Franco Zeffirelli opens La Scala season with Verdi's 'Aida'
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One of the season's most anticipated cultural events, Franco Zeffirelli's production of Verdi's "Aida" opened the La Scala opera season Thursday night.Comment
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Italians rejoiced last night as La Scala, the world's most famous opera house and revered shrine of Verdi, Rossini and Bellini, reopened in grand style after a controversial three-year renovation.
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The Los Angeles Opera will present Richard Wagner's epic "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time here, thanks to a $6 million donation from philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, the company announced Wednesday.
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La Scala riparte con Aida                                                                                      Il teatro milanese inaugura la stagione con l'opera di Giuseppe Verdi sotto la direzione del maestro Riccardo Chailly e la regia di Franco Zeffirelli. Sul palco d'onore Romano Prodi e Angela Merkel. 750 inviti, biglietti esariti anche per i loggioni. Contestazioni dei Cub in piazza.
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The Marin Symphony opens its new season Sunday with a night at the opera. The season's first guest soloist, British soprano Rebecca Evans, joins the orchestra in a program of arias from operas by Rossini, ...
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Per partecipare al ballo debuttanti opera
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Franco Zeffirelli, who has often worked with British actors, received an honorary knighthood from Britain.
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Insieme a Malgioglio il debutto musicale della showgirl
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Film-maker Franco Zeffirelli is the first Italian citizen to receive an honorary knighthood from Britain.
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On Tuesday night the New York City Opera opened its season with a new production of âMargaret Garner,â an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.
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The Italian media heaps praise on Tuesday's re-opening La Scala opera house, after a three-year closure for renovation.
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Chailly dirige, tra l'altro, brani di Verdi e Rossini
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On Thursday at Avery Fisher Hall, James  Conlon led the New York Philharmonic in its first performance of Zemlinskyâs one-act opera âA Florentine Tragedy,â based on a short play by Oscar Wilde.
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Grande successo alla prima del teatro Milanese. Zeffirelli: 'La piÃ¹ bella serata di tutta la mia carriera'
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker  who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido  Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary  knighthood from Britain Wednesday.  The 81-year-old opera lover and director of films "Romeo and  Juliet," "La Traviata" and "The Taming of the Shrew" will be  honored at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Rome.
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Italian composer Antonio Salieri has long been famed as Mozart's mean-spirited rival but Milan's La Scala is determined to set the record straight, giving him pride of place when the opera house reopens.
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Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" fits the cliched concept of grand opera: a visual feast with big emotions, majestic scenes and an exotic touch like this love story set in ancient Egypt.