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Art-opera.com. Liens, actualités, stages, l'art du chant, fiches techniques, histoire de l'opera.

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Baltimore Opera. The Baltimore area's first recorded operatic performance is a 1752 performance of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, followed a few years later by the American premier of Pergolesi's LA SERVA PADRONA. During the 19th century traveling opera companies made Baltimore a part of the itinerary, giving the city its first performances of works such as FAUST, LA SONNAMBULA, NORMA and LA FAVORITA, featuring divas such as Clara Kellogg, Marcella Sembrich and "The Swedish Nightingale" herself, Jenny Lind, who was exuberantly feted from her hotel window on Howard Street. (...)

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Cincinnati Opera. On June 27, 1920, Cincinnati Opera Association began its life as the second oldest opera company in the United States with a sold-out performance of Martha. For over fifty years, the Opera performed at the Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion and, at its peak, offered 18 productions over 61 performances in a ten-week season. During the years at the Zoo, a number of now famous opera singers frequented the stage: Plácido Domingo, Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, James Morris, and Barbara Daniels, to name a few. (...)

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Cleveland Opera. Founded in 1976 by David Bamberger, Carola Bamberger and John D. Heavenrich, the Opera presented its first season with sold-out productions of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" and Rossini's "The Barber of Seville". Eight years later, as it took up residence at Playhouse Square Center, the Opera played an integral part in the revitalization of Cleveland's historic theatre district and had become one of the nation's largest opera companies based on audience size. David Bamberger set the standard of fiscal responsibility and managerial excellence recognized by the State of Ohio with the presentation of the Governor's Award for Arts Administration. (...)

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Concurso Internacional de Canto Bidu Sayão. Dona de uma voz límpida e delicada, a soprano brasileira Bidu Sayão foi uma das mais respeitadas artistas do Metropolitan Opera de Nova York. Seu prestígio pode ser observado no próprio hall do teatro, que ostenta um imenso quadro em sua homenagem. Ao longo de sua carreira, conviveu e trabalhou com as maiores personalidades artísticas deste século, como o maestro Arturo Toscanini, um de seus grandes admiradores - ele a chamava de "la piccola brasiliana" -, Maria Callas, a pianista Guiomar Novaes e Carmem Miranda. Além disso, foi a parceira favorita de Villa-Lobos, numa carreira que durou 38 anos. Nesse período, emprestou sua voz e imortalizou a Bachiana n.º 5, das Bachianas Brasileiras, as peças mais conhecidas e mais amadas do compositor. (...)

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Dallas Opera. A fifty-year tradition of artistic excellence and community service has made The Dallas Opera a major contributor to the national and international reputation of Dallas and a major factor in the economic impact of the arts in North Texas. The Dallas Opera has presented many international stars in their American debuts, including Dame Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Jon Vickers, and Plácido Domingo, and designer/director Franco Zeffirelli. A champion of new work, The Dallas Opera has also presented the American premieres of five operas and two world premiere operas.

In 1957, Dallas leadership worked diligently to found the opera company, including Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Miller, Jr., Dallas Morning News critic John Rosenfield, and William A. McKenzie. Meanwhile, Lawrence Kelly, formerly associated with Chicago's Lyric Theater, developed an interest in establishing an opera company in Dallas and came to the city in February 1957. These individuals chartered the Dallas Civic Opera in March 1957, and Mr. Kelly's long-time associate, Maestro Nicola Rescigno, became artistic director. The Dallas Civic Opera opened with a performance by legendary Greek soprano Maria Callas. (...)

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English National Opera. 1898 - Lilian Baylis, at the age of 23, presents a series of opera recitals at the Old Vic theatre. 1912 - She goes to establish a theatre company at the Old Vic, initially performing cut-down versions of Shakespeare. (...)

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Glyndeboune Opera. www.glyndebourne.com aspires to reflect the diversity and quality of work that Glyndebourne, one of the world's best-known opera houses, produces. The About Glyndebourne section should provide you with information on all aspects of the opera house so, whether you want to know the best way to travel to the opera house or what is currently in flower in the Glyndebourne gardens, you should be able to find it here.

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Los Angeles Opera. (...) Los Angeles Opera traces its roots back to 1948, when a company called the Los Angeles Civic Grand Opera presented a performance of "Rigoletto" in a church hall in Beverly Hills. The Company, under the directorship of Francesco Pace, staged productions through the 1950s, and in 1964 it presented the first opera in the brand-new Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, one of four theaters that currently comprise the Music Center.

Shortly after its third production at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, "The Italian Girl in Algiers" starring Marilyn Horne, the Company abandoned its own production projects and recreated itself as the Music Center Opera Association. For two decades, the Association brought opera from other cities to the Music Center. By far the lengthiest arrangement was with New York City Opera, which brought productions to the Music Center every fall from 1966 to 1982. (...)

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Opera Colorado. (...) Opera Colorado was founded in 1981 by Nathaniel Merrill and Louise Sherman, who came to Denver from long careers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Our first performances occurred in 1983. Since then Opera Colorado has produced a wide range of operas representing over 225 years of opera heritage in Boettcher Hall and The Buell Theater in Denver's Performing Arts Complex. Beginning in September, 2005, Opera Colorado eagerly anticipates moving our performances to the new Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Opera Colorado's education and outreach programs have appeared in performance in countless schools, community centers, assisted living facilities, and the like. Our adult education ventures have reached literally thousands of citizens throughout Colorado through Opera Colorado support groups, Rotary and similar civic clubs, libraries, humanities study groups, and so on. Since 2002, Opera Colorado's education programs have grown an astonishing 278%, serving nearly 25,000 people in 2004. Opera Colorado's travel program, "International Council," has taken thousands of opera fans to great performances of grand opera in cities including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Prague, Rome, Milan, Budapest, Washington, Paris, and Santa Fe. (...)

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Opéra Comique. Théâtre National.

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Opéra de Lyon.

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Opéra National de Paris.

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Opéra National du Rhin. Structure unique en France, l'Opéra national du Rhin doit son caractère exemplaire à l'apport spécifique des trois villes qui le composent : Strasbourg, Mulhouse et Colmar. Syndicat intercommunal, l'Opéra national du Rhin voit sa gestion assurée conjointement par les trois villes, qui ont chacune leur propre activité créatrice: l'opéra à Strasbourg, le Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin, centre chorégraphique national depuis 1985 à Mulhouse, et Les Jeunes Voix du Rhin, département de formation pour jeunes chanteurs, à Colmar. Après plus de trente années d'existence, l'expérience alsacienne est devenue un modèle. (...)

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Euterp - Opéra et Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier.

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Opera Magazine. OPERA is the world's leading opera magazine. Each of our monthly issues contains news, letters, features, interviews, reviews of performances from around the world, CDs and books and a diary section giving listings for all major opera-houses along with forthcoming season programmes.

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Operaradio.com. OperadiO.com is based in England. We have two locations, in London and in York. There are four founders, led by David Craig, who started the project together some months back, and now there are teams working on music, technology, internet development, the web site and all the other matters that make the station work. (...)

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Opera San Jose. Opera San José is a professional, regional opera company that is unique in the United States. Maintaining a resident company of principal artists, this company specializes in showcasing the finest young professional singers in the nation. Featuring fresh, new talents in the first years of their careers, Opera San José's performances are always dramatically stimulating and vocally accomplished. On September 18, 2004, Opera San José opened its debut season in the California Theatre.   The 1,100-seat auditorium joins the select ranks of the world's most intimate opera houses. The California Theatre was a 1927 vaudeville and film house that closed its doors 30 years ago.  After having been under reconstruction and restoration for more than five years, its original name has been restored along with the elaborate interiors, and important additions for audience comfort and theatrical production have been added.  The California Theatre has become one of the region's most important performance facilities, featuring symphony concerts, dance and guest appearances of artists including Frederika von Stade, Samuel Ramey and Thomas Hampson in recital.

www.operastuff.com

OperaStuff. Opera singers. Opera companies. Opera links. Singer Resource.

www.operaworld.com

Opera World, enhancing the joy of Opera. Conection to the world of opera.

www.operabase.com

Operabase. Performances. Artists. Companies. City guides. Opera timelines. Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 160,000 performances on file.  It records the work of artists in over 600 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 7 languages. The majority of Operabase's information is provided free of charge.  The public area contains access to the current and announced future seasons of each opera house.

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Operissimo. Composers, artits, works, agencies, opera houses, recordings. Currently, the database covers the work of more than 4300 artists, 7400 composers with 36400 of their works played in 340 opera houses around the world. Additionally, 250 agencies and some 55200 recordings are searchable and linked as well.

www.orlandoopera.org

Orlando Opera. Serving the Central Florida community for 48 years, Orlando Opera has evolved into a major regional opera company with a distinguished artistic reputation. Orlando Opera's annual subscription series at the 2,200 seat Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre is attended by more than 21,000 people. Orlando Opera has brought world-class singers, conductors, and directors together to create opera magic. Several internationally renowned singers, including Plácido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Tucker, Jessye Norman, Cecilia Bartoli, Jerry Hadley, Carol Vaness, and Denyce Graves have appeared with Orlando Opera. The company also collaborates with Opera Tampa, Vero Beach Opera Guild, to bring the wonder of opera to neighboring areas, and its General Director Robert Swedberg has directed operas in China, and Spain. Orlando Opera ranked highest of all vocal music organizations in Florida by the Division of Cultural Affairs Grant Review Panel May 2004 (ranked #1 in 2002; biannual review). (...)

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The Royal Opera House - Covent Garden. The Royal Opera House is the third theatre on the Covent Garden site. Its history began in 1728 when John Rich, actor/manager at Lincoln's Inn Fields, commissioned The Beggar's Opera from John Gay. The success of the venture provided the capital for the first Theatre Royal at Covent Garden, designed by Edward Shepherd. On the opening night, 7 December 1732, Rich's actors carried him there in triumph for a performance of Congreve's The Way of the World. For the first hundred years or so of its history the theatre was primarily a playhouse; Letters Patent granted by Charles II had given Covent Garden and Drury Lane almost sole rights to present spoken drama in the capital. (...)

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Rossini Opera Festival. Staggini, Contatti, Calendario, Argomenti, Pubblicazioni, Galleria, Download.

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San Diego Opera. San Diego Opera, ranked by OPERA AMERICA as one of the top 10 opera companies in the United States, is a widely respected member of the international opera community and an invaluable cultural resource to the San Diego community. The Company is both a national and regional model for all arts organizations in terms of artistic product, impact of community education and outreach and consistently sure-footed fiscal management. In light of these qualities, San Diego Opera was recently was honored as one of 13 "Cornerstone Arts Organizations" by the prestigious James Irvine Foundation. In addition, San Diego Opera is the only San Diego arts organization to receive an almost perfect ranking from both the California Arts Council and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture.

San Diego Opera was founded in 1950 to present San Francisco Opera productions in the San Diego community, and became a producing company in its own right in 1965 with its first staging of "La bohème" in the new Civic Theatre. From 1965 to his death in 1975, founding General Director Walter Herbert produced a balance of standard repertoire and new works. (...)

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Scottish Opera. Scottish Opera is Scotland's national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland, committed to bringing the widest range of opera, performed to the highest standards, to the maximum audience throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom. Scottish Opera constantly seeks to maintain and extend its audience and develop new relationships with the business community. Scottish Opera is also committed to delivering socially inclusive outreach and education work that will benefit communities throughout Scotland; both through the activities of its education unit, and through a wide range of initiatives undertaken in partnerships with sponsors and local authorities. Scottish Opera gives main-scale performances at venues in Glasgow and Edinburgh, together with smaller-scale performances and concerts in smaller venues across Scotland not always served by other professional opera companies.

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Suomen Kansallisoopera. Operas. Ballets. Concerts. Kids & teens. Calendar.

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Sydney Opera House. Sydney Opera House is consolidating its position as Australia's leading performing arts centre by significantly increasing the profile of its own programming and by nurturing the development of new artists and audiences. Under the billing of Sydney Opera House presents, Sydney Opera House is now one of the largest presenting companies at the House, producing an eclectic mix of artistic and cultural activities in all venues including the production of The Studio, Kids at the House and HOUSE:ED programs.

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The Atlanta Opera. The Atlanta Opera strives to present opera productions of the highest standards possible, while fostering education about the art form and encouraging its growth with services and programs designed to fill the needs of the community. Founded in 1979, The Atlanta Opera is led by its General Director Dennis Hanthorn and has won numerous awards, both nationally and locally. The organization offers four main stage productions each season, in addition to other programs, such as the "Pre-Opera Lectures" and student matinees to further enhance the experience of opera. All Atlanta Opera performances take place at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, located on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Ralph McGill Blvd.

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The Metropolitan Opera. From its opening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera has been one of the world's leading opera companies. Today, the Met's preeminent position rests on the elements that established its reputation: high quality performances with many of the world's most renowned artists, a superior company of orchestral and choral musicians, a large repertory of works, and the resources to make performances available to the public.

The first Metropolitan Opera House was built on Broadway and 39th Street by a group of wealthy businessmen who wanted their own opera house. In the company's early years, the management changed course several times, first performing everything in Italian (even "Carmen" and "Lohengrin"), then everything in German (even Aida and Faust), before finally settling into a policy of performing most works in their original language - with some notable exceptions. (...)

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The Minnesota Opera. The company was founded in 1963 when the Walker Art Center commissioned Dominick Argento to compose an opera (The Masque of Angels) for its performing arts program, Center Opera. Center Opera focused on the composition and performance of new works by American composers, and, under the influence of the Walker Art Center, emphasized visual design. The company grew steadily, and in 1969 became an independent entity, changing its name in 1971 to The Minnesota Opera. (...)

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The New Israeli Opera. The New Israeli Opera has made it one of it's foremost tasks to employ as many Israeli opera singers as possible. A number of them, like Anat Efraty, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Gabi Sadeh, Dan Ettinger, Hadar Halevi, Michal Shamir, Marina Levitt, Sami Bechar, Efrat Ben-Nun, Zehava Gal, Silvya Greenberg, Mira Zakai, Motti Kaston and others started with the New Israeli Opera, before performing in opera houses around the world... Also new immigrants from the former Soviet Union play an important role in the company's productions. Among others Felix Livshitz, Vladimir Braun, Marina Shemesh, Tatiana Odinokova, Susanna Poretsky, Yevgeni Shapovalov, Larissa Tetuev have found an artistic home here, while many new immigrants form the core of the NIO chorus or do a great job as coaches, pianists, seamstresses or tailors. (...)