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7:30 AM Singles in Agriculture - On their last night together at the annual convention for singles in agriculture, a resilient young army widow who loves Modern Family and talks to her Pygmy goats, angles for romance with a religious dairy farmer from Oklahoma. Join Bristol Riverside Theatre for a LIVE online production of Singles in Agriculture by Abby Rosebrock. Directed by Amy Kaissarclick here 9:30 AM The Sorcerers Apprentice - This enchanting new British musical explores the extraordinary ...

AND THE YEAR IS… 2019! Four weeks ago I listed the best local concerts of the previous year. But it was a pretty short list: five shows, in a COVID-crippled year. NICOLE RECOMMENDS added nine more, and six of them were in one long weekend. But the year before that — boy howdy! “What a banner year 2019 was,” I wrote. “A cornucopia of amazing performances, large and small.” There were too many great shows I missed, but here are more of the ones I caught, that caught my imagination, in...

Australian Cameron Menzies on helming Northern Ireland Opera through pandemic Big-name operas and intimate staged song cycles are on Australian Cameron Menzies to-do list as he takes the reins at Northern Ireland Opera. He told Jane Hardy about his plans Australian Cameron Menzies is the new artistic director of Northern Ireland Opera Jane Hardy 27 January, 2021 01:00 Cameron Menzies recent production of Salome was described as world class. Pictur...

My Space looks behind the scenes in the workshop of Angers-based luthier Marcus Klimke; and in  Making Matters Ulf Kloo explains how to adjust the back thickness on an instrument that’s already been set up. We also bring you news of the latest products and auctions, plus our regular analysis and opinion columns, and comprehensive reviews of concerts, CDs and books. Simply go to the  current issue to explore the full content listing.  View more photos from the Royal Danish Opera’s pr...

ELAINE PAIGE has claimed she should never have done BBC Radio 4s Desert Island Discs as the experience was terrible, revealing all in a new interview.

The Berlin State Librarys priceless treasures The Berlin State Library is home to many treasures: From Ludwig van Beethovens "9th Symphony" music score to researcher and explorer Alexander von Humboldts estate. An orange cube: the new reading room Soon, people will once again be able to browse to their hearts content in the spacious reading room, which architect HG Merz designed in a bright orange color. The institution is a historical research and reference library, with little of the holdings...

Prompted by the Pandemic, Opera Philadelphia Innovates Online With its own streaming service and a string of premieres, this company is setting the pace for virtual performances. The baritone Johnathan McCullough in David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs,” which he starred in and directed for Opera Philadelphia.Credit...Will Espinola By Seth Colter Walls Jan. 22, 2021 What can an opera company actually do in a pandemic? Yes, some previously planned performances can be turned into livestreams, a...

th century book The Golden Bough : A Study in Comparative Religion . Magical rituals were the source of what would become secular art. Here we shall analyze this assertion in the context of the Hamatsa dance of the Kwakiutl people of Canada. Ritual Stripped of its Magical Value: Looking at the Hamatsa Dance English folklorist Jessie Weston, in fact, tried to show magical rituals could be the source of secular art in the case of the grail story in her book From Ritual to Romance , an early ...

Other Lives: Painter, art teacher, playwright and opera designer whose musicals had successful West End productions

The Theatre of Digital Art in Dubai is an unforgettable and unique attraction, part of a global movement towards disseminating the arts digitally. The exhibition was brought to life with a streaming of some famous artists’ works, with a curated musical playlist that made the show ever more whimsical. Among my favourites were Claude Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond, Woman with a Parasol, and other botanical paintings that were simply breathtaking. Not to mention Vincent Van Gogh’s dreamy The St...