Opera NewsNews on Opera continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Winners of Cash Prizes Totaling $252,000 Announced for Jose Iturbi...- June 23, 2008 The recipients of cash prizes totaling $252,000 for The Second Annual Jose Iturbi International Music Competition at UCLA -- the highest cash prizes of any piano and singing competition worldwide -- were ...http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/06/winners-of-cash-prizes-totaling-252-000-announced-... 'Troilus,' Rescued From Obscurity in St. Louis- June 23, 2008 ST. LOUIS -- The title 'Troilus and Cressida' rings a bell with Shakespeare fans but has little resonance among opera-goers. And yet it headlined an unexpectedly diverting evening at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis on Saturday night.The opera (not actually based on Shakespeare's drama) by the British composer William Walton had a fairly well received world premiere in 1954, and has been heard only a handful of times since. One suggested reason for this neglect is that it seems old-fashioned, but.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/06/troilus-rescued-from-obscurity-in-st-louis?fromrss... Review: Dessay shines as 'Lucia' in San Francisco- June 22, 2008 They call it 'Summer Madness.' OK, it's just an advertising slogan that loosely ties together the three works currently in repertory for the San Francisco Opera's June season.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/06/review-dessay-shines-as-lucia-in-san-francisco?fro... Music at Moorland benefits Somerset Medical Center- June 21, 2008 Kaila Potts knew she and the viola were meant to be. Something about the instrument just spoke to her.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/06/music-at-moorland-benefits-somerset-medical-center... |