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French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard signs to Deutsche Grammophon...

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Luciano Pavarotti Is Dead at 71
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Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor whose clarion lyric voice and performances from concert houses to outdoor stadiums made him a pop icon and the most famous opera singer since Enrico Caruso, has died. He was 71.LINKS

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Luciano Pavarotti, opera's biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died Thursday. He was 71. He was the son of a singing baker and became the king of the high C's. Pavarotti, who had been diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer and underwent treatment last month, died at his home in his native Modena at 5 a.m., his manager told The Associated Press in an e-mailed statement. His wife, Nicoletta, four daughters and sister were among family and friends at his side, manager Terri Robson said

Celebrating black classical musicians
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When Armenta Adams Hummings graduated from the Juilliard School, she didn't know where to go next. Fellow graduates went on to performing careers with ease, and professors advised her to go to Europe. But as the only African-American woman in her piano class, she knew her career would have to be different. Instead, she went back to her roots: Africa.......MORE...

Stalin's music man, who outlived them all
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He was a figure barely known by most concertgoers in the West, but he was a major force in Russian music of the 20th century, not for his many compositions but for his role as a cultural official appointed by Stalin in 1948 to lead the country's composers' union. During the grim final years of the Stalin era, in keeping with the ideological campaign of the day, Khrennikov notoriously attacked the country's most prominent composers - among them Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. But, strange to say, Khrennikov was also one of the great survivors of the Soviet Union......MORE...

Italian Tenor Pavarotti Decides To Stay In Hospital
Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07

Luciano Pavarotti, opera's biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died Thursday. He was 71. He was the son of a singing baker and became the king of the high C's. NEWS LINKS

Opera singer A conversation with Angela Brown
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Those who spotted Angela Brown's picture on the front page of The New York Times three years ago, with the headline "At last, an Aida," could have come away ... See all stories on this topic | Indianapolis Star - United States

Terfel withdraws from Royal Opera's sold-out season at last minute
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The 41-year-old bass-baritone BRYN TERFEL had been scheduled to play Wotan - one of the most demanding roles in opera - for Covent Garden's first staged performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at short notice for “family reasons”. It was due to be one of the highlights of London's opera season: a full staging of Wagner's four-part Ring Cycle, the first in the capital for more than a decade and featuring one of Britain's most celebrated baritones in a major role. Confirmation of the Royal Opera House's production of the complete Ring had sent a flurry of excitement around the world and, spurred on by the participation of Bryn Terfel, tickets had sold out within days. Seats for a single instalment were reportedly sold for more than £800. But Monday 3 SEP 2007, a week into the eight-week rehearsal period, the opera company was forced to put out a stinging statement that provoked disappointment and fury in equal measure. Not for the first time in his illustrious career, Terfel had pulled out. ... Times Online - UK