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The awards, to be presented today, go to three Americans -- mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham and Dolora Zajick, and conductor James Conlon -- plus Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and French soprano Regine Crespin. ...link Thursday, 27 October 2005 Topic: OPERA The Metropolitan Opera has announced the establishment of the Beverly Sills Artist Award. The award, which will be given to a young singer on the company's roster, is to be the largest prize of its kind in the United States, carrying a purse of $50,000. ...LINK to complete news story Saturday, 8 October 2005 Now Playing: NPR, LISTEN Topic: OPERA Composer John Adams, who has composed operas about communism and terrorism, believes that "if opera is actually going to be a part of our lives... it has to deal with contemporary topics." is latest work is about the first test of a nuclear weapon. John Adams talks about his opera, Dr. Atomic. ...LINK to complete news story ...LINK to complete WEBSITE Monday, 26 September 2005 Topic: OPERA JOHN ADAMS may be the world's most fearless opera composer. Yet with his latest work, "Doctor Atomic," he admits to feeling a new kind of anxiety. ...LINK to complete news story Monday, 19 September 2005 Dispute returns to La Scala Topic: OPERA Marco Tronchetti Provera, president of the Pirelli tyre company and a leading sponsor of La Scala, has resigned from the theatre's governing body. His resignation follows a decision to hand over the running of the new theatre, the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, to the local authority, the commune of Milan. Pirelli's sponsorship of La Scala is expected to continue. ...LINK to complete news story Tuesday, 13 September 2005 Philip Glass opera gets ovation Topic: OPERA Composer Philip Glass has received a 15-minute standing ovation at the world premiere of his new opera, Waiting for the Barbarians, in Germany. ...LINK to complete news story Friday, 9 September 2005 Topic: OPERA The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant is an explosive, all-female opera about a destructive lesbian love affair. Charlotte Higgins meets its creator ...LINK to complete news story Friday, 26 August 2005 The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced the launch of the first annual OPERA NEWS Awards. Topic: OPERA First Annual OPERA NEWS Awards to be Presented in New York City on November 20, 2005 August 25, 2005 Designed specifically to recognize distinguished contributions from leading figures in the world of opera, the awards salute some of the most admired and successful individuals working in the field. The 2005 honorees are conductor JAMES CONLON, music director of the Ravinia Festival and music director designate of Los Angeles Opera; soprano REGINE CRESPIN; tenor and conductor PlACIDO DOMINGO, general director of both Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera; mezzo-soprano SUSAN GRAHAM; and mezzo-soprano DOLORA ZAJICK. ...LINK to complete news story Monday, 22 August 2005 It's a Whole New Parsifal Now Playing: By Larry L. Lash Topic: OPERA The grand scandale of the 2004 Bayreuth Festival gets a substantial revision from director Christoph Schlingensief - and improves in almost every respect. ...LINK to complete news story Wednesday, 17 August 2005 Topic: OPERA Bayreuth's Barren Tristan und Isolde By Larry L. Lash, review via Andanta Christoph Marthaler's inert, incoherent, plodding production is redeemed only by the glorious singing of its two leads, Nina Stemme and Robert Dean Smith. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Libretto by the composer ...LINK to complete news story Monday, 15 August 2005 Topic: OPERA Many superlatives have been poured on Seattle Opera's various productions of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" over the past 30 years, but none has surpassed the current cycle, which just concluded Friday night at McCaw Hall. ...LINK to complete news story Topic: OPERA The cruel sea When Gwyneth Lewis's attempt to cross the Atlantic was brutally cut short, she was moved to write an opera. She explains how ...LINK to complete news story Friday, 12 August 2005 Adams and Sellars reunited for Dr Atomic Now Playing: Ken Smith, The Gramophone correspondent Topic: OPERA Composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars have together charted a brilliant if controversial operatic path by dramatising events of the recent past in Nixon in China and the Death of Klinghoffer. This autumn they reunite for Dr Atomic, an opera focusing on Dr J Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the project to build the first atomic bomb. ...LINK to complete news story Monday, 25 July 2005 Topic: OPERA A US revival provides a fascinating glimpse of English opera's obscure past, writes James Fenton ...LINK to complete news story Newer | Latest | Older All SubjectsActing-LEAudio & Video-APAuditions, Scenes & Monologues-LEBaroque Music-APBiography-APBiography-LEConductors-APDance-LEFilm-LEGeneral Music-APGreat Composers-APGuides-LEInstruments-APMusic History-APMusic-LEOpera & Vocal-APPerformance-APPiano & Keyboard-APPlays-LETheater-LETraditional Music-APWomen in Music-APWorld Music-AP