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New 'Lohengrin' to open this year's Bayreuth Festival - 2010-07-23
PARIS, Benoit Fauchet- The curtain rises this weekend on Germany's legendary Bayreuth Festival, which is set to open with a brand new production of Richard Wagner's romantic opera "Lohengrin".
The...
Italian opera giant Cesare Siepi dies aged 87 - 2010-07-07
ROME,- Cesare Siepi, one of the best known opera basses of the 20th century, died on Monday at the age of 87, Italian media reported on Tuesday.
Siepi, born in Milan in 1923, was "a favourite of...
Barber of Seville director leaves La Scala production - 2010-07-05
ROME- Topping a season marred by opera worker strikes, the director of the Barber of Seville production at the La Scala theatre in Milan has left his post and been replaced, the theatre said on...
Famed contralto Maureen Forrester dead at 79 - 2010-06-18
OTTAWA- Canadian opera icon Maureen Forrester died overnight at the age of 79, with her family at her bedside in Toronto, local media said Thursday.
Born in Montreal, she was the youngest of four...
Exhibition opens wardrobes of opera's super stars - 2010-06-11
MOULINS, Sarah Shard- The sumptuous salmon pink gown worn by Maria Callas in 1964 in Bellini's "Norma", one of her most famous roles, still looks immaculate, but it has a flaw: a tiny square of...
Estonian opera to raise money for fined pensioner - 2010-05-20
TALLINN- Estonia's opera announced Thursday a charity concert to raise money to help a retired singer pay a 3,000-euro fine for accidentally slicing off a teenager's fingertip in a row over a noisy...
Another star cancellation for Vienna's 'Carmen' - 2010-04-24
VIENNA- Latvian operatic superstar, mezzo soprano Elina Garanca, has pulled out of next month's performances of Bizet's "Carmen", the Vienna State Opera announced Friday, the third artist for health...
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 - 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 - 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...
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