Aiming For Her Very Top Note Tue Dec 14, 7:00 PM ET Curt Schleier Renee Fleming understands that natural talent isn’t enough to assure success. In fact, Fleming said during…
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Demonstrations of the École de Danse of the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris
The Paris Opera Ballet School, founded by Louis XIV in 1713—it’s the world’s oldest academy for producing classical dancers—is now located in a utilitarian complex specifically built for it in Nanterre, on the bleak outskirts of the City of Light. But for more than a century it was located in the bowels of the lavish Palais Garnier, at the hub of urban elegance. It was there—cocooned in that opera house’s imposing Second Empire decorative excesses of varicolored marble offset by gilt and bronze; of statues, bas-reliefs, frescos, and mosaics; of deep red plush and heavy figured and tasseled drapery; of an infinity of mirrors and chandeliers—that I saw the daylong program this extraordinary school, the oldest and arguably the greatest of its kind, modestly calls its “Demonstrations.”
What’s On Le Figaro’s Christmas List?
Notre sélection de DVD pour les fetes bq. La rituelle ruée sur les cadeaux de Noel passe, cette année encore plus que la précédente, par le déferlement des DVD musicaux…
Opera Etiquette
Going to the Theater Miss May The Epoch Times Dec 12, 2004 Dear Miss May: I am very lucky and am able to go to NY soon for a weekend…
Anna Netrebko on 60 Minutes
Anna Netrebko: A Happy Diva Singer Does Opera Music Videos Dec 12, 2004 7:45 pm US/Eastern Anna Netrebko in St. Petersburg Photograph: (c) Peter Rigaud There isn’t a musical instrument…
Bolcom in Chicago
Marriage and manners By George Loomis [Financial Times] Published: December 10 2004 02:00 | Last updated: December 10 2004 02:00 The general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, William Mason,…
An Interview with Juan Diego Flórez
“Nunca he sido un melómano” bq. Es el tenor del momento, y sorprende que ostente la corona al reconocérsele sólo como un experto rossiniano. Odia las entrevistas porque le roban…
Joan Sutherland Named as 2004 Kennedy Center Honoree
World of opera graced by the true grande dame By T.L. Ponick SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published December 3, 2004 Legendary coloratura soprano Joan Sutherland says she was “bowled…
La Diva Renée
The ‘Voice’ of the Darling Diva By BARBARA JEPSON November 30, 2004 New York For sheer beauty of sound, no soprano today can match Renee Fleming. Her rich, golden-hued voice…
Krassimira Stoyanova: A Biographical Note
The Wiener Staatsoper’s 2004-2005 season includes Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, which premiered on 8 December. Krassimira Stoyanova performed the role of “Amelia” to *rave reviews*. Beginning 3 January 2005, she will…