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Saturday Night Social: Give It All To Lucia Popp
Tonight, we give it up for Lucia Popp, an Austrian-Czech opera singer who turned to music after studying medicine. Popp was a remarkable Viennese operetta singer, who was named an Austrian Kammersängerin. Sadly, she died on this day in 1993, but her beautiful voice still lives on. This one's in honor of my mother, who…
Hey, Sexy Libretto: Gangnam Style Performed by Opera Singer and…
From Radio-Television of Slovenia, your newest source for everything amazing, comes an opera singer and classical orchestra performing Psy's addictive-obnoxious mega-hit. I can't lie, I don't love the original song or opera all that much, but this is the most wonderful. I can't decide who I love more — the overly…
After You Watch This You'll Replace Your Best Friend with Retta
Retta was on Conan last night, talking about her love for opera and how everyone wants to do her or be her (OK, the second part was all me, but you were thinking it ADMIT IT).
Scenes From "Anna Nicole: The Opera"
Yes, it's ironic that Anna Nicole Smith's tawdry life is being played out at the Royal Opera in Covent Garden. But it's downright poetic that it's apparently a critical hit. In death, the buxom blonde has finally been able to achieve something that she never quite could in life: She's being taken seriously. And by The …
Julia Gillard Sings Sutherland's Praises
[Sydney, November 9: The Australian PM speaks during a memorial service for opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. Sutherland was recognized for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire. Image via Getty.]
Anna Nicole Smith's Operatic Life
Coming soon to a small screen near you: "Anna Nicole, The Opera." Smith's life story will soon become the subject of a BBC Four production, with a Dutch soprano playing the title role.
Annie Carmen Get Your Gun
[Baden-Baden, May 19. Image via Getty.]
Night At The Opera
[Beijing, April 26. Image via Getty]
Companion Piece
[Beijing, April 12. Image via Getty]
Going Solo
[New York, April 9. Image via AP]
Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera
From the creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera comes a similar treatment for Anna Nicole Smith. Except, unlike Springer, she's dead. Which makes this all feel a little awkward. [AP]
The High Notes
[Paris, January 26. Image via Getty]
Another Opera Singer Criticized For Weight
Soprano Daniela Dessi was set to play the lead in Franco Zeffirelli's new La Traviata, but quit the production after the legendary director made a crack about her build:
The Red Sea
[Dresden, August 23. Image via Getty]
R.I.P. Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens, a dramatic sopranao famed for her interpretation of Wagner, has died at 72. The cause of death was apparently aneurism. [NYT]
Telegraph Writer: Skinny Opera Singers More Believable, Hotter
Ever since Deborah Voigt was fired from a production for being too fat to fit into a little black dress, opera critics have been charting a trend toward skinnier singers. But none have done so as annoyingly as Michael White.
R.I.P. Betty Allen
Betty Allen, who overcame a childhood of incredible challenges to become a world-renowned mezzo-soprano and voice teacher, has died at 83. Ms. Allen was also a famed arts administrator, running the Harlem School of the Arts for 13 years. [NYT]
What A Diva
[Munich, June 16. Image via Flynet]
What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue
[Bregenz, Austria; June 17. Image via Getty]