Operavore
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The Life of Apple Founder Steve Jobs Is Becoming an Opera
Composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell have created the opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” about the life of the Apple computer founder. It premieres in July in Santa Fe. Apr 10, 2017
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Alberto Zedda: Rossini’s Best Friend
Operavore's Fred Plotkin remembers conductor Alberto Zedda, who passed away March 6 and who boosted Gioachino Rossini as one of the great opera composers. Apr 6, 2017
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Review: Respighi 'La Campana Sommersa' Presented Without High-Concept Apologies
Ottorino Respighi's obscure opera 'La Campana Sommersa' (The Sunken Bell) has 'had a surprisingly convincing revival by the New York City Opera' writes reviewer David Patrick Stearns. Apr 3, 2017
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Catching Up With Tenor Fabio Armiliato
Fred Plotkin sits down with Fabio Armiliato as the tenor prepares for his New York return to City Opera in the role of Enrico in Ottorino Respighi’s "La Campana Sommersa." Mar 30, 2017
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Celebrating Arturo Toscanini at 150
Arturo Toscanini looms large over opera and classical music. Fred Plotkin writes of the exacting maestro on his 150th birth anniversary. Mar 25, 2017
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Composer and Conductor Anton Coppola at 100: Fortissimo
Composer and conductor Anton Coppola, uncle of film director Francis, turns one hundred years old today. Fred Plotkin visited Coppola in his Manhattan apartment recently. Mar 21, 2017
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Review: LoftOpera's 'Otello' by Rossini Rewards With Three Fine Tenors
David Patrick Stearns reviews LoftOpera's production of the seldom produced, undervalued opera, in what is said to be the first New York staging in 40 years. Mar 17, 2017
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6 Irish Opera Singers You Should Know
Deborah Kelleher, the director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, shares some of her picks for outstanding new Irish singers with Opravore's Fred Plotkin. Mar 17, 2017
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Writing an Opera About Writer Reinaldo Arenas
'Before Night Falls' is the autobiography of Cuban dissident writer Reinaldo Arenas. It was first adapted as a film and then as an opera in 2010, which sees a run this week in Miami. Mar 14, 2017
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Finding Truth at the Opera in Washington
Plenty of epic drama in Washington, D.C., writes Fred Plotkin, who attended performances that riveted audiences at Washington National Opera and Washington Concert Opera. Mar 8, 2017
