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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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Roberto Alagna will be Otello at the ‘Chorégies d’Orange’

By Natalia DiBartolo In the career of an Opera singer, the genesis of a character is not immediate, and the maturation of a role can mobilize a lifetime, not just a voice. The human voice is the most delicate and … Continue reading

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Teatro Sociale of Bergamo wins “Europa Nostra Conservation Award”

Awards print ITALY, Bergamo Conservation TEATRO SOCIALE 2014 Bergamo’s Teatro Sociale is a fine antique wooden theater “all’italiana” built in 1804. It enjoyed a mixed first century, but finally succumbed to competition and closed in 1929, functioning thereafter as a … Continue reading

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Opera San Jose: Irene Dalis Vocal Competition 2014

WHEN: May 10, 2014 @ 3:00pm WHERE: California Theatre COST: $50-$150 Opera San Jose, in association with Arts Management Services of San Francisco, presents the Eighth Annual Irene Dalis Vocal Competition at the California Theatre. Dan Montez, the noted tenor and … Continue reading

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AUDITIONING FOR THE MET ORCHESTRA

by William Short, principal bassoonist; as published on http://www.MetOperaMusicians.org Winston Churchill once said, “[Democracy] is the worst form of government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.” Much the same can be said for orchestral … Continue reading

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San Diego Opera Continues Its Battle for Survival

From: By Erica Miner On Thursday, April 17, controversy over the closure of San Diego Opera took a startling turn when a Town Hall meeting with the theme, “San Diego Opera Moves Forward: Alternative models of Opera in America” for supporters of the … Continue reading

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CARMEN at the Deutsche Oper Berlin: Review

By Natalia Di Bartolo; Reblogged from Operalibera.net Immediately after the extraordinary success of “Les Troyens (The Trojans)“, the masterpiece by Hector Berlioz in which Roberto Alagna stood out as Aeneas, the Deutsche Oper Berlin offered a second work with Alagna: Carmen. The first performance was held on10th April 2014. … Continue reading

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To Sing with Nature: Piotr Beczała at San Diego Opera

To Sing with Nature: Piotr Beczała at San Diego Opera By Erica Miner (Used by permission) Gracious, charming, highly intelligent and perceptive, Polish-born artist Piotr Beczała (dubbed “Piotr the Great” in San Francisco), first graced the San Diego Opera stage in his 2010 Bohème debut, … Continue reading

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CAN LOVE FOR BOOKS AND OPERA KEEP YOU YOUNG?

Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena In 1912 Italians won the war against the Ottoman Empire, a forecast of the underlying colonialism that brought the Great War, the Titanic revealed itself not to be unsinkable and vitamins were first identified. It … Continue reading

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