with a microphone even though Our Kath took pity on her and let her record the British Airways theme with her...oops, wrong blog)
Interchanging Idioms: Fifth Annual 2009 Opera News Awards Announce Honorees
Martina Arroyo, Joyce DiDonato, Gerald Finley, Philip Glass; and Shirley Verrett.
Finley is a rare anomaly – an artist whose lush, vibrant sound, intensity of expression and translucent clarity of diction can wring a tender, almost Romantic lyricism from the most modern and angular of idioms.
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