Opera NewsNews on Opera continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Bravo! La Scala in HD and Dolby- June 27, 2008 Founded in 1778, the Teatro alla Scala is widely considered to be one of the greatest opera houses in history.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/bravo-la-scala-in-hd-and-dolby?fromrss=1 Christopher Hahn to lead Pittsburgh Opera- June 26, 2008 Pittsburgh Opera's artistic director Christopher Hahn was promoted to general director of the company, effective immediately, at this evening's meeting of the board of directors.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/christopher-hahn-to-lead-pittsburgh-opera?fromrss... Canadian Opera Company introduces Neef the chief- June 25, 2008 Alexander Neef passed his first test as general director of the Canadian Opera Company this morning.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/canadian-opera-company-introduces-neef-the-chief?... Kosky to head Berlin opera house - Arts - Entertainment- June 25, 2008 BARRIE KOSKY, the director regularly portrayed as the enfant terrible of Australian theatre, is about to become a serious player in Germany's well-funded cultural landscape.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/kosky-to-head-berlin-opera-house-arts-entertainme... Alexander Neef new Director of COC- June 25, 2008 A long awaited announcement of the directorship of the Canadian Opera Company will take place at 10:30 am this morning, from the stage of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/alexander-neef-new-director-of-coc?fromrss=1 Nixon in China to come to Vancouver in 2010- June 25, 2008 Vancouver Opera announced Thursday that one of its productions in March of 2010, its 50th anniversary, will be John Adams's Nixon in China.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/nixon-in-china-to-come-to-vancouver-in-2010?fromr... Dessay's 'Lucia' joins a long, triumphant list- June 19, 2008 Through the decades, the touchstone role of Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" has been sung in San Francisco by Lily Pons, Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and other luminary sopranos.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/dessays-lucia-joins-a-long-triumphant-list?fromrs... Beat of his own baton- June 15, 2008 ON A sunny day in Berlin, at an outdoor cafe full of office workers, the Australian conductor Simon Hewett begins to belt out a few notes of Verdi's Otello , to the curiosity of other diners.http://www.topix.net/music/opera/2008/06/beat-of-his-own-baton?fromrss=1 |