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Astoria Characters: The Svelte Soprano

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Strauss, Butler University, Puccini, Astoria, Rene Fleming, Jenny Searles, Soprano, Tosca, Opera Singer, Wagner, Real Estate Agent, Carnegie Hall, Zionsville Indiana, Kennedy Center, Piano, Violin, Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Even when she's not on stage, Jenny, a Valkyrie whose waves of golden ringlets cascade down her shoulders, has quite a stage presence. Runway-model slim, she stands nearly six feet tall in her flat gold sandals.

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Debunks Ben Stein's Defense Of Strauss-Kahn

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Video, Jon Stewart, Head of IMF, Daily Show Video, Imf, Jon Stewart Ben Stein, Imf Sex Scandal, The Daily Show, Jon Stewart Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Strauss-Kahn, Strauss Kahn, Ben Stein, Strauss, Ben Stein Strauss-Kahn, Kahn, Comedy News

On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart continued his coverage of one of many sex scandals in the news this week, Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged...

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Two Operas You'll Never See Performed at the Met!

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strauss, Faust, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Manon, Verdi, Ray of Light Theatre, Where's Dick?, Othello, Houston Grand Opera, La Traviata, Salome, Mozart, Child Abuse, Gounod, Don Giovanni, Santa Claus, Nixon in China, Jerry Springer, Arts News
George Heymont

Whether deploying a chorus line of Ku Klux Klansmen, mocking every symbol of Christianity, or filling the theatre with nonstop profanity, Jerry Springer:The Opera has something to offend everyone.

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STREAMING LIVE NOW: Richard Strauss's 'Salome' on MediciTV, Straight From Verbier

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strauss, Classical Music, Video, Verbier, Deborah Voigt, Opera, Streaming, Richard Wagner, Verbier Festival, Live Music, Salome, Medici TV, Home News

Time to return to our beloved discovery, MediciTV. (Assuming we'd ever left.) Still live from the Verbier Festival in France, you can currently catch...

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Maazel to the Podium -- Still Collecting Orchestras

Donna Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sibelius, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Disney Hall, Lorin Maazel, Nancy Gustafson, Strauss, Los Angeles News
Donna Perlmutter

Lorin Maazel strode vigorously across stage to the Disney Hall podium, telegraphing to the audience that this was no crochety 79-year-old maestro, but a commanding presence still.

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