Renee Fleming

Renee Fleming Mentors Chicago High School Students

AP | By CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 04.04.2012

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CHICAGO -- There's a reason Renee Fleming has been dubbed "The People's Diva." For the past school year, the famed soprano has been mentoring teen vo...

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WATCH: Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming Play Surprise Show

AP | By CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 03.20.2012

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CHICAGO -- Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and soprano Renee Fleming performed Monday with a choir of Chicago high school students to promote arts education. ...

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Famed Diva To Reprise Starring Role In 'Streetcar'

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

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CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera of Chicago plans to highlight its 2012-2013 season with a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starring the compan...

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Another Visit to Oman

Michael Kaiser | Posted 03.10.2012

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Michael Kaiser

There is truly no Eastern art or Western art or Asian art, etc. There is only art. And great art has the power to move us because great artists speak to us no matter what the language.

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On the Culture Front: Krapp's Last Tape, John Schaefer Celebrates 30 Years, Private Lives and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 02.13.2012

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Chris Kompanek

Sometimes theater thrives on the simplest pleasures. A couple actors on a bare stage. This was the case at the last event for Carnegie Hall's young donor group, the Notables.

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The NYC Opera Is Fighting For Its Life

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 07.19.2011

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NEW YORK — The New York City Opera, a pillar of American culture that for decades has built daring new productions along with the careers of sta...

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Interview With Brad Mehldau on the Art of Solo Piano

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Vella

I have interviewed the virtuosic pianist Brad Melhdau many times over the years. But this is the first time we focus exclusively on his approach to his solo work.

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Seen and Heard in New York: Helen Mirren, Renee Fleming, Chuck Close

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Levere

Actress Helen Mirren, interviewed by Annette Insdorf, director of undergraduate film studies at Columbia University, at the 92nd St. Y www.92y.org in ...

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STREAMING LIVE NOW: Glyndebourne Opera Festival Streams Straight To Your Computer

Posted 05.25.2011

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Being unable to attend the Glyndebourne Opera Festival can be counted among life's chief disappointments. Now, thanks to MediciTV, you can do your be...

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Peter Gelb and His Met: No Booing Please

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

What occurs to me about the booing is that it might begin to color attitudes towards the Met under Peter Gelb for whom this 2009-10 season is the first with no vestigial ties to Joseph Volpe.

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Alan Gilbert's Big Week

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Albert Imperato

The first concert of a new music director's tenure with an orchestra feels a little bit like Election Day: it doesn't happen very often, and when it does, emotions are running high

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HuffPost Exclusives: R.E.M. and Cory Chisel, Plus Bruce Hornsby Interview, Big Star Box, Paolo Nutini Live, This Week's New Albums, and more...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.

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Culture Zohn: Sex vs. Spirituality in Thais

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia Zohn

2008-12-10-zohnpull.jpg If you were going to choose a way to celebrate the season where spirituality fights tooth and nail with sex on a daily basis, this could not be a better way to go.

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