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Tutu urges South African opera not to tour Israel (AP)
JOHANNESBURG – Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who earned a Nobel for his peaceful opposition to apartheid, is urging the Cape Town Opera troupe not to tour Israel until discrimination there ends. In a statement Tuesday Tutu compared the troupe’s visit next month to international artists performing in apartheid South Africa.
Multimedia Opera Production to Debut at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO — (Sept. 21, 2010) — On Oct. 22, Roosevelt University will host a multimedia opera production composed and produced by Kyong Mee Choi, assistant professor of music composition in…
Final 4 acts advance on ‘America’s Got Talent’ (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Three very different singers and a group of special-effects wizards got talent — and votes. Soulful 30-year-old crooner Michael Grimm, flashy 32-year-old showman John “Prince Poppycock” Quale, 10-year-old opera phenom Jackie Evancho and 13-man performance troupe Fighting Gravity are advancing to the “America’s Got Talent” finale.
Aretha and Rice make music at Philly concert (AP)
PHILADELPHIA – Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.
NY’s Metropolitan Opera reports 2009 fiscal woes (AP)
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera survived a brutal fiscal year in 2009, losing tens of millions of dollars on Wall Street while expenses kept climbing, according to tax returns filed this week. The company finished the year with its net worth down substantially and sizable debts looming in coming years.
Chicago Opera Theater’s OPERA FOR ALL Concludes Its 10th Year!
Contact: Daniel Jackman 312.704.8420, x213 djackman@chicagooperatheater.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHICAGO OPERA THEATER’S OPERA FOR ALL CONCLUDES ITS 10th YEAR! Final Performances at Von Humboldt Elementary School, Reilly Elementary and Hampton…
Chicago Opera Theater presents Gioachino Rossini’s “Moses in Egypt”
The Opening Production of the 2010 Spring Festival Season! April 17, 21, 23, 25, 2010 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents the opening production…
5,200 Australians bare all for photo shoot
SYDNEY — About 5,200 naked people embraced each other on the steps of Sydney’s iconic Opera House on Monday for a photo shoot by Spencer Tunick. Tunick, who is known for his nude group photos in public spaces, posed participants for more than an hour in a variety of positions.
Chicago Opera Theater announces a fee-free weekend
CHICAGO, IL — Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will be waiving all ticket fees when tickets to their 2010 Spring Festival Season go on sale to the general public on Feb….
Woodstock Opera House supporter, resident Chris Burden dies
WOODSTOCK — One of the Woodstock Opera House’s most longtime, avid supporters has died. Woodstock resident Chris Burden, well-known for his work with the Friends of the Opera House, will…
