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- Anaemic 'Rhinegold' opens Tankred Dorst's 'Ring' in Bayreuth
- BAYREUTH, Germany AFP — The hard wooden seats of Bayreuth's Festpielhaus have only the thinnest possible cushioning for a reason -- too much padding would ruin the hallowed hall's legendary acoustics. That's a scientific fact. But the seats also have another more subjective use, namely as a barometer of...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Jazz legend Griffin dies in France aged 80: agent
- PARIS AFP — US jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk, died Friday in France, his agent Helene Manfredi said. He was 80. Nicknamed the Little Giant, Griffin was due to perform Friday evening alongside US organist Rhoda...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Pavarotti estate settled 'fairly': lawyer
- ROME AFP — Luciano Pavarotti's estate has been settled "fairly," a lawyer said in an interview published Monday after reports of a dispute between the opera legend's second wife and three daughters from his first marriage. "The property was shared fairly," Anna Maria Bernini, the lawyer of Pavarotti's second...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano dies: report
- ROME AFP — The Italian opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano died on Monday at the age of 86, according to the ANSA press agency. Before his retirement in 1992, the tenor was known as one of Maria Callas' main partners and sang for many of the world's leading conductors,...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Lawyers for Pavarotti kin deny problems with will
- ROME AFP — Lawyers representing various family members of late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti denied Tuesday that there were differences over his will despite local media reports. The portion bequeathed to his three daughters from his first marriage "will not be broken, nothing will be taken from them," lawyer...
- Research articles 2007-09-18
- 50,000 watch final curtain call for Pavarotti
- MODENA, Italy AFP — Music and film stars joined top political figures and tens of thousands of tearful fans to honour opera legend Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral Saturday. About 800 family, friends and special guests heard special tributes to the venerated tenor from Pope Benedict XVI during a...
- Research articles 2007-09-07
- Fans, singers, leaders hail Pavarotti
- MODENA, Italy AFP — The body of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti was lying in state Friday in the cathedral in his hometown Modena, as the world paid tribute to the singer whose crossover appeal made him a global superstar. Hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation,...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Hundreds pay respects as Pavarotti lies in state
- MODENA, Italy AFP — Hundreds of mourners stood in line Friday to pay their last respects to legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti as the body of the world's "most famous Italian" lay in state in the cathedral of his hometown Modena. Hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Domingo and Carreras lead mourning for Pavarotti
- MILAN AFP — La Scala opera house fell silent Thursday and the two remaining members of the Three Tenors led a chorus of tributes by the giants of opera, presidents and rock stars after the death of Luciano Pavarotti. A minute's silence was held at the Milan opera house...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Pavarotti's condition worsens: report
- ROME AFP — The condition of celebrated Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, 71, has worsened following his operation for pancreas cancer in July last year and hospitalisation last month, media reports said Wednesday. "Luciano Pavarotti's condition has worsened," Sky TG 24 television reported without providing further details. Pavarotti was...
- Research articles 2007-09-05
- Pavarotti kept in hospital for more tests
- ROME AFP — The hospital treating Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who was admitted with a fever almost two weeks ago, said Monday he will be kept in for a few more days for more tests. The hospital in the northern Italian city of Modena, the 71-year-old opera singer's hometown,...
- Research articles 2007-08-20
- Pavarotti better but remains hospitalised
- ROME AFP — Italian tenor Luciano Pavorotti is feeling better but remains hospitalised in Modena with an infection, a member of his entourage told the Ansa news agency on Tuesday. No date was set for his release from his hometown hospital, according to the agency. His wife, Nicoletta...
- Research articles 2007-08-14
- Cancer-stricken Pavarotti 'under observation' in hospital
- ROME AFP — Star tenor Luciano Pavarotti, suffering from cancer, was admitted to hospital with a fever and is "under observation," the Modena University Policlinico in northern Italy said Thursday. Pavarotti, 71, was admitted late Wednesday "because of a fever," the hospital in the tenor's hometown said in a...
- Research articles 2007-08-09
- Bayreuth's 'Siegfried' marred by patchy singing
- BAYREUTH, Germany AFP — Tankred Dorst's uninspiring production of Richard Wagner's four-part "Ring" cycle, being revived here for the first time, continued here on Monday with a performance of "Siegfried" that was marred by patchy singing. While German maestro Christian Thielemann continued to work magic in the unseen pit...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- German maestro Thielemann continues to wow Bayreuth in 'Die Walkuere'
- BAYREUTH, Germany AFP — The first week of the 96th Bayreuth Festival reached its halfway mark here on Saturday with a musically satisfying performance of "Die Walkuere" The Valkyrie. Canadia's Adrianne Pieczonka stole the show with her rich, gleaming mezzo and gripping portrayal as the unhappy Sieglinde, who falls...
- Research articles 2007-07-27
- Ravenous reader.(Business of Life)(Editorial)
- Byline: Laura Bianchi Welz Kauffman's father, an English teacher, insisted that his children read 100 pages a day during summer. Mr. Kauffman, 46, president and CEO of Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, needs no such prodding anymore. On his program: New...
- Research articles 2007-07-16
- Sideshow | Touring, not singing, with her man
- People reports Jessica Simpson is traveling with John Mayer for his tour of Australia. It ain't business: Sorry, she won't raise the tenor of Mayer's shows by appearing with him. It's strictly personal. And, like, quite serious."You could tell he was telling her jokes, and she was giggling and stuff,"...
- Research articles 2007-04-06
- Sofia Coppola to stage first opera: "Manon Lescaut"
- PARIS AFP — US film-maker Sofia Coppola is to stage her first opera, Puccini's romantic tragedy "Manon Lescaut", at the Montpellier Opera house in southern France during its 2009-2010 season. Coppola's maiden try at opera, which will include directing sensitive French tenor Robert Alagna, responsible for a bundle of...
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- Americas: Brazil - Loan Market Finally Takes Off - Brazilian Companies Are Starting To Use Syndicated Loans As Part Of A Toolbox To Create More Stable, Flexible Debt Profiles. John Rumsey Reports.
- Byline: JOHN RUMSEY In 2002, the market for syndicated loans in Brazil was moribund. Deal sizes were pitifully low and shrinking. Last October, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce CVRD arranged a two-year syndicated loan to raise $14.6bn for an acquisition and other large Brazilian...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- How the Met brought opera to the world.(Time Out!)
- Here are highlights from the Metropolitan Opera's Web site about the company's work with new and mass-media technology: Circa 1901-03: First-ever opera-in-performance recording is made at the Metropolitan Opera on wax cylinders. The singer was Lillian Nordica performing Brunnhilde's "Immolation Scene" from Wagner's...
- Research articles 2006-12-22
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