TRY Channel Sneaks In An Opera Reference - For Better Or Worse
The TRY Channel on YouTube feature comedians from Ireland, well, trying things. In this most recent holiday edition, they plow through advent calendar drink boxes (beer, gin, whisky) and there is one...
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Bulgari "Never Too Much" With the Help of Verdi Force
Presenting MAI TROPPO: a celebration of the joyful exuberance of Bulgari and Rome. The new MAI TROPPO (Never Too Much) Bulgari advertising campaign, is an ode to life, joy and happiness. Deeply rooted...
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WW84 Confusingly Uses Mozart For Emotional Affect
Remember coloratura soprano Christine Johnston? Well, she's resurfaced in the second full-length feature Wonder Woman film titled WW84. Unfortunately it's not flattering for anyone. For some reason the...
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Rapper Drake Installs MET Chandelier in $100 Million Mansion
Canadian rapper Drake has finally has revealed his $100 million mansion in Toronto and it is a showstopper. Coming in at just 5,000 square feet less than the White House, this home is filled the finest...
View ArticleOpera Singing Countertenor John Holiday Rocks "The Voice"
High-soaring vocals ripped through the air of NBC's The Voice competition when countertenor John Holiday performed the Ella Fitzgerald hit "Misty." Pop star John Legend was the first to turn his chair...
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Amazon Prime's "Utopia" Lifts From Bizet's "Carmen" For New Ad
A new television ad for Amazon Prime's new show Utopia features a deconstructed version of Bizet's famous Habanera "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen. "Utopia is an upcoming American drama web...
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Sapphic European Opera Soprano Gets Lobotomy In "Ratched"
Harriet Sansom Harris plays the chain-smoking diva.Ryan Murphy's latest exploration for Netflix is Ratched. Described as "an American psychological thriller drama web television series about the...
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Christopher Macchio Slaughters Puccini In Political Propaganda Night
Opera suffered a major blow in the America's capital. Donald Trump ended the fourth evening of the Republican National Convention on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., with singer...
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Marina Abramović Is About to Birth "7 Deaths of Callas" In Munich
What was dubbed "An opera project by Marina Abramović (2020)," the new performance for 7 Deaths of Callas is set top open on September 5 at the Bayerische Staatsoper. With music by Marko Nikodijević...
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MET Opera Home Audiences Finally Get The Big Picture With Demo
Easy as 1-2-3: The new tutorial to stream opera onto your television posted on Instagram has over 12K viewsTwelve years ago when the Metropolitan Opera was getting ready to launch its MET on Demand...
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Ex-wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber to Receive Star in Hollywood
Happy Duo: Sarah and AndrewSoprano Sarah Brightman has performed with opera legends Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, as well as Andrea Bocelli. In June it was announced that she will...
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Mezzo-Soprano J'Nai Bridges Gives Her Great Big Story To CNN
"J’Nai Bridges knows that most people perceive opera as being an artform for the elite. Because opera was traditionally catered towards nobility, many today still don’t feel welcome. Bridges wants to...
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100 Years Later: All The American (Operatic) Ties To Susan B. Anthony
The original "Iron Lady": Susan B. AnthonyOn this day 100 years ago in America, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified which began to pave the way for all women's right to vote. One...
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In Conversation: Lawrence Brownlee Interviews Denyce Graves
As part of his online interview series, Sit Down With LB, tenor Lawrence Brownlee has a Facebook LIVE conversation with the legendary mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. From their homes in Florida and New...
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Polish Film "The Hater" Uses Bach, Beethoven, Fauré, and Purcell
Dido's Lament: Ewa Majcherczyk is accompanied by string quartet in this 17th-century masterpieceA new Polish film on Netflix directed by Jan Komasa, The Hater (Sala samobójców. Hejter), features...
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Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński Breakdances & Sings For Pepsi Beat
Breakout opera-star Jakub Józef Orliński dances and adds vocals to a new track called "Never Alone" (Nigdy Sam) in a newly-released music video from Warner Music Poland. Known for his high-flying vocal...
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Peter Pears Longtime Collaborator Julian Bream Passes Away
Julian Bream (left) accompanies Peter Pears on the lute. The two performed in concert and recorded together."The British guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream has died peacefully at his home in rural...
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Leontyne Price Live MET Performances Get 2-CD Release
"Celebrate one of opera's greatest artists with Leontyne Price at the Met. This new release features excerpts from the beloved American soprano's Met performances of Aida, Tosca, Il Trovatore, Antony...
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Celebrating Kathleen Battle's 72nd Birthday With MET Streams
Kathleen Battle (center) is featured in the 1982 Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart's Così fan tutte with Maria Ewing (left) as Dorabella and Kiri Te Kanawa (right) as Fiordiligi (Photo: Winnie...
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Rossini Helps Launch "Muppets Now" Streaming On Disney +
Everyone Is a Critic: Show favorites Statler and Waldorf perched in their favorite boxIt's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights. It's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show...
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