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| The Original Bess, Anne Brown |
 Anne Brown, a penetratingly pure soprano who literally put the Bess in “Porgy and Bess” by inspiring George Gershwin to expand that character’s part in a folk opera that originally was to be called “Porgy,” died Friday in Oslo. She was 96. |
La_Cowntessa on 03/17/2009 16:34 ·
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| Dedication: Theatre Group Survives on Shoestring Budget |
 When producer Kathie Urban was touring the East San Gabriel Valley 10 years ago, she noticed something was missing.
"When I drove around, there weren't many dance studios," Urban said. "There just wasn't a lot - to me - for the arts." |
La_Cowntessa on 03/16/2009 13:53
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| Tenor Philip Webb makes surprise Met debut |
 Tenor Philip Webb made a surprise Metropolitan Opera debut Friday night, replacing an ailing Marcelo Alvarez as Manrico for the second half of Verdi's "Il Trovatore." |
La_Cowntessa on 03/16/2009 13:50
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| Opera Stars Revive a Neglected Work |
 Kurt Weill’s operetta “The Firebrand of Florence” was doomed by an inadequate cast and a lackluster staging when it opened on Broadway in March 1945. It closed a month later and (except for a few songs) was neglected until a decade or so ago. A lively semistaged performance at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday revealed both the intricacies of Weill’s vibrant score and the libretto’s comedic elements, aptly framed by Roger Rees’s narration and direction. |
La_Cowntessa on 03/16/2009 13:49
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| When is an opera not an opera? |
Every season, Commonwealth Opera of Western Massachusetts stages an opera and a musical—the former because that's where their heart and history are, the latter for fun, variety and ticket sales. But this year the company's spring production, which plays this weekend in Northampton, is neither.
Despite its title, The Threepenny Opera isn't even a mini-opera. It's an almost unique piece of musical theater. A success de scandale when it premiered in Weimar Berlin in 1928, it upended the conventions of the musical stage, which at the time was occupied, on both sides of the Atlantic, with sentimental operettas and jaunty boy-meets-girl entertainments. And it made the careers of its young authors, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. |
La_Cowntessa on 03/11/2009 19:24
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| Connecticut Opera closes down, citing bad economy |
The Connecticut Opera has gone out of business after 67 seasons, the latest arts group to fall victim to the economic downturn and sagging charitable donations.
Opera board President Brooks Joslin said Thursday the decision to shut down was made late last week. The opera's bank account was frozen and funding sources had dried up following a poor turnout at the November production of "Don Giovanni" at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. |
Flounder on 03/11/2009 17:56
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| New appointments at NYCO |
| George Steel, New York City Opera's recently appointed general manager and artistic director, announced today the appointments of several new administrators to oversee the embattled company's artistic efforts, with Edward Yim set to join City Opera as its new director of artistic planning, and Steven Blier slated to become its new casting advisor. |
Flounder on 03/11/2009 17:56
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