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About this Gallery Siberian women compete in a plus-sized beauty contest, parading in ball gowns and swimsuits -- but also taking classes in kick-boxing and dan... Read More Siberian women compete in a plus-sized beauty contest, parading in ball gowns and swimsuits -- but also taking classes in kick-boxing and dancing to win the title of Miss Doughnut 2017.Read Less 01 / 15 01 Olga Olesnitskaya, a model of the SibPlus Models agency and a winner of the Miss Doughnut 2016 beauty competition, prep...

Berlin to open cultural venues despite rising virus numbers KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 12 1of12Stone restoration specialist Stefan Geismeier dusted off the black head of the statue of the Puzur-Ishtar of Mari at the Museum of the Ancient East in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 15, 2021. Museums throughout Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased. Under new regulations, some of the collections on Berlins Museum Island, ...

Kyrgyzstans Ballet Troupe Walkout Shines Light on Culture Underspending Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point. Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre Dan Lundberg / Creative Commons A Kyrgyz ballet troupe’s refusal to perform in a show featuring stars from Russia is shining light on the woeful condition of state-funded culture. On March 6, local performers who had been due to support Russian...

Queensland Symphony Orchestra ueensland Symphony Orchestra Johannes Fritzsch, one of Australia’s leading international conductors, has been named Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser; it is a very welcome return for the world-class Maestro. “The appointment of Maestro Fritzsch as QSO’s new Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser extends until 2023, and we are thrilled and honoured that he has agreed to return to the fold to provide the orchestra ...

Summer of the 17th Doll Australia – Australian lighting designer Trudy Dalgleish appreciated the quietness and other features of Robe T1 Profiles and T1 Fresnels that are part of the new house rig at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide, which reopened in June 2020 after a major two-year redevelopment. The State Opera of South Australia’s production of iconic Australian drama, Summer of the 17th Doll, was the first show to utilise the new facilities in the 1,467-seat main auditorium, which i...

A renowned composer accused of sexual abuse during singing lessons has told a jury any physical contact occurred only when correcting “bad posture”.

Former SA opera chief Timothy Sexton denies allegation of sex with student during lesson TueTuesday 16 Timothy Sexton (left) with his lawyer outside court in Adelaide in 2018. ( Share Print text only Cancel A former State Opera boss has told an Adelaide court an allegation he had sex with one of his underage singing students three decades ago is "absolute garbage", but that touching students was a "normal part of the lesson" to correct posture. Key points: He is accused of 17 sexual crimes agai...

31 December, 2020 — By Michael White Riccardo Muti AT any other time, New Year means endless Johann Strauss, with orchestras imagining they’re in Vienna, churning out Blue Danube waltzes and the Tritsch Tratsch Polka. Thanks to Covid we’ll be largely spared all that. But if Strauss waltzes are your thing, you’ll be relieved to know that the famous New Year’s Day Concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic is still happening, conducted this time by Riccardo Muti. And though...

Coronavirus-hit orchestras, opera companies emerge bruised but hopeful about 2021 season MonMonday 14 updated MonMonday 14 TSO concert master Emma McGrath says theres nothing like playing for a live audience. ( Share Print text only Cancel Emma McGrath has missed the thrill of playing to a live audience during the coronavirus-affected months of 2020. Key points: Because of COVID-19 they will rely more heavily on local artists About a third of arts jobs in Australia have disappeared this year a...

Music / Bethany Hill, soprano, and Penelope Cashman, piano. At Wesley Music Centre, December 12.  Reviewed by LEN POWER. MUSIC can take us out of ourselves and bear us away from life’s challenges.  Taking their inspiration from the words in Franz Schubert’s song “An Die Musik” (To Music), Bethany Hill, soprano, and Penelope Cashman, piano, gave us a concert that did exactly that. Hill is an Adelaide soprano who is equally at home on the operatic stage and in intimate chamber-music s...