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German opera singer held over fishy disappearance - 2010-03-12

BERLIN- A German opera singer was in custody on Friday on suspicion of killing her husband and of getting someone to impersonate him in order to get her hands on his money, police said. Pensioner...
World premiere of Reimann's 'Medea' triumphs in Vienna

World premiere of Reimann's 'Medea' triumphs in Vienna - 2010-03-01

VIENNA- 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. "Medea" is, in the words of the...
Bomb threat delays Russian opera premiere: police

Bomb threat delays Russian opera premiere: police - 2010-02-19

SAINT PETERSBURG - The premiere of a Jewish-themed opera in Saint Petersburg was delayed Thursday after an unknown person threatened to blow up the theatre, police said. The historic Mikhailovsky...
Costume exhibition celebrates Diaghilev's passion for opera

Costume exhibition celebrates Diaghilev's passion for opera - 2009-12-16

MOULINS, Sarah Shard - Legendary impresario Serge Diaghilev is associated above all with the Ballets Russes, but his first love was music and it was opera that he initially brought to Paris. In...
Swedish soprano Soderstrom dies

Swedish soprano Soderstrom dies - 2009-11-22

STOCKHOLM- The Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom has died at the age of 82, the Royal Swedish Opera announced on Saturday. She died in a Stockholm hospital on Friday morning. During a career...
'My voice is back', sings tenor Villazon

'My voice is back', sings tenor Villazon - 2009-11-05

VIENNA- Mexican star tenor Rolando Villazon, who cancelled all his 2009 engagements after a cyst was found on his vocal cords, said his voice "is back" and he will return to the stage next year....
First Birgit Nilsson opera prize goes to Placido Domingo

First Birgit Nilsson opera prize goes to Placido Domingo - 2009-10-15

STOCKHOLM - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on Tuesday received the first Birgit Nilsson prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, and said it was like winning the "Nobel prize of music." The...
Puerto Rican opera star hurt in stage fall

Puerto Rican opera star hurt in stage fall - 2009-08-22

LONDON - Puerto Rican opera singer Ana Maria Martinez was taken to hospital Friday after falling into the orchestra pit at Glyndebourne, a spokeswoman for the British festival said. The...
Riccardo Muti unearths Rossini rarity in Salzburg

Riccardo Muti unearths Rossini rarity in Salzburg - 2009-08-13

SALZBURG, Simon Morgan- Rossini's rarely performed "Moise et Pharaon", being staged at this year's Salzburg Festival, is the operatic equivalent of a Hollywood biblical epic by Cecil B. DeMille....
Boos at Swastikas, Nazis in Bayreuth's 'Parsifal'

Boos at Swastikas, Nazis in Bayreuth's 'Parsifal' - 2009-08-04

BAYREUTH, Simon Morgan - The Bayreuth Festival's new leadership may be ready and willing to investigate the Nazi past of the legendary month-long music fest dedicated exclusively to the works of...
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Prince Charles visits Poland's Muslim Tatars

Prince Charles visits Poland's Muslim Tatars
KRUSZYNIANY- Britain's Prince Charles, who is on an official visit to Poland, on Tuesday travelled to the spiritual home of its tiny Muslim Tatar community and tasted their traditional fare. The heir to the British throne began his visit to the...