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They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too
Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...
Tags: Brian Wilson, The Rolling Stones (music group), Ian Dury, Marin Alsop, James Conlon
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Winter classical music preview: Diverse events, from 'Boheme' to Boulez
The period from the new year through the end of March invariably includes some of the most highly anticipated events of Chicago's classical music season. Here are 10 such events, listed in chronological order: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Music Industry, New York City, Michigan Avenue, Civic Opera House
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Patrick Stewart: ‘Next Generation,’ ‘X-Men’ and Hollywood history
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comJust before the USS Enterprise embarked on a new mission with “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987, an article ...... -
Sotto Sopra back with more Sunday night opera
The Baltimore SunSotto Sopra is back with more Sunday night opera events. The monthly Opera Night features a five-course dinner and live performances of popular arias and duets. The winter schedule begins on Jan. 20 with a lineup of Karen Myers (soprano), Paul...Tags: Charles Street
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Like/Dislike with Sara Shvartzman, Jewish Community Center
Sara Shvartzman considers herself lucky. As the new arts and culture coordinator for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, she is able to blend three of her passions in one: the arts, working with older adults and working in the Jewish...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Zooey Deschanel, Movies, Music, Foods and Beverages
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Connecticut Historian Writes '1600s Soap Opera'
The Hartford CourantMissy Wolfe didn't start out researching the life of Puritan matron Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett. She wanted to learn about a Colonial-era Indian massacre in Cos Cob. "During the course of that, I kept coming up with references to Elizabeth...Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture
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Jenni Rivera death: Items stolen from plane crash site
L.A. NOWTwo police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing items from site where singer Jenni Rivera's plane crashed in Mexico. Rivera's plane plummeted nose-first Sunday, 28,000 feet in 30 seconds, leaving its wreckage — and the remains of... -
Ex-soap opera actor charged in undercover LAPD cocaine sting
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County prosecutors charged former soap opera actor Scott Evans on Thursday with felony attempted possession of a controlled substance. Evans, 29, who played a police officer on the ABC daytime drama "One Life to Live," was arrested Dec....... -
Richard Wagner: Separating the man from the music
"Just because he may have been a nasty little man and a nasty anti-Semite doesn't mean that his music is not as supreme as it is." That assessment comes from a Richard Wagner scholar in the documentary "Wagner & Me" (at the Siskel Film Center through...
Tags: Israel, Music Box Theatre, Stephen Fry, London Theatre, Barbara (movie)
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Video/Q&A: 'Les Miserables' stars Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks
On a recent night in New York, “Les Miserables” stars Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and Samantha Barks re-purposed their singing skills for something less epic—karaoke. “Amanda was attempting some rap and then halfway in she...
Tags: Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Scarlett Johansson, Bohemian Rhapsody (song), Entertainment Events
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"Experiential" Gifts for Christmas; "Experience" Theater
Hartford CourantNotice that the latest trend in gift-giving is the "experiential gift?" Say what? Instead of that sweater, slippers or cheese board, I'm noticing more people giving (and asking to be given) gifts of experiences: a day at the spa, a balloon ride, a...Tags: Goodspeed Opera House, Westport Country Playhouse, Haddam, Long Wharf Theatre, East Haddam
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Applauding Elizabeth Caballero
Lyric soprano Elizabeth Caballero was, of all places, shopping in a Miami Home Depot when she got the call: The Berlin State Opera needed a last-minute replacement for the demanding, exhausting title role in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." The Miami-based...
Tags: Museums, Florida Grand Opera, The Home Depot, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Arts and Culture
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