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Video: Opera Singer's Onstage Marriage Proposal
Welsh National Opera singer Joe Roche asked fellow chorus member Paula Greenwood to marry him before an audience of 700 during a dress rehearsal of Wagner's Lohengrin.
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Map: 15 New York-Area Summer Festivals for 2013
Whether you're headed to Cape Cod, the Hamptons or points upstate, summer is the season for music festivals. Here are 15 highlights. Consult our map to find the quickest getaway route.
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'The Giacomo Variations' in a 2010 production at Ronacher Vienna (© Nathalie Bauer)
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History's Most Notorious Lover Emerges in Theater and Song
The Giacomo Variations, a “chamber opera play” starring John Malkovich as the legendary lover, will have its US premiere. Marion Lignana Rosenberg reports.
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Clash of the Titans: An Exploration of Verdi & Wagner
As Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner's 200th birthdays fall this year, we take a closer look at the crucial differences between the two giants of opera.
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Café Concert: Benjamin Verdery
Guitarist Benjamin Verdery recently stopped by WQXR to play the music of J.S. Bach, Prince and Randy Newman. Watch and listen to the performances.
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Jherek Bischoff on Making Big Things Out of Very Little
The latest episode of Q2 Spaces takes us to Washington’s Puget Sound and the small sailboat where musician, composer, collaborator and producer Jherek Bischoff was raised.
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Richard Wagner, Love Him or Hate Him?
Blogger Fred Plotkin addresses the question that that he is asked most often: “How/why can you like Wagner?” The answer: It's complicated.
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Henri Dutilleux, Leading French composer, Dies at Age 97
Henri Dutilleux, one of France’s leading composers, died Wednesday in Paris at the age of 97. His death came on the bicentennial of Richard Wagner's birth.
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Brillant and thoughtful article,Mr.Plotkin.I too grew up in a jewish secular household where religion played only a very small role.Both ...
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