Opera

Warsaw Chamber Opera revives work of Holocaust victims

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,...

Daniel Barenboim to be La Scala's musical director

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...

Domingo strikes back after scathing review

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...

Germany opens taboo-shattering Wagner festival

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...

Daniel Barenboim to extend Berlin Opera contract

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 to host world premiere of Vivaldi's lost opera

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...

Stars shun NY Met Opera tour in disaster-hit Japan

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...

Joyce DiDonato brings Handel's Ariodante to life in Paris

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...

Spanish tenor Domingo sings farewell to Washington

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...

Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca pregnant: report

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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