Read more opera stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3941/opera.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:13:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72389/opera-diva-faces-jail-in-ny-cell-phone-tiff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Argentine opera singer could face jail after a fight broke out in a New York restaurant over her cell phone screeching. Soprano Gabriela Pochinki, 41, and her daughter were shouting into a cell phone on speaker and refused to stop after fellow diners complained. Security camera footage shows the...http://www.newser.com/story/72389/opera-diva-faces-jail-in-ny-cell-phone-tiff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 5:34:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71766/2-new-theaters-make-dallas-a-hotspot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDallas has several museums and concert halls that would be the envy of any city, but until now they've seemed more like standalone monuments than elements of a city center. Two new venues opening this Sunday have transformed downtown, "giving the area the cultural stature Dallas has long been craving,...http://www.newser.com/story/71766/2-new-theaters-make-dallas-a-hotspot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 9:13:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69996/met-audience-boos-drab-tosca.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York's Metropolitan Opera opened its season last night with a gala production of Puccini's Tosca , a crowd-pleasing war horse given an aggressive new staging by the Swiss director Luc Bondy. The black-tie crowd was not pleased with the stark, modern production, erupting in boos during the curtain call. Critics...http://www.newser.com/story/69996/met-audience-boos-drab-tosca.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 8:48:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68802/twitter-opera-wins-over-londoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first-ever Twitter opera—a melding of high tech and high art with a libretto written in chunks of 140 characters—received an unexpectedly positive reception when it opened pver the weekend, the Washington Post reports. One critic called Twitterdammerung “an accident waiting to happen.” But it “was actually not...http://www.newser.com/story/68802/twitter-opera-wins-over-londoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 13:16:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66465/twitter-opera-invites-your-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEngland’s world-famous Royal Opera House is getting with the times by launching the world’s first Twitter libretto, the Independent reports. Participants send lyrical tweets to @youropera, which will be set to familiar and original opera music in The Twitter Opera next month. Some critics worry it cheapens the art form,...http://www.newser.com/story/66465/twitter-opera-invites-your-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 17:17:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59534/opera-sounds-good-but-how-does-it-smell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new opera premiering at the Guggenheim Museum in New York later this month will be a feast for the ears, the eyes—and the nose. Green Aria , a 30-minute "scent opera" years in the making, pairs music with 23 distinct odors blasted at the audience via individual microphone-like emitters....http://www.newser.com/story/59534/opera-sounds-good-but-how-does-it-smell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 8:57:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58420/jose-carreras-retires-from-opera.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnable to perform at the level he considers acceptable, José Carreras will retire from opera, the least prominent of the Three Tenors tells the Times of London. Unamplified lead roles in opera houses are more than the 62-year-old Spaniard can handle, he said. “If I can do concert recitals, adapting...http://www.newser.com/story/58420/jose-carreras-retires-from-opera.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 9:34:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55471/few-blacks-followed-andersons-lead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarian Anderson shattered a racial barrier when she sang at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939—70 years ago this week—yet despite planned tributes, the power of the moment has faded, Alex Ross writes in the New Yorker . Most young people know nothing of Anderson, and "black faces...http://www.newser.com/story/55471/few-blacks-followed-andersons-lead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 17:01:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54084/high-concept-sonnambula-misses-at-met.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost operas weave pretty far-fetched tales, but that isn't license for directors to retell them in ironic or mocking ways, Alex Ross writes in the New Yorker . Reviewing two recent productions at the Met, Ross hails a faithful staging of Verdi's Il Trovatore —but dismisses a high-concept version of Bellini's...http://www.newser.com/story/54084/high-concept-sonnambula-misses-at-met.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 14:35:44 CDT