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Ward Stare returns to Lyric Opera, with a baton
You've heard of pianist-conductors, violinist-conductors, even the occasional cellist-conductor. But how many conductors can you name who began their careers playing first trombone with a major American opera company while still in their teens? Ward...
Tags: Civic Opera House, Music Industry, Concerts, Entertainment, Carnegie Hall
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Lyric's kid-friendly 'Pasquale' delights grownups too
"Don Pasquale" isn't exactly the first show that springs to mind when you're looking for an opera to hook young children on opera. Look a little closer, however, and you realize Donizetti's tuneful score is very kid-friendly. And what sitcom-weaned...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Civic Opera House, Poetry, Chicago Tribune
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Lyric names interim chorus director
Lyric Opera has appointed Ian Robertson, chorus director of the San Francisco Opera, guest chorus master for the remainder of the season while the company continues to search for a permanent chorus director. Robertson will serve as guest chorus master...Tags: Entertainment, Poetry, Music
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Connecticut Historian Writes '1600s Soap Opera'
The Hartford CourantMissy Wolfe didn't start out researching the life of Puritan matron Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett. She wanted to learn about a Colonial-era Indian massacre in Cos Cob. "During the course of that, I kept coming up with references to Elizabeth...Tags: Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Cardiologists, Heart Failure, Music Industry, Ken Burns
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Jenni Rivera death: Items stolen from plane crash site
L.A. NOWTwo police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing items from site where singer Jenni Rivera's plane crashed in Mexico. Rivera's plane plummeted nose-first Sunday, 28,000 feet in 30 seconds, leaving its wreckage — and the remains of... -
From the archives: Dave Brubeck at 90: 'I'm very fortunate'
Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010. WILTON, Conn --...
Tags: Documentary (genre), Music Theater, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Gary Giddins
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Los Angeles Opera says it has repaid $14 million emergency loan
Leaders at Los Angeles Opera are breathing a little easier now that a huge financial burden has been lifted from their shoulders. L.A. Opera is announcing Wednesday that it has fully repaid a $14 million emergency loan it received in 2009, a loan...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance
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Anniversary song tells of chorus's ability
When the Orange County Women's Chorus commissioned Kirke Mechem to compose a piece to celebrate their 15th anniversary, he gave them "We Can Sing That" — a song about how the choir can perform any kind of music effortlessly. If Mechem had titled...
Tags: Entertainment, Jane Austen, Ceremonies, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Kinsley: For love of 'Downton Abbey'
As an Anglophile, I'm as pathetic as the next chap. My idea of a good time is to be in London, drinking at lunch with some well-lubricated British journalist friends, stumbling out when it's getting dark, tea at a fancy hotel and then theater in the...
Tags: Jane Austen, Downton Abbey (tv program), Los Angeles Times, Mitt Romney, Maggie Smith
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Dance party
Jim Powers ballroom dance party will be Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Maugansville Ruritan Club building. Admission costs $4 per person. This month is the annual Christmas party. For more information, call 301-739-9424. Chime players On...
Tags: Restless Leg Syndrome, Entertainment, Music Theater, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Arts and Culture
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Pish-Tush, this 'Mikado' is a glorious circus
A few innovative theaters have started offering child care somewhere in their building. But for its outrageously enjoyable and inclusive new take on "The Mikado," The Hypocrites upped the ante in a way that would have made old W.S. Gilbert and Arthur...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Piracy, Arts and Culture, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Lifestyle and Leisure
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