Jesus at the Inquisition Oct 30, 2008
His version of "Carmen" reduced Bizet's opera to just 80 minutes at in 1983. Related links. (Newsday)
A Gifted Talent Oct 30, 2008
That fresh refinement, alas, was squandered on Robert Sund's "Carmen," which sets the opera story to Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" with unmusical classroom combinations of steps. The roles were miscast: Yarbrough-Stewart, who oozes sexiness, was relegated to the faithful girlfriend Micaela, while the otherwise lovely Jessica Touchet played Carmen more like a flirtatious majorette than a fatal seductress. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
National theater to webcast live concerts Oct 30, 2008
The November 3 concert will be composed of such classics like "Largo al factotum (Make way for the factotum)", an aria from "The Barber of Seville" by Giaocchino Rossini, and the Toreador Song from opera "Carmen" by Geoges Bizet and George Gershwin's piano piece "Rhapsody in Blue". Well-known Chinese singer Dai Yuqiang and violinist Lu Siqing will participate in the concert, according to the official. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obituaries for Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 Oct 26, 2008
Carmen (Bruce) Jordan of Wauwatosa, Wis. Laurie Borshoff of La Crosse and Matia (Jake) Malek of Chicago; a great-granddaughter, Madeline Jordan; a daughter-in-law, Judy Borshoff; a sister, Lila Turk of Soldiers Grove; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and old friends; and her new friends at the Meadows. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Tiger Band headed to UIL competition Oct 25, 2008
The Tiger Band advanced to the area University Interscholastic League (UIL) contest after marching to the tunes of Carmen in the district competition Oct. 18 ... They have worked since August to perfect their marching routine and performance of music from the opera Carmen. (Sealy News, TX)
Neighborhoods: Word on the street Oct 23, 2008
If you have any questions or concerns about the project, or need assistance to accommodate a disability, contact Carmen Fields at National Grid community affairs at 781-466-5096; Warren Gibson, National Grid project engineering, at 617-590-3348 or Rebecca Fuentes, community relations at Cambridge Department of Public Works at 617-349-6948 or e-mail rfuentes@cambridgema. gov.. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Holy Dollar Signs Oct 22, 2008
Also in the Waverly: Randy, from the Village People, reminiscing over truffle fries with Studio 54 party doyenne Carmen D Alessio. Movie news: Universal Pictures is selling Rogue, the genre arm of Focus Features, to Relativity Media for $150 million. (Fox News)
Plan out the rest of your year Oct 20, 2008
Nov. 11: Bizet's Carmen, Teatro Lirico d'Europa, 7:30 p.m., Times-Union Center, (904) 632-3373. Nov. 12: Reggie Hunt Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters, Amelia Island Plantation, (904) 727-9797, ext. (Florida Times-Union)
A Time Of Transition Oct 19, 2008
Her latest work, "Been Through Diamonds," premieres this week alongside Smuin's "Dances With Songs" and Robert Sund's "Carmen.". Q: The new ballet sounds quirky. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Parties target turnout Oct 6, 2008
Carmen Arias of ACORN said the faltering economy motivates them. GOP officials admit Democrats did a better job registering voters, but they say Republicans are better at getting voters to the polls, which could help McCain. (USA Today)
Women losing traction in S.F. politics Oct 5, 2008
Supervisor Carmen Chu is fighting to keep her seat in District Four, and only newcomers Sue Lee in District One and Denise McCarthy in District Three are seen as having a real chance at winning seats - though both face tough competition in crowded fields. "It is very hard for women to get elected in San Francisco," said Annie Eagan, a political fundraiser and a board member of the San Francisco Women's Political Committee, which aims to get women involved in local politics. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More of this story Oct 4, 2008
"Why laugh when you can cry?" is the mantra for opera buffs who never seem to tire of the tragedies Madama Butterfly and Carmen ... Opera's Dynamic Duo: On the heels of L.A. Opera's split opening shows - Il Trittico received raves; The Fly did not - the company returns to two of the genre's most beloved works, Madama Butterfly and Carmen, by Giacomo Puccini and Georges Bizet, respectively ... Carmen runs Nov. 15-Dec. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
New guidelines needed to end casting-couch innuendo Sep 25, 2008
Opera Australia's Music Director, Richard Hickox, cast his wife, Pamela Helen Stephen, as Carmen in Carmen, and as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther. Carmen dies, and Charlotte marries the wrong man, but that need not detain us here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
From the rostrum, the outlook is fine Sep 22, 2008
He says he was especially hurt by accusations of nepotism in relation to his wife, the mezzo Pamela Helen Stephen, who he cast in this year's Melbourne season of Carmen and in last year's The Tales of Hoffman in Sydney, for which she was nominated for a Helpmann Award. "I have not abused my position as music director [and] am totally justified. My wife and I made a commitment to living and working in Australia and Pamela didn't sing in the first 18 months of living here. Pamela's been incredibly... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* [WEEKENDER] NSO should throw caution to the winds Sep 22, 2008
Next Julys Carmen will also be something no one will be hearing for the first time, replacing Debussys Pelleas et Melisande, an opera by a composer young Taiwanese instrumentalists I know are often enthusiastic about. I admit my limited receptivity to these three charming but slight violin works, Wagners Meistersinger Prelude and Brahms First Symphony was influenced by having spent the earlier part of the day listening to Janaceks dynamic and highly original opera From the House of the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
September 11, 2001- September 11, 2008 Sep 11, 2008
World Trade Center Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr. Edelmiro Abad Maria Rose Abad Andrew Anthony Abate Vincent Abate Laurence Christopher Abel William F. Abrahamson Richard Anthony Aceto Jesus Acevedo Rescand Heinrich Bernhard Ackermann Paul Acquaviva Donald LaRoy Adams Patrick Adams Shannon Lewis Adams Stephen George Adams Ignatius Udo Adanga Christy A. Addamo Terence E. Adderley, Jr. Sophia Buruwad Addo Lee Allan Adler Daniel Thomas Afflitto Emmanuel Akwasi Afuakwah Alok Agarwal Mukul Kumar Agarwala... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Weekend Calendar Sep 11, 2008
" Call (860) 223-4683 or e-mail badgerboy1952@yahoo.com for details. EAST HADDAM - Goodspeed Musicals announces the world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite, "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," adapted for the stage. Families across Connecticut are invited to celebrate and create a new holiday tradition complimented by the beauty of the Goodspeed Opera House bedecked for the season. The show will run Dec. 7 through Jan. 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House. As... (Middletown Press, CT)
Opera Alfresco Sep 9, 2008
Carmen Barsody of San Francisco had arrived at 7:30 a.m. to stake out a prime plot of grass. She was there with a group of 14 for what she called "a high holy day" of "live energy with family and friends." Barsody has been coming to the concert for 10 years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Fashion designer Mila Schoen dies in Italy Sep 5, 2008
The designer was born Maria Carmen Nutrizio in a town in Dalmatia, in what later would become mostly part of Croatia, in 1916. In 1992, the Mila Schoen brand became the property of Itochu, a Japanese group which, in 2007, asked Brand Extension Srl to relaunch the company worldwide. (Florida Times-Union)
Arts Calendar: Classical Music Sep 5, 2008
Nov. 11: Teatro Lirico D'Europa, Carmen. FCCJ Choral. (Florida Times-Union)
Scene and Herd: Lots of events blooming in autumn Sep 4, 2008
On Oct. 5, the program will be Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky; on Oct. 19, it will be Carmen by Bizet; and on Nov. 23, Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss. All are on Sunday afternoons at the same time and place. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
SHS band marches toward exciting new season Aug 27, 2008
The music for the band s halftime show at SHS football games is from Carmen, a French opera about bullfighters and their romantic encounters. The musical arrangement was written specifically for the Tiger Band, by retired band director Barry Hurt, and the score was originally written by George Bizet. (Sealy News, TX)
Vancouver Opera to stage Ghosts of Versailles Aug 27, 2008
The move is part of Vancouver Opera's new emphasis on contemporary work, commissions and slight gambles that may not guarantee full houses the way Carmen or La Boh. me do - but certainly guarantee some notice. (Globe and Mail)
Nashville Symphony announces September events Aug 27, 2008
He showcases two French flute masterpieces: Ibert s cherished Concerto and Bizet s beloved Carmen Fantasy. Seductive tangos in Valentino Dances evoke the magnetic charisma of film star Rudolph Valentino while the kaleidoscopic finale of Respighi s Roman Festivals brings the concert to a glorious finish. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
There's a storm in their art Aug 24, 2008
Hickox's wife, the mezzo soprano Pamela Helen Stephen, recently played the title role in Carmen for the Melbourne season. She makes her role debut as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Sydney Opera House in March. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A fight at the opera Aug 23, 2008
A similar situation is being played out at OA. Hickox's wife, mezzo-soprano Pamela Helen Stephen, recently played the title role in Carmen for Opera Australia's season in Melbourne and makes her role debut as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Sydney Opera House in March. Almost inevitably the casting has left Hickox open to attack. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Operas from British stage to hit Japanese big screens Aug 20, 2008
Sony will in November bring to a handful of Japanese cinemas Bizet's "Carmen" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" as recorded at the Royal Opera House in London along with performances from the annual Glyndebourne festival. The opera screenings, which will come with Japanese subtitles, "are not only aimed at enthusiasts of the genre but can bring delight to all audiences," the company said in a statement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
No faking it in the vineyards Aug 18, 2008
In October, the couple will reunite on stage - along with the soprano Deborah Reidel and baritone Andrew Jones - to perform a top-20 line-up of romantic favourites from operas including La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Carmen. "It will be my first Opera in the Vines," La Spina told SiT on the phone from Seattle. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2' stronger than the first Aug 12, 2008
All the girls are now in college and Lena (Bledel), Tibby (Tamblyn), Bridget (Lively) and Carmen (Ferrera) are all into their own thing. The summer has arrived and while Carmen thinks and hopes everything will get back to normal, it certainly isn t. What with Tibby having to take summer school in New York, Lena taking a drawing class at Rhode Island School of Design, and Bridget in Turkey on an archeological dig, all this is rather jarring to Carmen, who herself gets an invitation to a summer... (Kingston Mariner, MA)
“Talk Radio” Aug 8, 2008
Her father had taken her to see Rosa Ponselle in Carmen when Miss LeWin was seven years old, and this experience was still vivid to her ... "I must say, I believe in the classical repertoire. I really do. Boh;me, Turandot, Carmen, Traviata -- call them warhorses if you like, but to me, those are the doorways that a person goes through in order to discover opera. A six-year-old child could see Carmen and love it, and that child would care about opera forever. But not if Carmen takes place at a... (The Atlantic Online)
Mini movie reviews Aug 8, 2008
" The sequel to 2005's surprisingly tolerable "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" finds our eclectic group of heroines a little bit older and wiser and a lot less connected, despite the promise they made to ship the jeans to each other along with a note containing the juicy details of their latest adventures. Makes sense that they'd go off to college and begin forming separate lives, but the film from director Sanaa Hamri ("Something New"), taking over for Ken Kwapis, feels disjointed, too. It... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Rising soprano takes notes from a star Aug 2, 2008
VANCOUVER Marianne Fiset was a teenager, headed for an education in political science, when she saw Carmen with her family at Op ... At Festival Vancouver's Gala Opera Evening on Tuesday, Fiset will share the stage with a singer who is renowned for her Carmen: U.S. opera superstar Denyce Graves ... Graves, 44, made her professional debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Carmen, and has also sung at La Scala, the Royal Opera in Covent Garden and many other prestigious opera houses. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Big follow-up to Guthrie planned Aug 1, 2008
The 2007 storyteller, Carmen Agra Deedy, accepted a position on Dogwood's advisory board. Rich Bressler presented Mike Petersen's report on Toast 'n' Jam, the classical music event for children, which went independent in 2008 from Fischoff National Chamber Music Association after six years with the goals of reducing expenses, shifting the event time from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and increasing child attendance. (Dowagiac News, MI)
A master of bow and pen Jul 25, 2008
This year's offering from the Boston Midsummer Opera is "The Tragedy of Carmen," director Peter Brook's adaptation of Bizet's famous opera. Brook's version retains much of the music of the original, yet sharpens the dramatic tension, producing what the company calls "an intimate form of sung theater." The fully staged production is sung in English; Drew Minter directs and Susan Davenny-Wyner conducts. (Boston Globe)
'The Tragedy of Carmen' Jul 24, 2008
The Tragedy of Carmen' - The Boston Globe ... The Tragedy of Carmen. (Boston Globe)
Cabaret: Six Quick Chicks Jul 16, 2008
Other regulars of underground performance nights also appear, including Celia Curtis, who plays burnt-out Las Vegas showgirl Anita Douche, Liesel Badorrek as German vamp Iva Sveetvun, and Lucy Suze Taylor as Carmen. Taylor describes Carmen as "a fabulously bosomy opera singer" with a 10-minute, over-the-top operatic tale of "woe, tragedy and, finalmente, death". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Joe Queenan: New classical music is torture Jul 13, 2008
(Jaws wouldn't work if the shark's attacks were synchronised with Carmen. We expect sound effects in the movies, but we're not going to pay to hear them in the concert hall. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Carmen, Glyndebourne Opera Jul 8, 2008
Bizets Carmen should set hearts aflutter ... This Carmen is comfortably cuddlesome. (Financial Times)
The Korean firm that opened the Seoul Olympic invites Montrealers to dance with them at the International des Feux Loto-Québec presented by TELUS on Saturday Jul 5, 2008
The site also lists the 13 pieces of music that will be heard at the La Ronde, including Lord of the Dance, Dancing Queen, and extracts from George Bizet's opera Carmen. The 24th Edition Features Novelty and Innovation This year, personalities from Qu;bec's world of art with be closely associated with the International des Feux Loto-Qu;bec presented by TELUS. This week, Guylaine Tremblay will serve as the patron of honour. (Canada Newswire)
Tijuana Brings Opera & Fine Foods to the Streets During 5th Annual Street Opera Festival Jul 5, 2008
Tijuana's Mayor Jorge Ramos and the Opera de Tijuana launch this 5th Annual public celebration of fine music to the sounds of "Carmen", with the cuisine of some of Tijuana's best restaurants, as part of the festivities for Tijuana's 119th Anniversary ... At 3:00pm, a parade, themed with the world-famous "Carmen" opera, will begin, followed at 4:00pm with the formal inauguration of the event and the evening's music and activities by Tijuana's Mayor, Jorge Ramos. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
‘Idol' crosses over Jul 2, 2008
The show will feature such familiar songs as Toreador and Habanera from Carmen, as well as Beauty and the Beast, Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, Summertime from Porgy and Bess and Hello Dolly. And, in a twist, the singers. (Wood River Journal, ID)
The Macon County Arts Council sponsored the concert in Key Park by the Nashville Symphony. Jul 2, 2008
This was followed by Les Toreados which was from Bizet's most famous opera Carmen. The Macon County Arts Council sponsored the performing arts, crowd pleasing event, and began planning for it last year, shortly after the council was formed. (Lafayette Macon County Times, TN)
Russian Bolshoi Theater sashays into town Jun 27, 2008
They will perform classic repertoires from G. Bizet's Carmen Suite, H.S. Levenskiold's La Sylphide and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Medvedev, who joined the State Academic Bolshoi of Russia in 1994 and won the Grand Prix of the International Competitions of the Prize of Luxemburg, will perform "Gopak Dance" from Taras Bulba, a Russian contemporary ballet by V. Soloviev Sedoy. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Caitlin McGinty returns to the 'Beach' Jun 27, 2008
McGinty, now 23, is appearing in "Beach Blanket" starting today, in roles as diverse as the venerable Banana Carmen and Barbra Streisand. She said she's grown immensely in the intervening years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Big plans, teeny-tiny band Jun 17, 2008
"We thought that our TV politicians weren't appealing enough to get the public to 'Ask the Question' so here's Mitzi, Carmen and Farren Heit to encourage you," the description reads. The show's executive producer, Peter McEvoy, said the standard of questions was so high that the professional journalists might need to start watching their backs before long.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sirens of the salon Jun 17, 2008
She did try her hand at opera: La Sevillane, which only ever had one private performance, was influenced by her friend Bizet's Carmen. Seeing him torn to shreds by the critics may have put her off. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
New releases Jun 16, 2008
Comedy: Be Kind RewindDrama: Under the Same MoonAnimation: The Sword in the StoneTV: Californication, Season 1Classic Film: The Carmen Miranda CollectionComedy: Fool's GoldClassic Film: FannyTV: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Lip Synchin' in the Rain. CDS - Alternative popMy Brightest DiamondA Thousand Shark's Teeth (ASTHMATIC KITTY)Shara Worden's beguiling voice and multi-instrumentalist talents combine in a kaleidoscope mix of pop, string quartet, avant-garde rock, and cabaret for her second... (Boston Globe)
The Boys Turn 60 Jun 8, 2008
Now 71 and a retired physical-education teacher, Butcher can, on demand, still sing "Carmen" - a complicated Spanish-themed opera sung in French. "I have no idea how, but I still remember that melody," he says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Alan Ayckbourn's successor announced Jun 5, 2008
Russell HectorWednesday June 4, 2008. Chris Monks is to become the Stephen Joseph Theatre's artistic director in 2009. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
It's not 'Ice Cream Social Nights' Jun 5, 2008
In the Know wrote on Jun 4, 2008 2:48 PM:" Carmen, Brenda and other moral pontificators, live and let live. We don't all believe the way you do.Thankfully we live in a country where the "religious police" aren't able to force feed THEIR belief system down OUR throats. The Middle East is more suited for those with that mindset.Freedom from religion is a wonderful thing. PTL!Brenda & Ed - The only thing Sioux City should be ashamed of is there aren't more people getting together to raise funds for... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Bringing back Bizet's femme fatale Jun 4, 2008
Victoria Livengood has made a specialty of playing Carmen ... This year, on Sunday afternoon, a capacity crowd packed into the same hall, happily climate-controlled, for a lively and high-octane performance of "Carmen." ... In the title role on Sunday was the formidable Victoria Livengood, who has made a specialty of Carmen, having performed it over 200 times according to her bio. (Boston Globe)
Sergei Rachmaninoff the Conductor Jun 2, 2008
Other operas Rachmaninoff conducted during that year were Rimsky-Korsakov's "May Night" "Carmen," by George Bizet and Gluck's "Orpheus." Rachmaninoff was re-engaged for the next season which included "Boris Godunov," by Mussorgsky. All this conducting left Sergei little time for composing and he left the post at the end of the second season. (Suite101.com)
Graves steps in for 'Don Quixote' role Jun 2, 2008
She last appeared here in 2006, when she portrayed the tempestuous title character in Bizet's Carmen. Although sorry to lose Marina, I am excited to add Denyce to a splendid cast, said San Diego Opera's general and artistic director, Ian Campbell, who will stage Don Quixote. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Critics' picks - classical music Jun 1, 2008
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A night to remember: NSO's 'Heart and Passion' concert May 31, 2008
The concert featured a superb orchestra performance of Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony in C Minor" and highlights from the opera Carmen by Bizet ... After the intermission, the orchestra prepared for Carmen ... Four vocalists then came on stage: Aning Katamsi as Micaela (soprano), Sarah Sweeting as Carmen (mezzo-soprano), Ndaru Darsono as Don Jose (tenor) and Harland P. Hutabarat as Escamillo (baritone). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A final bow at Chorus pro Musica May 30, 2008
Rink returns to lead 'Carmen ... "It's the first time in my life where I've had stewardship over one organization rather than four or five, which I had to do in the past," he says by phone before a rehearsal for his Chorus pro Musica finale, a concert performance of Bizet's "Carmen." ... The chorus's first venture into this area was a "Carmen" performance in 1992, and with the exception of a few years, it has become a permanent fixture in its season. (Boston Globe)
The fight club's grand master May 29, 2008
Rowling is a regular visitor to Opera Australia's studios, recently working on Carmen and soon to work on Don Giovanni, but he is not always the aggressor, or the coach. As one of two guards in the Sydney Theatre Company's forthcoming Barrie Kosky production of The Women Of Troy, Rowling will be one of the victims as the actor Patricia Cotter, a fellow fight director, is "going to be beating the hell out me". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Indonesia Opera Society to stage 'La Serva Padrona' May 29, 2008
The cultural institute was involved in organizing one of last year's most memorable performances, with four of Italy's top opera singers performing excerpts from famous operas such as The Magic Flute and Carmen. It was an outstanding performance, giving the Indonesian audience a glimpse of the world of opera. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
'The stage is a macabre playground where you set your fantasies free' May 25, 2008
His slim body and his thin skin are the cage for a menagerie of creatures as feral as that triceratops: a predatory libertine like the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, a crazed stalker like Don Jos; in Bizet's Carmen, a morbid narcissist like the poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. The man who lets these alter egos inhabit him, and who voices their neuroses with such eloquence, must sometimes wonder who he actually is. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
VIDEO: SHS Spring Concert 2008 May 22, 2008
Felix Sacco played on the bass while the percussion section included senior Carmen Bordonaro and Ryan Chisholm, Amanda DiCenzo, Rachel Forgione, Casey Hartigan, Brendan Nichols, Maggie Palermo and Sarah White. Chorus members. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Obituary: Roy AK Heath May 20, 2008
His most acclaimed novel, The Murderer - which Carmen Callil and Colm Toibin list in The Modern Library: 200 Best Novels in English since 1950 - won the Guardian fiction prize in 1978, at which time Roy confessed, in a rare interview, that his knowledge of English literature was confined to Shakespeare: "I really must get around to reading this man Conrad.". Born in what was then British Guiana, Heath attended Central high school in Georgetown, sometimes truanting to play billiards down by the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Events listings May 18, 2008
Bizet's "Carmen" NEC's Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave., Boston ... 7/30, 8/1: 8 p.m. 8/3: 3 p.m. Peter Brook's "The Tragedy of Carmen." Drew Minter, director; Susan Davenny-Wyner, conductor ... 7/18: Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage St. Bizet's "Carmen" with Fenlon Lamb, Eric Fennell, Amy Mahoney, David Adam Moore. (Boston Globe)
Reworked 'Producers' rounds into form May 17, 2008
Other standouts in the company include Patrick Wetzel as the mad Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind; Amy Bodnar as the love interest Ulla; Stuart Marland, doing a brilliant job overacting as director-turned-star Roger DeBris; and Fred Berman as Roger's mincing sidekick Carmen Ghia. With "The Producers," Ivan has set a wonderfully playful tone at North Shore. (Boston Globe)
Kauai High School presents The Family of the Opera May 17, 2008
The concert features music from Carmen, Dreamgirls, La Traviata, Curtains, Madama Butterfly and The Lion King. Attendees can anticipate many poignant moments during the show: One piece commissioned for the student ovations program, Keiki O Ka Aina was written by John S. Alexander; there will be a guest performance by KPAC director Dennis McGraw as the baritone accompaniment on Ev ry Time I Feel the Spirit and student conductors will also take the stage to lead the chorus. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
'Sunday in the park'great May 15, 2008
From the selections from the opera Carmen, to the John Philip Sousa s Liberty Bell March, the reactions from the audience proved that New Iberia is ready for more concert productions. Without our generous patrons and sponsors, our hard-working committee and board of directors, this concert would not have been possible. (New Iberia, LA)
