...to the stage. He has directed work from Strindberg, Goethe , Bruckner and Kleist in Berlin , Munich and Vienna. In 2006 he took on Mozart 's Don Giovanni at the Paris National Opera. He is also a professor of directing at the Vienna Film Academy...

In this article: Michael Haneke, Tim Roth, The White Ribbon, Daniel Auteuil, Oscar, Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Funny Games, and Martin Scorsese

...creature, conjuring up tenderness and refined beauty of tone from musicians clearly as bewitched as himself by the score's echoes of Tristan und Isolde , composed during the same period. The Tannhauser overture, too, had appealing and...

In this article: Christoph Eschenbach, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anton Bruckner, Sixth Symphony, Tin, Tristan und Isolde, Tannhauser, and Alps

...around the world. On Saturday, November 7 at 1:00pm EST, the Met will transmit its third Live in HD broadcast of the season, Puccini 's Turandot , to hundreds of movie theaters in more than 40 countries worldwide. See a full list of...

In this article: Paul McCartney, Turandot, Lady Gaga, The Fame, Rihanna, Rolling Stones, Russian roulette, UK, Good Girl Gone Bad, and Hear Music

...Saturday night will be Manrico's aria "Di quella pira" from Verdi's "Il Trovatore," Don Jose 's aria "The Flower Song" from Bizet's " Carmen " and the familiar aria "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci." Lee and others will be...

In this article: Carmen, Flying Dutchman, Nabucco, Madama Butterfly, Aida, and Johann Strauss Jr

... Lindfield , without comment, but would like to hear from anyone who knows more aEUR¦ ''An advertisement for Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida reminded me that it is just 75 years since I last trod the boards, as an Ethiopian prisoner of war, clad in...

In this article: Bill Cosby, Legal opinion, Big Bang theory, Christmas song, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, and Aida

...a revival of La Traviata and a new production of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur. But before that there's the matter of Carmen , which she was to have sung for the first time on stage at a New Year's Eve gala at the Met, followed by performances...

In this article: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Carmen, Antonio Pappano, Levon Sayan, Richard Eyre, Covent Garden, Tosca, and Jonas Kaufmann

...dealer Sportin' Life from Porgy and Bess , and Stephen Sondheim's goresplattered Sweeney Todd. For the climactic trio from Mozart 's Don Giovanni , featuring the Don, Leporello and the Commendatore, a multitracked Terfel sings all three roles.

In this article: Bryn Terfel, Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim, Jean Valjean, Mefistofele, Les Miserables, Mephistopheles, and Don Giovanni

...music with an exacting touch and hurricane-strength force. (Nov. 5 and Nov. 9 at 8.) | Sonja Frisell 's grand production of " Aida " features Violeta Urmana , Dolora Zajick , Richard Margison , and Carlo Guelfi in the leading roles; Paolo...

In this article: Hallelujah Junction, Don Giovanni, Ryan Lizza, Daniel Okulitch, New York City Opera, The New Yorker, Tosca, and Turandot

There was queasy anticipation leading up to last night's season premiere of Puccini 's " Turandot " at the Metropolitan Opera. Maria Guleghina , who was to sing the title role, walked through the dress rehearsal without a full sing, apparently...

In this article: Turandot, Maria Guleghina, Franco Zeffirelli, The New York Observer, Tosca, and Adriana Lecouvreur

...then, as a reminder that Rattle and his ensemble can make beautiful German music together, too, the sublime "Liebestod" from Wagner 's " Tristan und Isolde ": They could do worse ... however, lately I've been disappointed in Rattle. I'm not...

In this article: Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Frederick Delius, Brigg Fair, Berlin, E mail, The Baltimore Sun, Tristan und Isolde, Charles Mackerras, and Yehudi Menuhin

Although she is a lyric coloratura of seemingly infinite resources and startling physicality, Damrau is definitely not adding Carmen to her repertoire this season, or ever. Her interest in Spanish movement is a legacy from her mother.

In this article: Diana Damrau, Gaetano Donizetti, Donna Anna, Natalie Dessay, Vienna, San Francisco, and Daddies

...in "The Barber of Seville," Nanetta in " Falstaff." She was selected by conductor Claudio Abbado for the role of Zerlina in Mozart 's " Don Giovanni." She has also recorded several albums, including three classical ones with orchestra and...

In this article: Michael Jackson, Las Vegas, Don Giovanni, Somewhere, Rigoletto, Cosi fan tutte, and Die Fledermaus

...for three years in the aftermath of Washington 's failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, at one point using an extract from Puccini 's opera Madame Butterfly as a secret radio call sign. The 432-page memoir, entitled My Brothers Fidel and...

In this article: CIA, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Madame Butterfly, Maria Antonieta Collins, and Fulgencio Batista

...that's what baritone Mark Delavan did with his brilliantly funny portrayal of Sir John Falstaff in the Pittsburgh Opera's production of Verdi 's " Falstaff." A commanding presence vocally and visually in the production that opened Saturday...

In this article: Falstaff, Falstaff, and Pittsburgh Opera

...Bingo Lose Weight Franchising Shopping Book Shop Compare Broadband Wine Shop Legal Store FlatShare Cruises HOME > ENTERTAINMENT > THEATRE > Turandot , Puccini : English National Opera, London Coliseum TURANDOT , PUCCINI : ENGLISH NATIONAL...

In this article: Turandot, Skips, Enron, Edward Gardner, and Franco Alfano

...operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including Aida , Otello and Il trovatore , along with the verismo potboilers of Giacomo Puccini , such as Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Yet Domingo has gone far beyond the familiar dramas of opera's "standard rep."...

In this article: Tamerlano, Placido Domingo, Bajazet, Princess Irene, George Frideric Handel, Suicide, and Washington National Opera

Verdi 's " Falstaff ," which the Washington National Opera presented Saturday night at the Kennedy Center Opera House, is one of the great late works of art. Think late Titian : Each gesture is telling; each image is part of a densely layered...

In this article: Falstaff, Alan Opie, Washington National Opera, and Surgery

...light and vow to protect the environment. L.A. Opera has come down on the side of marvels. Its " Siegfried " is not without problems (what " Siegfried " is?), but it is wonderful. Freyer 's "Ring" is singular spectacle, part circus, part...

In this article: Siegfried, Los Angeles, James Conlon, Alberich, and Die Walkure