OPERA HAMLET

2010-03-17T10:18:51Z

In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Simon Keenlyside performs in the title role of "Hamlet," during the dress rehearsal Friday March 12, 2010, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)

Buenos Aires' famed Teatro Colon to reopen May 24

2010-03-17T15:16:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Buenos Aires' famed Teatro Colon opera house to reopen May 24 after 4-year restoration</div><div><p>South America's most famous opera house will reopen May 24, nearly four years after it shut down for a monumental restoration that has run two years over schedule.</p><p>Bueno...

Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years

2010-03-17T12:16:30Z

<div id="subtitle">To see or not to see? Simon Keenlyside makes Met opera revival of Thomas' 'Hamlet' worthwhile</div><div><p>Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet" was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it's easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival.</p><p>Even with two outstanding singing actors...

Royal Opera to stage Anna Nicole Smith story

2010-03-10T06:00:26Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's Royal Opera will stage the world premiere next year of "Anna Nicole," a work about the life of former Playboy model, actress and tabloid favorite Anna Nicole Smith who died ...

New York City Opera goes 20th century next season

2010-03-09T13:30:49Z

<div id="subtitle">20th century works for New York City Opera's 2010-11 season</div><div><p>The New York premieres of Bernstein's "A Quiet Place" and Stephen Schwartz's "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," the world stage premiere of John Zorn's "La Machine de l'e...

Placido Domingo has cancer surgery

2010-03-08T11:16:49Z

<div><p>Renowned opera singer Placido Domingo has had surgery to remove a malignant cancer tumor in his colon, but expects to perform again as early as next month, a spokeswoman said Monday.</p><p>The surgery on Sunday in New York was a success and Domingo, 69, is expected to recover, following six weeks of rest, spokeswoman Paulo Szot sings during the final dress rehearsal for Metropolitan Opera's production of "The Nose" in New York, Tuesday March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Shostakovich opera has Metropolitan Opera premiere

2010-03-05T05:45:23Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "The Nose" makes a belated Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday and even before the reviews are in, performances have nearly sold out.</p><p>The new production of "The Nose," based on a short story by...

Baritone goes sky-high to get rid of heights fear

2010-03-03T16:45:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky goes sky-high to shake fear of heights with parachute jump</div><div><p>Star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is fearless when reaching for musical heights. But the Russian singer says he's always been scared of physical heights — even on stage sets.</p><p>So he decided to tackle his fear by reaching sky-high — literally.</p><p>The 47-y...

World premiere of Reimann's 'Medea' triumphs in Vienna

2010-02-28T16:15:55Z

<div><p>A brand new opera by German composer Aribert Reimann was given a rapturous reception at its world premiere at the Vienna State Opera here Sunday.</p><p>"Medea" is, in the words of the 74-year-old composer, his "eighth-and-a-half" opera, and was commissioned by t...

Placido Domingo to undergo surgery

2010-02-24T06:17:05Z

<div><p>Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, one of the world's greatest opera singers, will undergo surgery after suffering lower abdominal pain while performing in Japan, his official website said on Wednesday.</p><p>Domingo, 69, underwent a full physical examination in New York where "his doctors have determined that he needs...

Opera Review Boheme

2010-02-21T16:00:49Z

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, Nicole Cabell performs as Musetta during a dress rehearsal for La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Netrebko, Beczala a winning couple in 'La Boheme'

2010-02-21T16:00:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Netrebko, Beczala make a winning couple in Metropolitan Opera revival of Puccini's 'La Boheme'</div><div><p>Anna Netrebko keeps getting better and better,</p><p>On Saturday night, the Russian soprano began an extended run as Mimi in the Metropolitan...

Kathryn Grayson, star of '40s, '50s musicals, dies

2010-02-22T08:42:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Kathryn Grayson, star of such hit musicals as 'Anchors Aweigh' and 'Kiss Me Kate,' dead at 88</div><div><p>Kathryn Grayson, whose beauty and lilting soprano voice brightened such popular MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s as "Anchors Aweigh," "Show Boat" and "Kiss Me Kate," has died. She was 88.</p><p>Grayson died Wednesday at her

Internet Opera

2010-02-12T11:33:12Z

This undated 2010 photo provided by The Metropolitan Opera shows composer Nico Muhly. The Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera will co-produce a world premiere production of Muhly’s first opera. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, ...

Muhly commissioned to write Internet-themed opera

2010-02-22T09:49:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Nico Muhly commissioned by Met and ENO to write Internet-themed opera</div><div><p>Talk about modern opera.</p><p>Nico Muhly, a 28-year-old composer based in New York, has been commissioned to create a fictionalized account of a British teenager who used the Internet in an attempt to arrange his ...

`Il Postino' opera premiere set for Sept. 23 in LA

2010-02-22T14:03:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Los Angeles Opera reschedules delayed premiere of Catan's `Il Postino' for Sept. 23</div><div><p>The delayed premiere of Daniel Catan's "Il Postino" has been rescheduled by the Los Angeles Opera for Sept. 23, the opening night of the 2010-11 season.</p><p>The Spanish-languag...

Review: Domingo a baritone in `Simon Boccanegra'

2010-02-22T18:05:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Review: Domingo takes it down a notch, sings baritone in Verdi's `Simon Boccanegra' title role</div><div><p>At this rate, Placido Domingo had better start thinking about what to sing on the 50th anniversary of his Metropolitan ...

semperopernball

2010-01-17T19:16:30Z

Jose Carreras at the Semperopernball at Semper Opera House. Dresden, Germany - 15.01.20

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Met Opera's 'Carmen' HD telecast sets record

2010-02-22T19:03:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Popular gypsy: Met Opera's `Carmen' HD telecast sets record with 240,000 viewers</div><div><p>The Metropolitan Opera's live high definition telecast of Bizet's "Carmen" to movie theaters has set a record with 240,000 viewers.</p><p>Saturday's performance starring...

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