SYDNEY Opera News, Dec 03, 2011

Millionaire not welcome Sydney Morning Herald Years later, Moss was reminded of that when he sought to book a table at Guillaume at the Sydney Opera House. Bill Moss, pictured with Paul Keating at the launch of his book. ''The main restaurant is on two levels, only the upper level of which is ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Walker launches legal proceedings The Ridge News Sydney's most vitriolic Wagnerian-length academic opera is far from over.Just days before her controversial seven year reign as Dean of the SydneyConservatorium of Music officially ends on New Year's Eve, the American-born bassoon soloist Professor ... See all stories on this topic »

Icons of San Diego: From mission to modern SignOnSanDiego.com The Sydney Opera house, shown as dressed up for Vivid Live 2010, became an instant icon for the Australian city -- and prompted cities around the world to try to find the same sort of architectural splash. Forgotten today is that the project was... See all stories on this topic »

Music legend Elton john hits out at AIDS 'fascists' Scottish Daily Record He was speaking at an event at Sydney Opera House to mark the end of World AIDS Day. Sir Elton said: "We've got this disease really by the scruff of the neck. "But we cannot loosen that grip. If governments start backing out and stop funding,... See all stories on this topic »

Millionaire not welcome Tenterfield Star Years later, Moss was reminded of that when he sought to book a table at Guillaume at the Sydney Opera House. ''The main restaurant is on two levels, only the upper level of which is accessible by lift,'' he writes. ''When you ring to book a table and ... See all stories on this topic »

Story of a Rabbit Australian Stage Online It begins as you enter the Sydney Opera House's Playhouse Theatre, where you are greeted, unassumingly, by the star of the show Hugh Hughes – you can't get any more Welsh than that – as he shakes hands with each member of the audience. ... See all stories on this topic »

2012: the hit parade The Age In recent years, there's been a concerted push by Sydney to wrest the title of ''musical capital of Oz'' from Melbourne but aficionados of the form needn't start looking for property up north just yet. Despite its (thoroughly deserved) lengthy sell-out ... See all stories on this topic » The Age

Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia Los Angeles Times (blog) Sydney — The sails of the Sydney Opera House turn red during a World Aids Day reception. Porto, Portugal — Portuguese activists link hands during the World Aids Day celebration in Porto. World AIDS Day, observed on Dec. 1 every year, is dedicated to ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times (blog)

The rainbows of a heavenly voice New Zealand Herald Photo / Supplied The celebrated Korean soprano Sumi Jo is sequestered in herSydney hotel suite preparing for an Opera House performance. "Here I am, waiting for my concert and drinking a lot of water," she explains, breaking into a laugh. ... See all stories on this topic »

Classical music: Two-year odyssy comes to an end Cumberland Courier Newspapers ON an ensemble high after a successful tour of Japan and Korea, theSydney Symphony came up with an incandescent performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony at the Sydney Opera House last Friday. The orchestra's inspired collaboration with conductor ... See all stories on this topic » Cumberland Courier Newspapers

What would make you miss the Tampa Bay area Tampabay.com Then St. Petersburg unveiled inspired designs for a new $50 million pier that has folks making comparisons to the London Needle andSydney Opera House. Maybe the recession has forced us to reassess what we want from where we live. ... See all stories on this topic » Tampabay.com

A melting moment in burlesque Sydney Morning Herald La Soiree is performing a repeat season in London before shows at the Sydney Opera House in January. George, who won't reveal his surname in a surprising act of shyness, likened his fellow performers to a family albeit not a traditional one. ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Telstra Ballet Dancer Award winner announced Voxy The sensational result was announced by Deena Shiff, Telstra's Group Managing Director, Applications and Ventures Group, in front of a capacity crowd of 1500 at the Sydney Opera House, following tonight's Sydney premiere of Graeme Murphy's Romeo ... See all stories on this topic »

Catch ten players Cumberland Courier Newspapers The musicians all come from major orchestras in Sydney including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. At the Blessed Sacrament Church on Sunday, they will play “some evergreens, a splash ofopera, some carols and a selection from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker .... See all stories on this topic » Cumberland Courier Newspapers

My rosy future! Now she's seen off the stalker who was making her life hell ... Daily Mail Within a few short months, Katherine was singing at Westminster Cathedral to honour Pope John Paul II's Silver Jubilee and at theSydney Opera House for the Rugby World Cup. She sold more than four million albums in five years, beating the Spice Girls ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

From Bilbao to Balboa Park, icons bedazzle us SignOnSanDiego.com Some say it's high time San Diego got what Sydney has with its opera house or Paris with its Eiffel Tower. Others condemn the proposal as a “monstrosity” or deride it as a set of bunny ears, a hood ornament or worse. An online UT online straw poll ... See all stories on this topic »

Territory talent on display NTNews.com.au More than 100 people rocked up from all over the outback and as far as Sydney. Line producer Emanuel Hatsos said it was a good show of the NT's authenticity. "There was one band that was so ocka with their stubbies and bum cracks. ... See all stories on this topic » NTNews.com.au

Last step for dance teacher Taranaki Daily News It was put on as part of the campaign to save the Opera House. The production was another highlight in her career. "We were doing something to save something for the community. You can get more pleasure out of giving than receiving. ... See all stories on this topic » Taranaki Daily News

ANGELIQUE KIDJO, DIANNE REEVES AND LIZZ WRIGHT Continue the Legacies of Miriam ... Jazzcorner In 2008, the concert morphed into a touring production that has appeared at venues including the Barbican Centre in London, Jazz a Vienne in France, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta and at the Sydney Opera House. ... See all stories on this topic » Jazzcorner

Dec 02, 2011 NEW YORK, NY ,MARKETWIRE Stock Markets Review Among the journey's many highlights were multiple sold out shows at such iconic venues as Australia's Sydney Opera House, New York City's Carnegie Hall, and Spreckels Theatre in Mraz's adopted hometown of San Diego. Mraz and Rivera will officially ... See all stories on this topic »

Lovability test puts Sydney on the podium Melton Weekly ''The other aspect is the European cities as a whole do very well when you look at that list, so Sydney stands out.'' Mr Freedman speculated that Sydney's signature Harbour Bridge and Opera House and a time zone that puts the photogenic harbour at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama Announces Boost In AIDS Research Funding Neon Tommy ... medical male circumcisions in eastern and southern Africa. Research shows circumcisions reduce the risk of women transmitting the virus to men by more than 60 percent. Sydney Opera House lit red for World AIDS Day ( photo courtesy of Creative Commons ) See all stories on this topic » Neon Tommy

Sir Elton John urges action on AIDS, gay marriage ... fireworks over a red Sydney Opera House and providing some spitfire of his own. ... The gathering of ALP delegates began in Sydney today, with debate ... www.heraldsun.com.au/.../story-e6frf96o-1226212146993

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METROPOLITAN Opera, New York, News, Dec 03, 2011

Quick Takes: David Letterman's late-night show wins key demo Los Angeles Times ... it was inevitable (the opera that was "occupied": Philip Glass' 1980 work, "Satyagraha," about the early life of Mohandas Gandhi), more than 200 protesters — joined by Glass himself — gathered outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York last night ... See all stories on this topic »

The Met: Live in HD, is coming to a theatre near you Examiner.com You don't have to live in New York to enjoy The Metropolitan Opera. This Christmas season, enjoy two famous operas right here in Broward and Dade county, as The Metropolitan Opera presents: Live in HD, Holiday Encores. These encores are Mozart's The ... See all stories on this topic »

Gandhi-Inspired Opera Ushers In Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strike Courthouse News Service The next morning, a New York Police Department spokesman said that none of the carted-away demonstrators had been arrested. Officially, guards demanded that protesters respect a metal barricade blocking off a plaza. Though most of it remained intact, ... See all stories on this topic » Courthouse News Service

Joseph Langen: Finding ways to share our treasures with others The Daily News Online Spending Thanksgiving in New York City gave me ample opportunity. Waiting for “La Boheme” at the Metropolitan Opera, I glanced through the list of contributors to the opera, some giving as much as $30 million. How would it feel to make such a gift? ... See all stories on this topic »

New conductor leads Boston Symphony Orchestra on tour Los Angeles Times Though he lacks the cachet and experience of Levine — who still holds the title of music director of New York's Metropolitan Opera— Morlot is more than a convenient replacement. His strong ties to the orchestra date back a decade, to when he was a ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

New York Photos of the Week November 25th – December 2nd Wall Street Journal (blog) (Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal) Two costumed women waited backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House on Nov. 28. (Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal) Samuel Lee Roberts, left, and Kirven James Boyd practiced their routine as ... See all stories on this topic »

Old songs, new story Financial Times Put operas like these in theatres far larger than they were ever meant to fill and the problem is simply compounded. In despair at the difficulty of staging baroque works at the vast Metropolitan Opera inNew York, Peter Gelb, the company's general ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

I HATE MUSIC Benefit Plays Urban Stages, 12/5 Broadway World ... and violin at Juilliard has sung in virtually all the operas at the Metropolitan Opera for the last three years including Tosca, La Boheme and The Magic Flute. He also sang the boy soprano in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the New YorkPhilharmonic. ... See all stories on this topic »

OWS "Truth-Force" Obliterates New York Police Department Barricade at Lincoln... truthout Prolific composer Philip Glass, honored the famous pacifist by composing an opera of the same name, which played last night at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan. This Gandhian truth-force was powerfully at work in the OWS activists who convened ... See all stories on this topic »

At Curtis Institute of Music, a new measure of success | Philadelphia Inquirer ... Philadelphia Inquirer More than 60 Curtis vocalists have sung with the Metropolitan Opera. Two New York Philharmonic music directors came out of Curtis. Graduates have won Pulitzer Prizes, Guggenheim Fellowships, Grammy and Tony Awards. They often dominate major ... See all stories on this topic »

Thanks to This Week's Advertisers Gothamist The Greene Space Come check out a preview of The Metropolitan Opera's The Enchanted Island. Real Estate Education Center offers the tools you need to kick start your career today. Google Offers. Get amazing deals at the best places to eat, shop, ... See all stories on this topic »

Simulcast on WUSF 89.7² (HD Radio) and in Tampa on WUSF 89.7 News The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season begins this Saturday with a live broadcast of Handel's Rodelinda, starring Renée Fleming in the title role. more... LISTEN: Saturday, December 3 at 12:30 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online.... See all stories on this topic »

Gunn Museum's 'Magical Christmas Horse' Housatonic Times Under the artistic direction of designer Chris Zaima and the collaboration of John Pitts, the former scenic artist at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, this exhibit captures the holiday spirit for children of all ages.” Continued. ... See all stories on this topic »

Annual performance moves to Kauffman Center Blue Springs Examiner Even the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City holds fewer than 4000 people, Jarvi adds. “Because of that, there's such a grandeur there in Independence. It really felt like a big, big event,” he says. The one-night performance of “Messiah” had ... See all stories on this topic »

Heat from the Arts on Mayor Mike Bloomberg The Nation. (blog) In New York, the arts have some special potential agency: they are awfully close to the man in the middle of the OWS struggle: Mayor Bloomberg. Bloomberg's family foundation is to distribute $32 million to arts organizations around New York City over ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation. (blog)

This week's Calendar: Dec. 2-8 Tico Times The Met: Live in HD: Operas broadcast live in high definition from theMetropolitan Opera in New York City, Handel's “Rodelinda,” Dec. 3, 11:30 am, Eugene O'Neill Theater, CCCN, Barrio Dent, 2207-7554. Yogarte: Art museum tour with yoga and meditation ... See all stories on this topic » Tico Times

For Hallberg, a Month Inside the Bolshoi Pressure Cooker by Ellen ... By NYC Dance Stuff David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova performing “Romeo and Juliet” with American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera last year. Matthew Murphy for The New York Times. Q. Have you talked to Natalia? A. There's nothing really to say. ... NYC Dance Stuff

Faust, Metropolitan Opera, New York - FT.com News; Quotes .... Faust, Metropolitan Opera, New York ... sweetened, naively superficial yet deliriously pretty version of Goethe's Faust was first performed by the Met at its grand opening in 1883. ... The Met argued sound better than sight. ... www.ft.com/.../3ff62482-1b39-11e1-8b11-00144feabdc0.htm...

Jonas Kaufmann goes atomic as 'Faust' - New York Daily News It takes more than everyday oats to make a war horse like “Faust” canter with a fresh kick. It takes an original idea. And “Jersey Boys” director Des McAnuff, in his... www.nydailynews.com/.../jonas-kaufmann-atomic-faust-metro...

Peter Gelb's Tenure at Metropolitan Opera ... - New York Times “The Nose,” at the Metropolitan Opera, produced under the tenure of Peter Gelb.... A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, ... www.nytimes.com/.../peter-gelbs-tenure-at-metropolitan-opera...

Faust, Metropolitan Opera, New York Gounod's opera, unfortunately, is none of these things. It is just a hum-along love story. The Met argued sound better than sight. ... www.ft.com/.../3ff62482-1b39-11e1-8b11-00144feabdc0.htm...

Met Opera Guild Honors Thomas Hampson | Operagasm The Metropolitan Opera Guild honors Thomas Hampson, one of today's foremost... The seventh annual Opera News Awards will take place in New York City on ... operagasm.com/.../met-opera-guild-honors-thomas-hampson/

Met opera broadcasts return | The Greenville News ... For the sixth season, Upstate opera lovers will be able to see live, ... 4, a live performance of “The Nutcracker” featuring the New York City Ballet on Dec. 13 and... www.greenvilleonline.com/.../Met-opera-broadcasts-return

Review: McAnuff gives Met an atomic 'Faust' | Deseret News NEW YORK — There's much to admire about Des McAnuff's new production of " Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera — and much. www.deseretnews.com/.../Review-McAnuff-gives-Met-an-ato...

New York City Opera contract talks in crisis New York City Opera, one of the city's cultural treasures, stood at a crossroads ...News Feed People's World's Avatar ... also home to the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera - for performances at various New York City venues.... www.thebellforum.com/showthread.php?t=63500

21C MEDIA GROUP | Anna Netrebko makes La Scala debut in “Don ... Sign up to receive News Releases ... Gramophone: New York Insider ... star turn in the season-opening production of Anna Bolena at the Metropolitan Opera, ... www.21cmediagroup.com/mediacenter/newsitem.php?i=812

Intermusica singers perform at the Metropolitan Opera, New York Published: 24 November 2011. Category: Vocal & Opera. Two Intermusica singers, Joyce Didonato and Iain Paterson, star in productions at New York's ... www.intermusica.co.uk/news/12-11/met-newyork

Run down beauty - Review of Metropolitan Opera House, New York ... Metropolitan Opera House: Run down beauty - See traveler reviews, 15 candid photos, and great deals for New York City, NY, at TripAdvisor. ... The ultimate cruise resource: cruise reviews, deals, news and advice. SeatGuru. The world's most ... www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60763-d136064-r1...

News: NCM Fathom and The Met: Live in HD Present Holiday ... News: Cinema Nouveau and Ster-Kinekor Theatres are proud to present its fifth season of The New York Metropolitan Opera: 'Live' in HD Releasing exclusively... www.killeraphrodite.com/.../news-ncm-fathom-met-live-hd-pr...

People in the news - November 23, 2011 - UPI.com The latest news on today's hottest celebrities ... ... Meg Ryan arrives for theMetropolitan Opera's "Das Rheingold" in New York. Meg Ryan arrives for the ... www.upi.com/Entertainment...in.../UPI-95111322038800/

Opera Today : Faust, Metropolitan Opera Receive articles and news via RSS feeds or email subscription. ... Die Walküre,Metropolitan Opera, New York By Martin Bernheimer Published: September 28... www.operatoday.com/content/2011/12/faust_metropoli.php

Peter Gelb's Tenure at Metropolitan Opera FULL ARTICLE AT The New York Times. For some time now, most of the talk within and without the Metropolitan Opera has centered on how long the company ... www.allvoices.com/.../10955058-peter-gelbs-tenure-at-metrop...

Strikes, call for boycott threatened at New York City Opera | 7online ... 7Online - WABC New York News ... More: Get Eyewitness News delivered to you! ... across Lincoln Center Plaza overshadowed by the Metropolitan Opera. ... abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new...id...

Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1950 by Eve Arnold | Miss Spite's ... Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1950 by Eve Arnold ” missspite.tumblr.com/.../metropolitan-opera-new-york-1950-b...

StarNewsDaily.com: 1891 Fredonia Opera House - Live at the Met ... News and Events from The Historic Fredonia Opera House ... Faust, features one of the Met's rising young stars, Jonas Kaufmann, whom the New York Times ... www.starnewsdaily.com/.../Live-at-the-Met-Season-Features-F...

“Satyagraha”: The Sound of Human Journey Lingers | COOL ... ... opera Satyagraha by Philip Glass returns to Metropolitan Opera in New York... News. Rima Fujita “Save the Himalayas” : An Evening at the Rubin Museum of... www.cool-ny.com/en/archives/1094

Winners announced for Met opera auditions | Grand Forks Herald ... The finals competition will be on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in March. Vocalists there will compete for up to $15000 in individual prizes ... www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/221961/

Faust | Jonas Kaufmann | Metropolitan Opera | A Chance to Do It All ... Personalize your own news page ... New York. I'm getting pretty tired of the prevailing color palette of new Metropolitan ... Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera ... online.wsj.com/.../SB10001424052970203833104577070251...

Götterdämmerung (Jan. 27, 1962) - The Metropolitan Opera in New ... Learn about the opera 'Götterdämmerung (Jan. ... Opera Orchestra and Chorus and composed by Richard Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. www.metoperafamily.org/met_player/catalog/detail.aspx?...

Saturday Matinee: The Met Returns With "Rodelinda" Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. A scene from Handel's "Rodelinda." Taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City at the rehearsal on November 9, ... www.vpr.net/episode/52519/met-returns-rodelinda/

BMCC News | When BMCC students hear the words, “The Metropolitan Opera” their first thoughts ... “I work with students from schools like New York University, Columbia and ... www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/news.jsp?id=5857

Ahram Online - The Met's Opera version of Rodelinda plays at the ... The Met's Opera version of Rodelinda plays at the Cairo Opera House in HD ...The Metropolitan Opera was founded by a handful of New York millionaires in 1880 and ever since has proved to be ... http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/28293. aspx. english.ahram.org.eg/.../The-Mets-Opera-version-of-Rodelind...

CBC Radio 2 - Saturday Afternoon at the Opera - Renée Fleming ... Taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City at the rehearsal on November 9, 2011. Rodelinda3.jpg (Above) A scene in Handel's Rodelinda with Iestyn ... www.cbc.ca/.../renee-fleming-sings-rodelinda-from-the-met/

Radio Network Manager Metropolitan Opera Association USA NY New Radio Network Manager Metropolitan Opera Association USA NY New York City job in vanara.com. Find job openings for great career and employment ... www.vanara.com/Radio-Network-Manager-Metropolitan-Oper...

Florida Opera Theatre Prepares Second Opera | Rebekah Brown This is big news for Orlando which was opera company poor for several years. ...She is joined by a veteran of both The Metropolitan Opera and the New York ... www.rebekahbrown.com/archives/979

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