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    Jun 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Ringmasters

    Cirque du Soleil has seven resident shows in Las Vegas and two more imminent. But if you think that sounds like oversaturation, think again. Each of the famously lavish productions, which the Canadian entertainment giant describes as a “dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment,” offers a wonderfully unique experience. “Guy Laliberté, the owner of the company, insists that we never repeat ourselves,” explained James Hadley, senior artistic director for many of Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas shows. “Every show we create pushes the boundaries.”
    Cirque du Soleil has seven resident shows in Las Vegas and two more imminent. But if you think that sounds like oversaturation, think again. Each of the famously lavish productions, which the Canadian entertainment giant describes as a “dramatic mix...

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    2. Apr 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Metropolitan Opera's 'Ring' cycle is under fire

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    The Metropolitan Opera is in full "Ring" mode this month as it prepares to launch the complete staging of its new, multi-million dollar production of Wagner's four-part epic, directed by Robert Lepage....
    3. Oct 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Should Fabio Luisi become music director of the Met Opera?

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    Mark Swed considers whether Fabio Luisi, given his spotty record, would be the right man to succeed James Levine as music of the Metropolitan Opera....
    4. Aug 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. The Arts on TV: Renee Fleming in 'Capriccio'; 'Spider-Man'

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    “Great Performances at the Met” 12:30 p.m., Sunday KVCR: Capriccio: Renée Fleming performs Strauss' “Capriccio.” With Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly....
    5. Sep 20, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Monster Mash: Guggenheim, YouTube short-list videos; feuding art museums in Paris

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    -- But is it art?: About 125 videos on YouTube have been culled from more than 23,000 submissions for a new biennial organized by the Guggenheim. (Associated Press) -- Feuding institutions: A Paris museum is refusing to loan a single......
    6. Sep 28, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. At the Metroplitan Opera, some boos for a new 'Rheingold' and cheers for James Levine

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    NEW YORK -- Director Robert Lepage’s new, multimillion-dollar production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” at the Metropolitan Opera was designed to take an audience’s breath away. Monday evening, the opening night crowd did indeed seem to have the...
    7. Oct 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. The Metropolitan Opera's live movie screenings turn 5, despite early skepticism [Updated]

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    In December 2006, the Metropolitan Opera changed the game with its first broadcast of its operas to movie theaters across the country. On Saturday, the fifth season of the cinemacasts, now international and called "Live in HD," opens with a......
    8. Feb 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Ring' cycle, including 3-D 'Siegfried,' dominates Metropolitan Opera's new season

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    Metropolitan Opera announces lineup for 2011-12 season...
    9. Apr 25, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Gone are the horned helmets in Wagner’s ‘Ring,’ but are new ways always better?

    The horned helmet — usually sitting on the head of a zaftig soprano — is the universal symbol of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung." But like Shakespearean tights and codpieces, it's a visual cliché that fell out of currency decades ago.
    The horned helmet — usually sitting on the head of a zaftig soprano — is the universal symbol of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung." But like Shakespearean tights and codpieces, it's a visual cliché that fell out of currency decades...

    Tags: Zubin Mehta, PBS (tv network), Pierre Boulez, DVDs, Opera (genre)

    10. Jun 7, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Critic's Notebook: Götterdämmerung’ -- twilight of a hypnotic spectacle

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    The end of the first complete cycle of Achim Freyer’s staging of the “Ring” for the Los Angeles Opera left me simultaneously energized and exhausted late Sunday night, as though I had just undergone intense hours of dreaming without the......
    11. Jun 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Monster Mash: Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch set for 'Night Music'; Broad closer to picking his architect?

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    Double play: Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch will succeed Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury in the Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," which was set to close June 20 but now will resume performances in July. (Playbill) Search narrows:....
    12. Jun 9, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. KCRW-FM to broadcast 'The Ring and I'

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    Los Angeles Opera's production of "The Ring of the Nibelung" is a challenging and artistically far-out staging that is likely to be confusing for newcomers to the 19-hour (including intermissions) epic cycle. So where can beginners go to get their......
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