Simpson in Love to open at Joslyn (8) Nov 16, 2009
Simpson recently received the Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he has sung Elder in Susanna and has been heard in scenes from Cosi fan tutte and Idomeneo. He has been seen in the Jarvis Zarzuela festival production of La Chulapona in Napa, Calif. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oct 30, 2009
The program will include operatic selections include Mozarts Overture to Don Giovanni and arias from Cosi fan Tutte, Beethovens Overture to Die Geschopfe des Prometheus, and Song of the Moon from Dvoraks opera Rusalka. Monday at 7:30pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Opera Diva's Irksome Call Was About Jackson Film Oct 28, 2009
She has performed as Despina in "Cosi Fan Tutte," Gilda in "Rigoletto," Rosina in "The Barber of Seville," Nanetta in "Falstaff." She was selected by conductor Claudio Abbado for the role of Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni.". She has also recorded several albums, including three classical ones with orchestra and chorus -- "Sin barreras", "Il Dolce Suono" and "Reina de la Noche"-- as well as a Spanish pop opera album, "Pajaro Rebelde," her most recent, in 2007. (KIRO TV, WA)
Mozart comedy opens Arizona Opera season Oct 9, 2009
The Arizona Opera 2009-10 season opens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Tucson Convention Center with Mozart s comedic standard Cosi fan tutte. It will continue Oct. 18 at a 2 p.m. matinee. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Salt Marsh Opera has some fun Oct 2, 2009
In each of its previous eight seasons, Salt Marsh Opera has enjoyed sold out productions, including Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Cosi fan tutte, La Boh;me, La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Lucia di Lammermoor. Salt Marsh Opera also presents operatic soir;es, rehearsals and lectures open to the public at local schools as it will this year for Die Fledermaus. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Legends Theatre Presents Exclusive Kansas City La Boheme Presentation - September 24 & 27 Sep 22, 2009
Fall/Winter '09 Schedule Sept 24, 7pm & Sept 27, 1pm: LA BOHEME (Puccini) -- A film by Robert Dornhelm Oct 15, 7pm & Oct 18, 1pm: I PURITANI (Bellini) -- Teatro Comunale, Italy Oct 29, 7pm & Nov 1, 1pm: SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky) -- Mariinsky Ballet, St Petersburg, Russia Nov 12, 7pm & Nov 15, 1pm: EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky) -- Bolshoi Opera, L'Opera de Paris, France Nov 19, 7pm & Nov 22 & 29, 1pm: THE NUTCRACKER (Tchaikovsky) -- Mariinsky Ballet, St Petersburg, Russia Dec 7, Time TBA: LIVE -... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cosi Fan Tutte Sep 22, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Bride dolls Tiffany Speight (Despina) with Sian Pendry (Dorabella) and Rachelle Durkin (Fiordiligi) who embody different ideals of the desirable. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Walk-on Wildenstein a coup Sep 19, 2009
JOHN IBRAHIM'S friends say he is more of an Oprah guy than an opera buff, but those at the opening night of Cosi fan tutte at the Opera House on Thursday agreed the guy on the stage wearing the big sunnies and even bigger hair bore a striking resemblance to the man who has become known as Mr Kings Cross. In the Opera Australia production Jim Sharman has taken a fresh look at Mozart's ''bittersweet romance'' and updated the characters, bringing them into the noughties with a variety of dodgy... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Cosi Fan Tutte conceived in a burst of confetti Sep 16, 2009
the cast rehearse their roles as four intertwined lovers in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte: from left, Henry Choo, Rachelle Durkin, Sian Pendry and Shane Lowrencev; (far left) director Jim SharmanPhotos:Photo: Quentin Jones ... The slope stands in the centre of Marrickville Town Hall's grand assembly chamber where the showman's modern take on Mozart's Cosi fan tutte is taking shape ... "I want to communicate both the surface and substance of the piece. Usually you get one or the other. There is a brash... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Music: a guide to the week ahead Aug 6, 2009
BOSTON MIDSUMMER OPERA This well-timed chamber opera initiative is staging its first complete opera, Mozart s Cosi Fan Tutte, directed by Drew Minter. Susan Davenny Wyner conducts a cast of young singers who will perform the work in English translation. (Boston Globe)
Boston Midsummer Opera at BU Aug 5, 2009
When Boston Midsummer Opera takes on Mozart s Cosi Fan Tutte, audiences get a cast portraying wealthy coeds, graduates of a submarine base, and a tennis club snack bar attendant. BMO artistic director Drew Minter translated and adapted the popular opera, setting the action in a country club on the Connecticut coast. (Boston Globe)
Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood opens Aug. 7 Jul 31, 2009
This year s production is a modern-day setting of Mozart s final collaboration with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Cosi fan tutte, in an adaptation and English translation by BMO artistic director Drew Minter. Susan Davenny Wyner conducts. (Boston Globe)
Siemens Festival Nights 2009: Live Worldwide Webcasts From Bayreuth and Salzburg Jul 25, 2009
At the same time, a worldwide audience will be able to watch Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth, August 9) and Cosi fan tutte (Salzburg, July 30) via Web stream at a modest fee and view the operas for a second time, on demand, within the following two weeks ... The premiere of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (production: Claus Guth) will be relayed live on July 30 and available once on-demand within the following seven days. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
They Know How To Stick It Jul 14, 2009
Her big break: "I went to England on a scholarship to study music and conducted a bunch of students in Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte.' I've been conducting ever since.". The woman thing: "A manager of one organization said, 'You can't put her in front of an orchestra -- it will eat her alive.' I didn't get the job.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bizarre love triangle Jun 20, 2009
Nolan is bringing new blood to Legs On The Wall for a large-scale project involving the National Film and Sound Archive: writer Lally Katz, composer Ben Walsh, choreographer John O'Connell, designer Anna Tregloan and Gruchy, the in-demand visual designer whose work features in OA's upcoming productions of Aida and Cosi Fan Tutte. "Any company that's going to claim a rightful place in the arts landscape has to start thinking along these lines. You have to look at creative collaboration as a means... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
August 5-August 9: Boston Midsummer Opera Presents Cosi Fan Tutte. Tickets: $20- $50. (Boston Globe)
SCENE 13: Footloose and Flyin' High May 5, 2009
The Symphony joins forces with Macon State Women's Chorus and the Middle Georgia Choral Society in a performance of Holst's "Planets," Chabrier's "Espana" and Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte Overture, K. 588." Visit to purchase tickets. Then, check out the annual Picnic Pops at Wesleyan College Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The Mercer/Macon Symphony's Youth Orchestra performs during this free concert. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Classical TV Debuts With the Web's Richest Array of Free and Pay-Per-View Performing Arts Videos, at www.classicaltv.com Apr 20, 2009
99, include the Dutch National Ballet's Giselle; the Metropolitan Opera's 125th Anniversary Opening Night Gala Starring Renee Fleming; the Zurich Opera's Cosi Fan Tutte, with Cecilia Bartoli; and a "Celebration of Dance" from the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet. . (Canada Newswire)
SHOWCASE ORANGEBURG: Event offers community a glimpse at 'depth and diversity' of local talent Apr 19, 2009
"Leah JonesA lover of opera, Leah Jones attended the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts Summer Program while in high school. She earned her bachelor's degree in music at Converse College and continued her studies at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., where she studied with Marianna Busching. She has taken part in master classes by such musicians as Elly Ameling and Benton Hess. In Baltimore, she performed the role of Despina in "Cosi fan... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
2009 Season at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Helps Keep Arts Affordable with Tickets as Low as $8; Public Transportation; Free Parking; and Family-Friendly Picnic Policy Mar 28, 2009
Highlights include the world premiere of Face of America: Glacier National Park featuring The Sun Road, a new ballet by Trey McIntyre; the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap hosted by Festival Conductor Emil de Cou; eight performances of Disney's High School Musical; Wolf Trap's 20th Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp, the area's longest running celebration of music from the Bayou State; new productions by the Wolf Trap Opera Company at The Barns at Wolf Trap of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and... (PR Newswire)
The End Of Opera Mar 27, 2009
e-swapping classic "Cosi fan Tutte," to be staged April 29-30 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, will ask patrons to use their cellphones to vote on who marries whom in the climactic wedding scene. "The cast will implement the favored ending," said a show rep, adding, "It's a rare opera when you are actually asked to turn your cellphones on.". (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Thus do they all' love 'Cosi fan tutte' Feb 24, 2009
Thus do they all' love 'Cosi fan tutte' - Culture ... Thus do they all' love 'Cosi fan tutte ... Last weekend, the conservatory put on the opera "Cosi fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (University News, MO)
• Events calendar Feb 13, 2009
Opera Idaho performs Wolfgang Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," 8 p.m. MARCH 7 and 3 p.m. MARCH 8 at Egyptian Theater, 516 S. Ninth St. A comical opera that follows fiancee swapping, which dates back to the 13th century. Tickets are 10-80, at 345-3531 or. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
