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It was a great experience and I have to thank Andreas Mitisek and the Long Beach Opera for allowing me to photograph behind the scenes of one of their recent rehearsals.Now, that being said, the person I owe the biggest thanks to is my favorite flaut...

topics: beach, long-beach, opera, orchestra

aggregated from: Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily

From Deadline London editor Tim Adler: In this youth-obsessed age, it's nice to see BBC Films taking a risk on a 72-year-old first-time director. Dustin Hoffman is in talks to replace Richard Loncraine as director of Quartet starring Maggie Smith, A...

aggregated from: Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily

An oft-asked question do reviewers matter anymore--was the subject of lunchtime chatter today in theater circles, after the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies was pummeled by The New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley.Some wondered if the bl...

topics: opera, theater

aggregated from: Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily

An oft-asked question do reviewers matter anymore? -- was the subject of lunchtime chatter today in theater circles, after the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies was pummeled by The New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley. Some wondered if ...

topics: opera, theater

aggregated from: The Daily Mirror

Nervous Cat s Tale As the animal regulation department s files prove, life in our vast jungle compound is fraught with peril. It is not uncommon for people to be frightened, by roving pythons or straying wildebeests and to be bit...

topics: flooding, opera, san-fernando, san-gabriel, temple-city

aggregated from: ArtSlant

Channa Horwitz: Sequences and Systems will be presented in two exhibitions in both the SolwayJones gallery space located at 990 North Hill Street, #180, and in the kunsthalle L.A. exhibition space located at 932 Chung King Road in Chinatown. Channa...

topics: artist, gallery, opera

aggregated from: LAist

Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Strauss' Ein Heldenleben. It's harder than it looks. The LA Opera has announced it's 2010/11 season which is a little toned down this year (it's hard to top the Ring Cycle anyways) but...

topics: opera, orchestra

aggregated from: The Daily Mirror

Leonard Warren, 1911-1960 Telephone Girls Belie Propaganda I m a client, reasonably well paid up, of Pacific Telephone Co. And I d like to assure you that my complaint is nothing personal. In fact, over the years, I ve...

topics: covina, pasadena, pollution

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Photo by musique nonstop via LAist's flickr pool. HEAR MUSICHear NoHo is a monthly music festival (first Thursday of every month) that showcases emerging music in small venues throughout North Hollywood. Check out the musical lineup that include...

topics: arts, arts-center, book, books, festival

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If you liked the music from the figure skating routines in the Winter Olympics, you're in luck. This is an excerpt of Gershwin's Piano Concerto, used by Kim Yu-na in her gold medal performance. If you enjoyed the Winter Olympics figure skating progra...

topics: olympics, opera