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NEWS ABOUT: Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House stories: 5 news summaries

 'Twitter Opera' 
 Wins Over Londoners 

900 authors wrote Twitterdammerung libretto in tweets

Sep 7, 09 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first-ever Twitter opera—a melding of high tech and high art with a libretto written in chunks of 140 characters—received an unexpectedly positive reception when it opened pver the weekend, the Washington Post reports. One critic called Twitterdammerung “an accident waiting to happen.” But it “... More »

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music • social networking • Internet • London • opera • reviews • Royal Opera House • Twitter • tweet

(Newser) - England’s world-famous Royal Opera House is getting with the times by launching the world’s first Twitter libretto, the Independent reports. Participants send lyrical tweets to @youropera, which will be set to familiar and original opera music in The Twitter Opera next month. Some critics worry it cheapens the... More »

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entertainment • England • opera • Royal Opera House • Twitter

obituary

Conductor Downes, Wife End Lives in Swiss Suicide Clinic

Couple faced failing health

Jul 14, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - British conductor Edward Downes and his wife, Joan, have died at a Swiss suicide clinic, ending their lives “under circumstances of their own choosing,” the couple’s children said today. Downes, 85, was largely blind and Joan, 74, had cancer, the Times of London reports, which their children... More »

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cancer • classical music • assisted suicide • obituary • blindness • Sydney Opera House • Royal Opera House • conductor • Giuseppe Verdi • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

No-Longer-Fat Lady Sings Part She Was Denied

Slimmed-down Voigt mocks 'little black dress' incident online

Jun 11, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2004 Deborah Voigt, one of the world's most gifted sopranos, was dismissed from a London production of Ariadne auf Naxos for being too fat to fit in the little black dress that the director insisted was integral to the production. On Monday Voigt, who has gone from a size... More »

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obesity • London • weight loss • opera • Royal Opera House • Deborah Voigt

Anna Nicole Opera Bound
for London

Work based on tabloid queen's life will play Covent Garden

Apr 4, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Playboy playmate, reality TV wreck, tragic heroine? London's famed Covent Garden has commissioned an opera based on the tumultuous life of Anna Nicole Smith, Reuters reports. The librettist best known for creating the hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera is penning what he called an "incredible story" and planning... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • London • celebrity • Jerry Springer The Opera • Covent Garden • Royal Opera House • Richard Thomas

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