Topic: Opera
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10 stories from Frank Langella about his famous friends
In his new memoir Dropped Names, Frank Langella recalls meetings and friendships with bold-face names.
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Edith Wharton: 10 best quotes on her 150th birthday
On Edith Wharton's 150th birthday, 10 quotes from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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'Follies' and 'La Boheme' take Los Angeles by storm
'La Boheme' makes a classic new again, while Sondheim's 'Follies' is a show only now being hailed as a masterwork.
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10 stories from Frank Langella about his famous friends
In his new memoir Dropped Names, Frank Langella recalls meetings and friendships with bold-face names.
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Gioachino Rossini, procrastinator extraordinaire
Gioachino Rossini, whom Google honors today with a doodle on his 220th birthday, composed the William Tell Overture, whose finale has since become the official soundtrack for doing things at the last possible minute.
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Why Gioachino Rossini's music is so funny
Gioachino Rossini, whose leap-day birthday is marked by Google on Wednesday, had a gift for comic timing that would be recognized by today's sitcom writers.
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'Dancing with the Stars' cast avoids controversy, includes Urkel
'Dancing With the Stars' annually is among the top-rated U.S. TV shows with a formula that pairs B-list celebrities, sports stars and singers with professional dancers performing sambas, cha-cha-chas and waltzes across a ballroom floor.
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Edith Wharton: 10 best quotes on her 150th birthday
On Edith Wharton's 150th birthday, 10 quotes from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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Culture Cafe
Los Angeles opera company is filling a need for experimentation
The new production by Los Angeles company The Industry, 'Crescent City,' is a promising glimpse into what musical innovation can accomplish.
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In Pictures: Painted faces
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Porgy and Bess: newly conceived version of 'folk opera' tests the waters
Updated, musical-theater-style 'Porgy and Bess' offers a more 'intimate' narrative but has raised controversy.
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Global News Blog
China's got talent - and its own Susan Boyle
An online video of Cai Hongping singing in her Hello Kitty apron at a chicken stand in China attracted 10 million hits within 10 days, a Chinese record for such a short span of time.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/27
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State of Wonder
Ann Patchett's latest, a "literary, ethical thriller" set in the Amazon, is the must-read novel of the summer.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/01
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Culture Cafe
New York City Opera: Providing an opera experience for all
The City Opera’s goals as a company are to make opera affordable and accessible for the public and to keep their repertory innovative and forward-looking.
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In Pictures: Martha Graham: Dancer and choreographer
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Top Picks: 'Jazz for Japan,' a new book from Michael Connelly, 'We are Rising,' and more
A benefit album for Japan recorded by 25 jazz musicians, Michael Connelly's latest courtroom drama 'The Fifth Witness', an album produced for the RPM Challenge, and more recommendations.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/28
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Carmen in 3D: movie review
'Carmen in 3D' is a great opera, beautifully sung and the latest in a line of classic operas now showing in movie theaters.
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A thoroughly modern opera: Robots enter a new frontier
Tod Machover's futuristic opera, 'Death and the Powers,' features robots and puts technology in the leading role.
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Art Attack! Random acts of culture
Organized 'spontaneous' arts events seek to win over a younger crowd.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 12/09
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In Pictures: Kennedy Center Honors
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