Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901) was the most distinguished Italian opera composer in the 19th century. His career and work, the antithesis of those of Wagner, represent the final flouri...
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American lyric soprano (b. June 27, 1932, Wayne,
Pa.
—d. March 10, 2006,
New York, N.Y.
), whose glamour, radiant beauty onstage, and warm voice made her a favourite operatic heroine in the...
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Dec 7 (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala opera house, whose
history is intertwined with Italy's, launches its 2007-2008
season with Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" with Daniel Barenboim
picking up the bat...
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American opera conductor, producer, and impresario (b. March 6, 1924,
Maryville, Mo.
—d. March 23, 2006,
Portland, Maine
), was noted for her innovative productions of challenging and diffi...
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Today is Friday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2007. There are 346 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Two hundred years ago, on Jan. 19, 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in ...
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2007. There are 338 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B....
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Today is Monday, March 12, the 71st day of 2007. There are 294 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 12, 1933, President Roosevelt delivered the first of his radio "fireside c...
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2007. There are 82 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 10, 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md.On this...
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Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" unfolds with the intensity of an uninterrupted nightmare in the dark new production that premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night.It makes for a grim evening i...
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Today is Monday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2007. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 24, 1814, the War of 1812 officially ended as the ...
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2008. There are 339 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. C...
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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
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