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Ullman, who studied under Austrian master Arnold Schoenberg before World War I, composed the one-act work in 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Located near the Czech capital Prague,...
MILAN- World-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim will take up the post of musical director at Italy's world renowned La Scala opera house from December until the end of 2016, the Milan theatre said on...
WASHINGTON- In Washington, the operatic drama is taking place offstage.
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has slammed a Washington Post music critic who said he had "sabotaged" a recent performance of...
BAYREUTH, Frederic Happe- Germany's 100th Wagner opera festival kicked off here Monday in an edition that will include a taboo-busting performance by an Israeli orchestra.
The annual tribute to...
BERLIN- Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor, is to extend his contract as general music director of the Berlin's renowned State Opera, city officials said Thursday.
His...
PRAGUE- A Prague festival will host the world premiere of Antonio Vivaldi's opera L'Unione della Pace, e di Marte, following its reconstruction by a Czech expert 284 years after its only...
TOKYO- New York's Metropolitan Opera said Tuesday two of its leading stars have pulled out of a tour in Japan at the last minute for fear of radiation from the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear...
PARIS- Celebrated mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato packed emotion and virtuosity into the title role of Handel's "Ariodante" at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris on Monday.
The relatively small...
WASHINGTON- At 70 years old, he climbs ladders, rolls on the ground and his voice shakes the room: Placido Domingo is Oreste in "Iphigenie en Tauride," a performance-style farewell to the Washington...
VIENNA- Latvian star mezzo Elina Garanca is expecting a baby at the end of October, the Austrian daily Oesterreich reported on Friday.
In a pre-release of an article to appear in its Saturday...
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