Posts Tagged ‘opera’
Madison Opera Reaches for the Heavens in ‘Galileo Galilei’
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:56 No CommentsTweet Madison Opera Reaches for the Heavens in ‘Galileo Galilei’ One of the best things about Madison Opera is that it has cultivated a tradition of putting their middle production of the season in the intimate Playhouse of Overture Center, and using the unique possibilities of that intimate theater to offer something off the beaten [...]
Camilla Williams, Black Opera Pioneer, Dies at 92
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:53 No CommentsTweet Camilla Williams, Black Opera Pioneer, Dies at 92 Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African-American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company, has died. She was 92. Williams died Sunday at her home in Bloomington, her attorney, Eric Slotegraaf, said Monday. She died of complications from cancer, said Alain Barker, a [...]
Opera Grand Rapids’ ‘The Magic Flute’ has plenty of local talent on stage in this weekend’s production
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:52 No CommentsTweet Opera Grand Rapids’ ‘The Magic Flute’ has plenty of local talent on stage in this weekend’s production Opera Grand Rapids’ production of “The Magic Flute” is jam-packed with local performers. Guest singers who have appeared throughout the world are part of the production Friday and Saturday in DeVos Performance Hall. But plenty of local [...]
30 software downloads you need this week
Monday, January 30, 2012 4:35 No CommentsTweet 30 software downloads you need this week We’ve reached the end of the first month of 2012 and this has been another busy week for software releases. If it seemed a little quiet on the browser updates recently, things changed this week with the release of Opera 11.61 FINAL as well as Opera Portable [...]
New production of Show Boat expands Lyric Opera’s repertory
Friday, January 27, 2012 6:32 No CommentsTweet New production of Show Boat expands Lyric Opera’s repertory “Show Boat is a piece that benefits greatly from the resources and forces of a major opera company,” states General Director Anthony Freud of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s upcoming production. “Audiences will be astonished at its impact when performed by Lyric’s wonderful orchestra and chorus, [...]
