Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert de Leeuw – Sylvie
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Scottish Opera Encourages Audiences To Dress Down In Bid To Create New Opera Fans
Scottish Opera has launched a campaign to debunk the “myths” of the artform and to try to encourage new audiences.
Tongue-in-cheek posters display messages such as “you don’t have to dress up for the opera”.
Scottish Opera general director Alex Reedijk said: “Cinema doesn’t help with the cliches that are linked to opera.
“In real life, most people come to the opera dressed comfortably. Theatre audiences are very casual, and we are just trying to remind people that it is the same for opera.”
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[News] Vienna State Opera Live Stream: Krassimira Stoyanova Leads ‘Rusalka’
Audiences around the world will get a chance to see Antonín Dvorák’s “Rusalka” live on their computers from the Vienna State Opera on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, as the latest addition to the company’s live streaming service.
The stream starts at 7 p.m. local time and is slated to run until around 10:30 p.m. That’s around 4 p.m. EDT and 1 p.m. PST for the start time. This performance will be the third of four performances this season at the Vienna State Opera.
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Turandot: Puccini’s Final Opera
Vampires Are Taking Over The Opera House
When the Royal Swedish Opera announced their “Night of the Vampires” dress rehearsal event on Facebook on 15 September, it became clear that there is a major popular culture interest in vampires. In the invitation people were asked to “come dressed to match you most beautiful inner vampire” – in only a few hours every seat had been booked.
The world premiere of Dracula at the Swedish Royal Opera will take place on 28 October, but two days before, for the dress, 1,000 vampires will emerge from their dungeons and take over the opera house.
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Luciano Pavarotti & Enzo Dara “Voglio dire” L’elisir d’amore
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