Dead Man Walking: searing contemporary opera is a ‘triumph’

With a libretto by Terrence McNally, the opera “packs an even bigger emotional punch”, said Ivan Hewett in The Daily ...
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Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world’s top houses while still singing

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...
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Janitor at WABC sister station lands lead role in opera

CHICAGO -- We've all heard of starving artists - those talented people who work many jobs to support their dreams. One of those artists works at sister station WLS in Chicago, but Keanon Kyles also ...
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Binghamton Native singing with Metropolitan Opera

A Binghamton native is currently singing with the largest classical music organization in North America. Sean Michael Plumb ...
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‘Dead Man Walking’ opera returns to city that made it a sensation

Twenty-five years ago, a new opera titled “Dead Man Walking” made its world premiere in a San Francisco Opera production. Based on the same-titled 1993 memoir by author and activist Sister Helen ...

Dead Man Walking an emotional triumph at the London Coliseum

Turning an Oscar-winning film into an opera is a challenging and risky task, but the English National Opera's production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is a brilliant and stunning example of how ...
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Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...