Monthly Archives: September 2014

“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” in Norway

An Opera by Dmitri Shostakovich 8 productions From September 4. to October 3. Performed in Russian Texted in Norwegian and English 3 hours and 15 minutes At the Den Norske opera & Ballet Thater in Oslo A starkly cold fishing … Continue reading

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Andrzej Czajkowski’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE in Poland

Sun 6:00pm October 26, 2014 Moniuszko Auditorium The Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw, Plac Teatralny 1, Warszawa, POLAND THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Opera in three acts Libretto: John O’Brien after William Shakespeare’s play World premiere: Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria, … Continue reading

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Daphne in Bruxelles

At the La Monnaie / De Munt Theater In this Daphne – the ‘bucolic tragedy’ about the beautiful Daphne, who is loved both by the simple shepherd Leukippos and the god Apollo – director Guy Joosten sets the world of … Continue reading

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Remembering the Great Licia Albanese

Written By: Linda Ann Lo Schiavo, as it appeared on L’Idea Magazine (NY), August 27. 2014 My father introduced me to Licia Albanese. I was wearing a bib and enjoying strained bananas, while he was savoring the strains of the … Continue reading

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Opera fans around the world are grieving for the loss of famed soprano Licia Albanese, who died on August 15, 2014, at the age of 105, in her home in Manhattan.

Born Felicia Albanese in Torre a Mare near Bari, Italy, in 1909, she debuted in Milan in 1934, replacing another soprano in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. In forty years, she sang more than 300 performances of Cio-Cio-San, a role for which … Continue reading

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