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    Jun 11, 2010 |Story| WDBJ7

  1. Your Feedback

    Here are some of your emails on issues in the local news or local news coverage. *** I just watched your reporter on the 11 o'clock news interview the Mayor of Roanoke re: the U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate 35,000 jobs.  The mayor dramatically...

    Tags: National Hockey League, Cheng Yu-tung, Wages and Pensions, Physiology, Black History Month

    2. Jan 26, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Eric Pinder, Michael Wanzie: Opera stars? They're in 'The Barber of Seville'

    Orlando actor Eric Pinder's latest role lets him be both performer and fan.
    Orlando actor Eric Pinder's latest role lets him be both performer and fan. Known for his comedic work in productions at Mad Cow Theatre and the Orlando Fringe Festival, Pinder digs the drama of opera. He raves about diva Leontyne Price: "Her voice is...

    Tags: Orlando, Fringe Festival, Mad Cow Theater, Concerts, Comedy (genre)

    3. Oct 12, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Joan Sutherland was cheated by the Grammys

    Gold Derby
    Joan Sutherland may have been hailed as "the voice of the century" by Luciano Pavarotti, but other operatic voices fared far better at the Grammy Awards, where there are lots of classical categories, including one for best vocal performance. Prior to...
    4. Feb 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Jasper Johns is first studio artist in 34 years to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Culture Monster
    Obama to confer 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday; arts honorees are Yo-Yo Ma and Jasper Johns, the first visual artist to win since 1977....
    5. Mar 30, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune
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    6. Jul 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Opera is Rufus Wainwright's 'main squeeze'

    Classical music is often maligned for its apparent insistence that aspiring acolytes display proper credentials before becoming a true follower. Once admitted to the fold, you must bow to the altar of knowledge and denounce uncomplicated pleasure as the ultimate blasphemy. No matter what denomination you choose (chamber music, new music, opera, orchestra), you can be sure the repertoire is studded with landmines, the detonation of which will instantly out you as a Philistine or worse: not serious.
    Classical music is often maligned for its apparent insistence that aspiring acolytes display proper credentials before becoming a true follower. Once admitted to the fold, you must bow to the altar of knowledge and denounce uncomplicated pleasure as the...

    Tags: Classical Music (genre), England, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Los Angeles, Opera (genre)

    7. Oct 12, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Will 'This Is It' win Michael Jackson another Grammy?

    Gold Derby
    Michael Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards, including the top prizes of best album ("Thriller"), record ("Beat It") and song ("We Are the World"). With today's release of the new single "This Is It", Michael Jackson could be in contention for more awards at the...
    8. Nov 4, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  8. National radio broadcast of NEA's opera awards will elude L.A.

    Culture Monster
    There will be a recurring California motif at the National Endowment for the Arts' second annual NEA Opera Honors ceremony on Nov. 14 -- but there are no plans for the national radio broadcast of the musical proceedings and award......
    9. Jul 27, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Betty Allen dies at 82; mezzo-soprano and music teacher

    Betty Allen, one of the first African American singers to reach prominence on the international opera stage, died June 22 of complications from kidney disease at a hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. She was 82.
    Betty Allen, one of the first African American singers to reach prominence on the international opera stage, died June 22 of complications from kidney disease at a hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. She was 82. If contralto Marian Anderson in the 1930s and 1940s...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Giuseppe Verdi, Hospitals and Clinics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Bronx (New York City)

    10. May 13, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Price, Levine, Floyd, Gaddes to get NEA honors

    From the Associated Press
    Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor James Levine, composer Carlisle Floyd and administrator Richard Gaddes will be the initial recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors. The awards, patterned after the NEA Jazz Masters honors that were...

    Tags: George Bush, Carlisle Floyd, James Levine, Placido Domingo, Academy Awards

    11. Nov 9, 1986 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. TO CLAP OR NOT TO CLAP: A TOUCHY QUESTION

    Something strange seems to be happening in that spiffy new concert hall in Orange County. People are clapping. The happy and justifiably proud Costa Mesans, and friends, are clapping con brio and con gusto. They are clapping loudly, smugly and dutifully....

    Tags: Music Industry, Zubin Mehta, Isaac Stern, Richard Strauss, Death

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