Topic: VOCALIST
Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez used to sing 'Staying Alive' in a local bar to earn free drinks. Now he's about to open in Covent Garden's first new production of 'Tosca' for more than 40 years. How did he do it?
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Soprano Mary Dunleavy is the winner of the Dallas Opera's 2006 Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year Award, the company announced....LINK |
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Monday, 29 May 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has been forced to postpone the American and Canadian dates of his farewell tour due to a lower-back complaint.
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Saturday, 13 May 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Anna Netrebko Halts Bid for Austrian Citizenship After Being Called a "Traitor" by Russian Media ...LINK to complete story
Friday, 21 April 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Lawrence Brownlee, an American tenor specializing in bel canto repertoire, has won the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, an annual prize bestowed on an emerging young singer that carries a cash prize of $30,000 and installment alongside past winners — some of the biggest names in opera — including Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt, Dolora Zajick, Paul Groves, David Daniels and Matthew Polenzani. ...LINK to complete story
Friday, 7 April 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
A back injury has forced Luciano Pavarotti to withdraw from eight concerts on his farewell tour ...LINK to complete story
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
A severe gall bladder obstruction has led to mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's withdrawal from an April 20 performance with the San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall ...LINK to complete story
Monday, 3 April 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
The Society of Late Bloomers has a new patron saint, and her name is Erika Sunneg?rdh ...LINK to complete story
Topic: VOCALIST Already a star in Latin America, 33-year-old Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez is set for international stardom. Playing a lead role in the Metropolitan's "Don Pasquale", Florez has been hailed as the next opera legend. ...LINK to complete story | Website
Wednesday, 29 March 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Tenor Ramon Vargas has withdrawn from four performances of Verdi's Requiem with the New York Philharmonic this week due to illness. ...LINK to complete story
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Why are there so many tenors in the charts? Topic: VOCALIST ...LINK to complete storyAre there? There are three alleged tenors in the album top 10: Russell Watson ("the Voice"); blind, bearded Tuscan Andrea Bocelli ("the man with the most beautiful voice in the world"); and new kid on the block Vittorio Grigolo ("il Pavarottino"). Opera aficionados are unmoved. "It's got bugger all to do with opera," says John Allison, editor of Opera magazine.
Friday, 17 March 2006
Now Playing: AN OLD BOYS' CLUB FOR THE iPOD GENERATION Topic: VOCALIST
If you're between the ages of 10 and 14 and you've always aspired to live rent-free in a baroque palace -- not Hogwarts, but a very close second -- the Vienna Choir Boys might be just what you've been looking for. ...LINK to complete story
Thursday, 16 March 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti was reported to be in New York Thursday seeking treatment for severe back pain. ...LINK to complete story
Wednesday, 15 March 2006
Topic: VOCALIST ...LINK to complete storyTenor Luciano Pavarotti has postponed concerts in Latin America and Europe because of health problems
Thursday, 9 March 2006
Topic: VOCALIST
On Wednesday, after the longest absence from the opera stage in his career -- three months -- the superstar tenor donned the big beezer of his character, Cyrano de Bergerac, to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. ...LINK to complete story
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Already a star in Latin America, 33-year-old 
