Articles related to "Opera Company"

Links to American opera company profiles that contain opera company information, opera schedules, opera ticket information, and opera education programs.

Karl August Nikolaus Rose (Hamburg, 1842-Paris, 1889) was a successful conductor in England and America, and the founder of a great English opera company.

Free or cheap opera tickets for performances in your town can be found in a number of ways. Here is a list of possibilities that will not break the bank.

Arizona Opera performs in both Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. The average five opera productions a year. Arizona Opera's opera education program is very active.

Atlanta Opera profile: The Atlanta Opera will move to the new 2,750-seat John A. Williams Theatre at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre during their 2007/08 season

"One ring to rule them all." The Canadian Opera Company is about to perform one of the most elaborate and massive opera works ever composed: Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.

At 63, the COC General Director Richard Bradshaw died of what appeared to be a heart attack earlier this week. His untiring work gained Canada an opera house.

Alice Nielsen was a well-known operetta and opera star in America in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. She had a varied career, singing both opera and musicals.

Asheville Lyric Opera offers performances in the mountains of western North Carolina. In its 8th season the Opera Company has expanded to 3 full productions.

Austin Lyric Opera, was the first opera company to found a community music school. (Armstrong Music School) Profile includes season schedule and ticket info.

Boston Lyric Opera profile: The Boston Lyric Opera continues their tradition of fine opera productions and opera education.

Billed as America's Representative Contralto, Jessie Bartlett Davis was the singer responsible for the great success of Reginald De Koven's song, Oh Promise Me.

A brief look at the life and career of Alma Gluck, one of the most famous sopranos of the early twentieth century.

The story of Clara Louise Kellogg, an American opera star of the late nineteenth early twentieth centuries who had an operatic career in North America and Europe.

A brief look at the conducting career of the great Russian pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

The 2007 Dora Award Nominations were announced this morning, celebrating the best of the Toronto theatre scene.

Jersey Boys, The Sound of Music, Happy Days, Dirty Dancing and The Color Purple are among the top tickets in Toronto theatres in February, March and April 2009.

The Baltimore Opera is encouraging a younger audience through discount tickets and exciting programming of less performed works mixed with the standard repertoire.

In 1901 Gustav Mahler met the beautiful and very sensual Alma Schindler and found in her the woman who would be his inspiration and motivation.

A brief look at the career of mezzo-soprano Heather Jewson, who is rapidly climbing the ladder to international recognition.

Opera Carolina profile: With its home in Charlotte, NC, Opera Carolina provides a variety of opera performances and educational opportunities in the community.

Classical Music, Opera, Early Music, Music Festivals and the Honens International Piano Competition are on the programme for the music-loving visitor to western Canada.

American Mezzo Soprano, Martha Lipton sang 17 seasons and over 400 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House. She was an important opera star of the 20th century.

Thailand's Vegetarian Festival is not for the faint-hearted. For vegetarians, this is a must-see on Phuket, if you find yourself in East Asia during this 10-day event.

Zaide (K.344), an unfinished German opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Zaide opera plot summary, character list, and other Zaide opera information.

Opera Colorado, offers ticket discounts to Denver college students and young adults. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, in downtown Denver, is the home of the company's events.

The 28th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were held on Monday at the Winter Garden Theatre, feting the very best of the Toronto theatre, dance and opera season.

A brief look at the romantic life of the great German composer Georg Friedrich Handel.

Little Tich was the diminutive star performer of the British Music Hall who with his dance routine took America and Europe by storm at the turn of the 20th century.

Brief biography of Scott Joplin, 'The King of Ragtime' in later 19th-Century. Famous for 'The Entertainer' piano music - used in the blockbuster movie 'The Sting.'

He was born Bruce Jun Fan Lee in San Francisco, California, on November 27, 1940. Despite his untimely death, Lee may be the most celebrated figure in the martial arts.

Truckee's Central Pacific Railway Depot, Chinese Herbalist's Shop and other historic buildings provide travelers a one-stop history lesson plus shopping opportunities.

Thanks to donations of both money and distinguished art collections from a gusher of oil-money philanthropists, Houston's art scene is among the USA's richest.

Gustav Mahler was Jewish and found a great deal of anti-semitism alive in the opera houses where he found himself engaged. Depression and frustration were his companions.

Germany's largest northern city and port is a community of diverse interests featuring the arts, unsurpassed shopping, and a look into the city's Hanseatic past.

Pietro Mascagni's brief biography - his life and contribution to Italian opera, in particular, Verismo (Realism) movement. Famous for Cavalleria Rusticana.

In 1987, in a cemetery on the outskirts of New York City, a Jewish city council member, Italian-American dignitaries and history buffs honored a contemporary of Mozart.

Born on Christmas Day in 1874, Lina Cavalieri became a legendary opera-singer. She was called the most beautiful woman in the world.

Jersey Boys, The Sound of Music , Dirty Dancing and We Will Rock You are among the musical hits running on Toronto stages for Winter 2008 and Spring 2009.

Margaret Garner, an opera by Richard Danielpour, is based on the story of the runaway slave. Toni Morrison wrote the libretto based on her novel Beloved.

Trial by Jury is the earliest surviving comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan. The story concerns a breach-of-promise case.

A brief look at several women composers of the past who were instrumental in being first in founding musical organizations and societies.

Sitting in a sealed envelope for over 3 years, the name of the first winner of the Birgit Nilsson Prize was finally revealed on Friday, February 20th: Placido Domingo.

Ariadne auf Naxos, a German lyric comedy by Richard Strauss: opera plot summary, character list, and other Strauss opera information.

If you enjoy arts and culture, these attractions will keep you entertained in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

Museums and a diverse immigrant population have made Brazil's largest city the most energetic in South America.

A brief look at the life and career of the Russian concert performer Efrem Zimbalist , whose career spanned the golden age of string players.

I was invited to a super and surreal Asian vegetarian feast as part of the launch of a special menu at a Toronto Chinese restaurant.

Leonard Bernstein, from his earliest days, maintained a commitment to American opera.

Once in a great while, the patrons of the classical music world will look away from the familiar in search of new ideas, music, composers and conductors.