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SPETTACOLI & CULTURA - La Repubblica - Vestito in una camiciola chiara con un patacchina rossa sul bavero lasciata dalla cena frettolosa, non è una megastar, un'icona del rock, un trovatore con l'armonica e la chitarra quello che mi offre .

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Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) - The East Bay's Independent Newspaper. Giuseppe Verdi : Don Carlo (Concertonet) - James Conlon (Conductor). After continued success with works such as Rigoletto , Il Trovatore , and La Traviata in the early 1850s, Giuseppe Verdi’s travels took him to other countries, France in particular. It was here that Verdi was able to experience firsthand the genre of French grand opera.. 150th Anniversary Gala for Philadelphia's Academy of Music to Feature Deborah Voigt, Ben Heppner and Rod Stewart (Playbill Arts) - The Philadelphia Orchestra will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city's Academy of Music with a gala concert featuring music director Christoph Eschenbach leading soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Ben Heppner in Verdi arias and an appearance by rock legend Rod Stewart.. Gilding the gala with opera stars (Philly.com) - The Philadelphia Orchestra announced yesterday that two of opera's A-list stars would perform along with rocker-turned-crooner Rod Stewart at its January gala, and said it hoped to more than double the money grossed from the annual event.. Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) - “Flowers and Foliage” watercolors by Joanna Katz on display at Back in Action Chiropractic Center, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr Way, to Oct. 13.. Bocelli makes N.Y. Philharmonic debut (AP via Yahoo! News) - After 13 years of performances and the sale of millions of CDs, Andrea Bocelli made his New York Philharmonic debut.. Where Hairsplitting Can Become High Drama (The New York Sun) - Sometimes the hoopla is over one note; sometimes it's over many, many more. When Manrico, the eponymous minstrel of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," fails to belt out a high C at the end of "Di quella pira," all Italy rises up in arms. (Never mind that Verdi wrote no such note, and what is typically heard is actually a high B.) Same story when an Australian scholar blows the whistle on the published score . Passion over power: Andrea Bocelli makes his New York Philharmonic debut (Jam! Showbiz) - NEW YORK (AP) - After 13 years of performances and the sale of millions of CDs, Andrea Bocelli finally made his New York Philharmonic debut.. Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera Launch 'Blockbuster Week' of Free Performances in Millennium Park (Playbill Arts) - Tomorrow Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra begin a summer's-end series of large-scale free performances at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion — the now-famous open-air performance venue designed by Frank Gehry — in the city's Millennium Park.. Bocelli: Lots of Records, Little Respect (The New York Sun) - Boy, do they dump on Andrea Bocelli. They treat Angela Gheorghiu with the utmost respect, by comparison. Whom do I mean by "they"? Professional singers and others in the music biz, who bristle at Mr. Bocelli. A few years ago, I was interviewing a famous opera singer, and, totally unprompted, she brought up Mr. Bocelli, with passion: "They are marketing him as an opera singer, and he is not an .