Carmen

'Opera Was My Secret Love': Interview with Roberto Alagna

Christina Patterson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Enrico Caruso, La Scala, Carmen, Angela Gheorghiu, Opera, La Boheme, La Traviata, Mario Lanza, Entertainment News
Christina Patterson

That Roberto Alagna gives, through the miracle of his voice, a great deal of happiness is not in doubt. Nor, I think, is the price of it.

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If This is Monday and Opera in Central Park, Why the Microphones?

David Finkle | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York

Read More: The Metropolitan Opera, Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Lisette Oroposa, South Pacific, Carmen, My Fair Lady, Les Pecheurs Des Perles, Don Pasquale, Opera, Summer Recital Series, Paolo Szot, Camelot, West Side Story, Entertainment, Don Giovanni, La Fille Du Regiment, Alek Shrader, Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail, Rigoletto, New York News
David Finkle

My question, then, is: Whom are the presenters doing a favor by offering these recitals? Opera lovers will know they aren't hearing singing done under the proper conditions.

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Please Let Spring Stay!

Brian Dickie | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Krenare Gashi, Carmen, Owen Wingrave, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

There is no doubt that the audience was gripped once they got over a few questions: "Is this Carmen? I recognize these tunes, but where's the chorus?"

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A Visit To Owen Wingrave

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Owen Wingrave, Carmen, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Opera, Ken Cazan, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

With all this Carmen stuff going on I have rather neglected the Owen Wingrave rehearsals.

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Sitzprobe

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Marius Constant, Alexander Platt, Chicago Summer, Carmen, Millennium Park, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

The little orchestra that Marius Constant contrived for the Peter Brook adaptation of Carmen which opens next week is a miracle of compactness.

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Opera Theater's President Obama Bonus Offer

Brian Dickie | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Opera Subscriptions, Andrew Patner, Carmen, Owen Wingrave, Chicago Opera Theater, Jane Glover, Alexander Platt, Andrew Eggert, Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

A great incentive to subscribers is a gift voucher for President Obama's favorite Hyde Park restaurant in Hyde Park, the Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop.

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The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Puccini, Carmen, John Gardner, Woody Allen, Ruxandra Donose, Theatre Du Chatelet, John Goldenthal, Across the Universe, The Fly, Nicholas & Alexandra, Howard Shore, Vincent Price, Beowulf, Deborah Drattell, William Friedkin, The Fly II, Jeff Goldblum, Madame Butterfly, Dante Ferretti, Batman Forever, George Langelaan, The Lion King, Ann Bogart, The Magic Flute, Return of the Fly, Lost in Space, Michael Collins, Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Verdi, Playboy, Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, Mozart, David Henry Hwang, La Boehme, Il Trittico, Beethoven, Julie Tamor, Daniel Okulitch, Heat, Geena Davis, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Lord of the Rings, Grendel, Berlioz, Los Angeles Opera, Frida, Aida, Rasputin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.

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