Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island Encore, The KHOU by Cinema Source In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer ... and more »

Daily Mail

The opera buff, the £5bn man and a mega-deal sealed on the slopes: How £56bn ... Daily Mail The mansion often reverberates with the sounds of the opera music he loves. If this merger goes through, he might just be able to buy his own opera house. But already there are fears that the new behemoth, dubbed 'Glenstrata' ? and the corporate ... and more »

Dallas Opera Opens THE LIGHTHOUSE, 3/16 Broadway World The Dallas Opera has announced details on its 250 th production: a haunting and evocative 1980 chamber opera masterpiece, THE LIGHTHOUSE, by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, opening Friday, March 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM in collaboration with the ... BLO to shine a light on Maxwell Davies operaBoston Classical Review all 2 news articles »

Digit

Google Chrome Finally Comes to Android Digit Opera and Mozilla Firefox have long established a presence in the Android Market, Mozilla even offers multiple channels of Firefox for Android. Still, better later than never. Google Chrome for desktop has been steadily gaining a slew of features such ... Opera responds to Chrome for AndroidIntoMobile Google accelerates Android browser updates with mobile ChromeComputerworld Google Chrome for Android launches in betaBetaNews The Inquisitr -Afterdawn.com -Network World all 269 news articles »

Chicago Tribune

'Show Boat' makes new waves ? at Lyric Opera Chicago Tribune It's high time to lay to rest the shopworn canard that American musical theater works are somehow unsuitable for presentation by the big American opera houses. As a matter of fact, no piece in the cavalcade of American musicals has a more legitimate ... and more »

Former Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman James E. Cartwright Joins Opera Solutions' Advisory Board
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gen. James E. Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is joining the Advisory Board of Opera Solutions, LLC ( www.operasolutions.com ...

EAST WINDSOR: Opera comes to town
EAST WINDSOR ? Last weekend, the opera was in full force.

Opera Gala highlights 9 works
Organizing his conducting debut with the Toledo Opera, Stefan Sanderling cast his net broad and deep and pulled in a wealth of vocal talent and musical genius for this year?s Gala, the annual celebration of opera in a concert setting.

Camilla Williams, Opera Singer, Dies at 92
Miss Williams made her debut at the New York City Opera in 1946 to rave notices. She was the first black woman to secure a contract with a major United States opera company.

Opera on Tap comes to Boulder
If your eyes were to scroll down the glowing marquee at Bender's Tavern in Denver on a given week in February, you'd see something like this: Monday, Open Mic; Tuesday, Karaoke; Wednesday, Bingo and Opera on Tap. t

Canadian opera superstars coming to Edmonton
Two Canadian opera stars will per-form in Edmonton this fall.

Singers audition for town opera
Auditions for Swindon: The Opera take place with the script being revealed for the first time.

Opera Memphis to perform Feb. 7
Soprano Allison Sanders of Opera Memphis will perform opera and spiritual favorites, as well as Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," during a tribute to Mississippi born opera diva and Metropolitan Opera star Leontynne Price on Feb. 7 from 6 until 7 p.m. at the Hernando Public Library.

When it comes to opera: adapt or perish
Last Sunday, Meadows Opera Theater finished "Le Nozze di Figaro" or "The Marriage of Figaro" by W. A. Mozart. I was pleasantly surprised that out of four performances, all had a nearly full house. Friday, Saturday and Sunday's performances were sold out.

Talk Like An Opera Geek: Musical Signposts
Opera singers must obey the musical traffic signals, knowing an accelerando from a rallentando.