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To our readers, Local student wins first place in singing competition May 21, 2021 Emma Hallundbaek Midcoast — Emma Hallundbaek, an alumna of Camden Hills Regional High School who grew up in Lincolnville, received first place honors in her category at the 2021 Maine NATS Classical Student singing competition. The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), a non-profit association that promotes the highest standards in the teaching of singing, offers annual competitions and program...

Lyric Opera Of Chicago Announces 2021/2022 Season & Joffrey Ballet Residency This marks the first time the two companies will perform at the same venue, alternating productions.by BWW News Desk After the successful reimagining of its 2020/21 Season, Lyric Opera of Chicago greatly looks forward to welcoming audiences once again to the Lyric Opera House this fall for the start of the companys 67th Season. "Were back!" declared Anthony Freud, Lyrics general director, president & CEO. "While Lyric...

La clemenza di Tito, Royal Opera review - light and dark in near-perfect balance | reviews, news & interviews La clemenza di Tito, Royal Opera review - light and dark in near-perfect balance La clemenza di Tito, Royal Opera review - light and dark in near-perfect balance Mozarts hard-to-pace, musically masterful coronation opera has the right team by David NiceTuesday, 18 May 2021 Emily DAngelo as Sesto in thrall to Nicole Chevaliers dominatrix VitelliaAll images by Clive Barda It ...

The new season of Masterworks Series concerts includes performances by pianists Hélène Grimaud, Yefim Bronfman,Maria João Pires, violinist Midori and clarinetist Jon Manasse.

I call to them No Tears for the Mixed Girl Ibiza, In Love I am 20 and in Ibiza, Spain with my boyfriend I plan on marrying. We are at his French parents’ house. It’s a dinner party with a Western theme and I’ve been asked to make enchiladas because I’m from New Mexico. There is a Texan among us at the table of mostly French and Spanish. “What are you, darlin’?” asks the Texan. “I’m mixed,” I tell him, “My mother is Black and Chinese, my father is Jewish.” Suddenly the ta...

Al fresco theatre in the Cotswolds - Credit: Bacon Theatre From Shakespeare tragedies to slapstick comedy plays, there will be lots of al fresco theatre events taking place across the Cotswolds this summer Sudeley Castle One of Shakespeares most popular tragedies, Macbeth tells the cautionary tale of the eponymous main character who becomes obsessed with power when three witches tell him that hell become king of Scotland. With the dramatic backdrop of Sudeley Castle, this production put on by ...

Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 15.43 EDT The soprano Pauline Tinsley, who has died aged 93, was idolised by audiences and critics alike for her peerless performances in a wide range of repertoire, yet was consistently passed over by the operatic establishment. The blazing intensity of her singing in such roles as Turandot, the Dyer’s Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Elektra or any number of Verdi heroines could be searing and imprinted itself on the memories of countless operagoers, but notw...

Houston Grand Opera to resume staged productions in October — here’s what is coming Dallas Opera has delayed full-scale opera productions until March 2022 Houston Grand Opera will start up its season this year with Carmen, showing Oct. 22-Nov. 7.(Lynn Lane) ♦ ♦ The Snowy Day (world premiere of a holiday opera by composer Joel Thompson and librettist Andrea Davis Pinkney, based on the children’s picture book by Ezra Jack Keats): Dec. 9-19 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Romeo and Juliet (Gounod...

Queen Cleopatra: Femme Fatale of Ancient Egypt Cleopatra was born in 69 BC to Pharaoh Ptolemy XII ‘Auletes’ and became the very last pharaoh of Egypt because her "liaisons" gave Rome control of Egypt after her death. Cleopatra had two famous lovers: Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony - both incredibly powerful Romans. But the temptress ambition and seduction, which first augmented her empires prestige, would later bring about her, and Egypt’s, downfall. In 1866, Jean León Gérome pain...

University of Kentucky opera alumnus Reginald Smith Jr. has been selected to represent the United States in the 20th BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. As part of the prestigious vocal competition in classical music, Smith will compete against 15 of the world’s most outstanding rising stars in international opera and song on BBC TV, radio and iPlayer beginning June 12.