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On the wall of Rufus Wainwright's New York apartment is a portrait of him painted by 'The League Of Gentlemen''s Mark... Singer admits work 'Prima Donna' has taken 'every little ounce' out of him Rufus Wainwright had revealed how difficult he found writing his first opera, 'Prima Donna' , which premieres in Manchester tomorrow .

CCM Alumnus and Cincinnati Opera Stage Director Jose Maria Candemi talks about his vision for 'Ainadamar'. We posed the following questions: 1. We are quite fortunate, here in Cincinnati, to see 'Aniadamar.' After all, the opera was composed only in 2003 with some revisions.

Joyce DiDonato, the American mezzo-soprano, has delighted an audience at the Royal Opera House by singing her part in The Barber of Seville from a wheelchair.

It was not such a lucky break. Opera singer Joyce DiDonato was appearing on a London stage in a wheelchair after breaking her leg during an earlier performance.

PROVOKING opera set in the Brazilian rainforest will be performed at the constituency home of Harborough MP Edward Garnier.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has confirmed that soprano Sierra Boggess and baritone Ramin Karimloo will star in the world premiere in London of his Phantom Of The Opera sequel, Love Never Dies.

Originally published July 6, 2009 at 9:31 a.m., updated July 6, 2009 at 10:33 a.m. SANTA FE, N.M. a ' Hey, Anna! Hey, Renee! There's a new Violetta in town, and she's staking a compelling claim to the role, orange wig and all.

Shi Pei Pu, a Chinese operatic soprano who along with his French lover was convicted of espionage and whose complicated affair inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway play "M. Butterfly" and the movie of the same title, has died.

For years they have been the repressed victims of the Saturday retail therapy experience - the sad-faced, frustrated men left shuffling their feet outside the changing rooms in department stores.

A comprehensive group of over 200 drawings and sketch books, assembled by the artist Tom Phillips, has been acquired by the Ashmolean with a major grant from independent charity The Art Fund, and additional funding from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, and the Christopher Vaughan Bequest Fund.

Boston Opera Collaborative presents Bizet's Carmen July 17-19 & 24-26 Nashua native Melissa Piantedosi will appear in the Ensemble of Boston Opera Collaborative's July 2009 production of Bizet's Carmen.

Simon Cowell didn't invent 'American Idol'' or how to be smug . However, Cowell did come up with Il Divo , which is a ''popera'' act.

July 2, 5:22 PM Comment RSS Gifted singers with sharp minds from UC Berkeley's Young Musicians Program Ellen St.

Lee Kendle, president of the Board of Trustees of Amarillo Opera, left, shakes hands with David O'Dell, the incoming general director .

U.S. soprano Renee Fleming will have more than the Royal Opera House audience to worry about on Tuesday night.

A live performance of the opera La Traviata is being produced as part of the Plymouth Summer Festival.

Soprano Renee Fleming's performance Jan. 29 to kick off the University of Southern Mississippi's centennial celebration has been moved from Hattiesburg to Jackson, to take advantage of the capital city's larger Thalia Mara Hall.

"This is supposed to be me at leisure?" says a clearly anxious Tony Hall. The chief executive of the Royal Opera House cannot concentrate on our conversation, and after a moment or two of fretting, he dashes over to the camera crew filming live in Trafalgar Square.

The Czech Republic symbolically passed "the baton" of cultural events accompanying the EU presidency to Sweden Sunday at the Europa musicalis concert held within the Smetana's Litomysl opera festival in the local castle's courtyard.

Before conductor Lorin Maazel even lifted his baton, the audience at the New York Philharmonic concert gave him a rousing ovation.