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Bravo! Met's First Encore in 14 Years Wins
Huge Ovation

Tenor nails 18 high Cs in new production

Apr 23, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Audiences at New York's Metropolitan Opera Monday night were treated to something they hadn't heard in 14 years: an encore. In the Met's new production of Donizetti's La fille du régiment, tenor Juan Diego Flórez nailed the nine high C's of the difficult aria "Ah! Mes Amis"... More »

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opera • Metropolitan Opera • encore • Peter Gelb • Juan Diego Flórez

 Verdi, Naked and Anti-American 

Austrian Marxist uses opera to slam US capitalism

Apr 12, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German staging of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” leaves Uncle Sam wearing little but a mask, Der Spiegel reports. In a rebuke of US capitalism, the production parades naked retirees on a set of the World Trade Center's ruins, and offers a female singer with a Hitler mustache... More »

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theater • Germany • Marxism • opera • East Germany • anti-Americanism • Erfurt • Johann Kresnik • Giuseppe Verdi

 Pavarotti Lipsynched
 Last Performance 

Late tenor too sick to sing live at Turin Olympics opening ceremony

Apr 7, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lipsynching isn't just for neophytes like Nikki Hilton—none other than tenor Luciano Pavarotti faked his way through his final public performance at the opening of the Turin Winter Olympics, the Guardian reports. In a new book, Pavarotti's conductor and pianist claims that he recorded the cancer-stricken tenor and the... More »

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classical music • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • orchestra • Turin Olympics • Leone Magiera • conductor • lip sync

Famed Tenor di Stefano Dead

Brilliant but erratic tenor succumbed to injuries from 2004 attack

Mar 4, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Giuseppe di Stefano, the tenor whose short but brilliant career made him an operatic legend, died yesterday at his home near Milan. He was 86. His widow told reporters his death resulted from head injuries dating to 2004, when robbers in Kenya left him temporarily comatose. Di Stefano's superb voice... More »

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music • obituary • opera • tenor • Milan • Giuseppe di Stefano • Maria Callas

Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

First Daughter went on to act, sing and write

Jan 29, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Margaret Truman Daniel died today at 83 after breaking the mold of First Daughter and embarking on careers in singing, acting, and writing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The go-getter braved opera critics as a singer in the 1940s and '50s before acting alongside Jimmy Stewart on radio and television.... More »

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White House • obituary • Washington • opera • mystery • book • Too Much Media • Harry Truman • first families

Springer Opera Dodges Blasphemy Bullet

Christian group can't sue BBC director: court

Dec 5, 07 9:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A British court has ruled that the BBC can't be prosecuted for blasphemy for airing Jerry Springer—The Opera, which features scenes set in Hell with Jesus and Satan. The High Court ruled that not only is the opera not blasphemous—because it satirizes a TV show rather than attacking... More »

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free speech • opera • blasphemy • Jerry Springer The Opera

Christian Sues Springer Musical for Blasphemy

Pole-dancing Eve doesn't wash with critic

Nov 21, 07 6:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A Christian activist in Britain is battling in court to sue the men behind hit musical "Jerry Springer—The Opera" for blasphemy. The play, which depicts Eve as a pole dancer and Jesus as a diaper-wearing deviant, is a "spiteful, willful denigration of Christian belief," his attorney... More »

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opera • musical theater • Christians • court cases

Chinese Opera House Opens

Sep 25, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Armed ballerinas and a song by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin today celebrate the opening of Beijing's controversial National Grand Theater, a $360 million modern arts complex built in the shadow of the Forbidden City. The Red Detachment of Women, however, is a traditional touch—it's one of eight plays... More »

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China • theater • Beijing • opera • Forbidden City • National Grand Theater • The Red Detachment of Women

High C is a Drink Best Served Bold

Pavarotti had blend of talent, self-confidence to hit hard note

Sep 9, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pavarotti’s obits called him “King of the High C’s,” a nickname he earned for hitting a note that many tenors have to fake in falsetto. “It’s the absolute summit of technique,” says a coach. “More than anywhere else in your voice, you... More »

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opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • Placido Domingo • high C • aria • Romanticism • Metropolitan Opera • falsetto • castrati

Thousands Mourn Pavarotti

Sep 8, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Modena's main piazza was filled with throngs of Luciano Pavarotti fans today as invited mourners gathered at the cathedral for the tenor's funeral. The service, which was shown on huge screens in the piazza and broadcast live, was attended by an ecclectic group of dignitaries and artists with whom the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Bono • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • Kofi Annan • Modena • funeral

Thousands
Pay Respects
to Pavarotti

Bono, Kofi Annan plan to attend tenor's funeral tomorrow

Sep 7, 07 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands lined up today to pay respects to opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti at the cathedral in his hometown of Modena, Italy. Though the tenor's family wants a private funeral tomorrow, an international array of celebrities and fans–among them Bono, Andrea Bocelli, and Kofi Annan–are planning to attend, Reuters... More »

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Italy • Bono • obituary • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • Kofi Annan • Placido Domingo • The Three Tenors • funeral • Andrea Bocelli • Jose Carreras

Opera World Mourns 'King of the High Cs'

Pavarotti's legacy:
That unforgettable, unmistakable sound

Sep 6, 07 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Placido Domingo is the better musician, but no other voice could match the late Luciano Pavarotti's, Anthony Tommasini writes in today's Times. The music critic looks at a career dotted with highs as lofty as the high Cs Pavarotti "tossed off" with "ease, pinging tone and utter glee"... More »

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obituary • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • musician • Placido Domingo • Anthony Tommasini

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti Dies

Succumbs to cancer surrounded by family in hometown Italian villa

Sep 6, 07 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opera star Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest tenors of the last century, died early this morning of pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his wife, sister and four daughters, in his hometown villa in Modena, Italy. He was 71. "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle," said his manager.... More »

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Italy • obituary • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • pancreatic cancer • singer • Modena • Nessun Dorma • Metropolitan Opera

Pavarotti Extends Stay
in Hospital

'Tranquil' tenor to remain a few more days

Aug 14, 07 11:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tenor Luciano Pavarotti has decided to extend his stay in the hospital a few more days, his wife said, saying the star feels “more tranquil” there and denying rumors that he had pneumonia. The opera luminary, who had surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2006, was hospitalized last week when... More »

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cancer • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • patient • hospital

Tenor Jerry Hadley Dies at 55

Jerry Hadley, 55, was known for his bright voice and brash energy

Jul 19, 07 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lyric tenor Jerry Hadley, 55, died yesterday, eight days after shooting himself in the head in his home near Poughkeepsie, NY. Hadley, who suffered from depression, was known for his bright, warm voice, brash energy on stage and adventurous choice of repertory, the New York Times reports. More »

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New York City • obituary • opera • tenor • New York City Opera

Famed Tenor On Life Support

Opera star seriously injured from  self-inflicted wound;

Jul 11, 07 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - American tenor Jerry Hadley suffered severe brain damage after shooting himself in the head with an air rifle outside his upstate New York home, the New York Times reports. The Grammy Award-winning opera star, 55, is on life support, and police are treating the case as an attempted suicide. Hadley's... More »

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suicide • opera • tenor

Pavarotti's
New Album Could Be Finale

Tenor records
sacred music while battling cancer

Jul 5, 07 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is recording songs for what could be his last album as the 71-year-old tenor battles pancreatic cancer. His elder daughter reportedly told a magazine that he "knows he will die soon," but later insisted her words had been twisted. Doctors discovered the cancer last... More »

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music • theater • Italy • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • pancreatic cancer

Opera Star Beverly Sills Dead at 78

Soprano captured America's heart

Jul 3, 07 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soprano Beverly Sills, whose ebullient personality and brilliant singing voice not only made her a star but helped demystify opera in America, died Monday night in her Manhattan home from inoperable lung cancer, the New York Times reports. She was 78. Sills spent much of her singing career with the... More »

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music • theater • obituary • opera • Beverly Sills • celebrity • New York City Opera • actor

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