All posts tagged "opera"
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Delayed Launch: Washington National Opera’s “Carmen”
Carmen doesn't quite take off until the second act, but it's a flight worth taking
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Vocal Chords: Maryland Lyric Opera’s Roméo et Juliette
“It’s not that talented singers are not born anymore,” says Henriette Lund. “But they are, shall we say, ‘coached to death.'” A vocal coach at...
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Rufus Wainwright: The Man, His Music and His Legacy
Hedonist, genius, father, addict, sodomite, legend: Rufus Wainwright has been called a lot of things.
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Orchestral Maneuvers: The NSO at Wolf Trap
As conductor for the NSO at Wolf Trap, Emil de Cou often finds himself in strange orchestral terrain
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Review: Cinderella at the Washington National Opera
WNO's Cinderella is joyous, humorous and eminently accessible for opera novices
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Seaworthy: The Flying Dutchman returns to DC
The Washington National Opera revives a much-improved Flying Dutchman
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Review: WNO’s “La Boheme”
WNO's "La Boheme" is saturated in uncompromising quality and creative detail
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Classical Music: Fall Arts Preview 2014
Whether your predilection is opera or chorale, piano or violin, quartet or orchestra — any or all — Washington offers the classical music lover a...
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“Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure.” — Part...
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With 3 You Get Amazing Opera
Landmark’s E Street Cinema presents a screening of Opera on Film: 3 Superstars in Berlin, a taped performance at Berlin’s massive Waldbuhne amphitheater featuring three...
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McNally's Aria
Three years ago, Terrence McNally's phone rang. On the line, Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ''We'd like...
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Opera Queens
Terrence McNally was angry with John Glover. ''So, what's going to happen? I've called and offered you this part and I haven't heard from you,''...
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Diva Country
When Terrence McNally first approached Tyne Daly to play Maria Callas in Master Class, the actress, known for her work in television (Cagney & Lacey)...
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Sea-Worthy
As one familiar with England's wild and windy Norfolk coast, there is much that resonates in the Washington National Opera's production of Benjamin Britten's Peter...
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The Diva Next Door
Opera is like beets -- people love it or hate it. But regardless of one's taste for opera, Patricia Racette is one to watch --...
