Opera NewsNews on Opera continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Billy Elliot picks up 11 nominations- July 2, 2008 Big hit ... Billy Elliot. It got the thumbs up from Sir Elton John, now Billy Elliot the Musical looks set to sweep the Helpmann Awards, picking up 11 nominations including best musical.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/07/billy-elliot-picks-up-11-nominations?fromrss=1 Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online- July 1, 2008 View at the portal of the "Festspielhaus", the festival opera house in Bayreuth, southern Germany, July 17, 2007.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/07/bayreuths-wagner-festival-will-offer-opera-online?... Plenty of buzz over "The Fly" opera- July 1, 2008 Rehearsals are under way for the operatic adaptation of Cronenberg's 1987 horror flick "The Fly" for Paris' Chatelet Theater and the Los Angeles Opera.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/07/plenty-of-buzz-over-the-fly-opera?fromrss=1 Opera manager Edgar Vincent dies in NY at 90- July 1, 2008 Edgar Vincent, who represented Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Mikhail Baryshnikov and a bevy of stars in classical music during a six-decade career, has died following an operation.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/07/opera-manager-edgar-vincent-dies-in-ny-at-90?fromr... Heppner trying on Siegfried in Aix-en-Provence- July 1, 2008 When tenor Ben Heppner wanted to try the grueling role of Tristan for the first time back in 1997, he chose a spot that he described as 'off the beaten path.'Those first performances in Seattle were a huge success, and he has gone on to portray the hero of Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde' in opera houses around the world.So when Heppner decided to take on another Wagnerian role notorious for its difficulty _ the title character in 'Siegfried' _ he didn't do it in New York, Vienna or Paris,.http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/07/heppner-trying-on-siegfried-in-aix-en-provence?fro... Pavarotti estate settled 'fairly'- July 1, 2008 ROME Luciano Pavarotti's estate has been settled "fairly," a lawyer said in an interview published Monday after reports of a dispute between the opera legend's second wife and three daughters from his first ...http://www.topix.net/arts/opera/2008/06/pavarotti-estate-settled-fairly?fromrss=1 |