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		<title>Love is the Noblest of Sufferings in Washington National Opera’s “Werther”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Ihnen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francesco Meli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonia Ganassi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Massenet’s Werther exists in seemingly two states: ecstasy or despair and the score builds upon these emotions. From the first act to the fourth, the cast intensifies these two emotions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Finest this Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kriegeskotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA - If I had to draw only one conclusion from this Friday’s performance of the Pittsburgh Symphony, it is that our illustrious maestro Manfred Honeck remains utterly encapsulated by a near-mystic sensitivity to drama.  To compliment the evening’s main attraction, Ravel’s Bolero, the Symphony engaged lighting designer Andrew Ostrowski to design a fitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Figaro Project Delights Baltimore Audiences with “Who Killed Don Giovanni?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Ihnen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caitlin Vincent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Giovanni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lorenzo da Ponte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD &#8211; Curtain up on Who Killed Don Giovanni? Act I Scene 1 and… uproarious laughter? Curiously scanning the program, “isn’t this Don Giovanni?”  the story of the arrogant lothario who abuses, offends, and scandalizes everyone he contacts? Back to the opera and sure enough, the laughter continues… How can this be? Don Giovanni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Worth Opera Opens Sixth Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Worth, Texas – Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) will kick off its 66th season and its sixth Festival with Puccini’s blockbuster Tosca this Saturday, followed by Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Well- known for its reputation for programming contemporary works, the company will reinforce that commitment with not just one but two regional premieres: Mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Figaro Project Presents &#8220;Who Killed Don Giovanni?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD – On May 11 and 12 at the University of Baltimore’s Lucy &#38; Vernon Wright Theater, The Figaro Project presents Who Killed Don Giovanni?, an inventive reimagining of Mozart’s classic opera. While remaining musically faithful to Mozart’s composition, The Figaro Project spins the tale of Don Giovanni into a whodunit, with police inspector Sebastian Lorenzo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Effective Coda to the Pittsburgh Opera Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kriegeskotte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA - If I may “cut to the chase,” this Saturday’s vibrant production of Mozart’s comedy, “The Abduction from Seraglio” was not only a delight but a wonderfully refreshing production.  So many classical and early operas are updated, often with questionable results, which was not at all the case in this, the final production [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chorus as Character: Washington National Opera Presents a Powerful Nabucco</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Ihnen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nabucco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thaddeus Strassberger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verdi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rare to find a subject that is as true and current in 6th century B.C. as it is in 1842; however, Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco profoundly mingles the Biblical tale of the defeat, enslavement, and exile of the Jews in Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar with the plight of Verdi’s Milanese contemporaries. American director and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Il Barbiere di San Diego &#8211; Review</title>
		<link>http://www.operapulse.com/reviews/2012/04/23/il-barbiere-di-san-diego-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Diego, CA &#8211; Picture a celebrated nineteenth century composer’s house in Paris: in one corner, Camille Saint-Saëns waiting for his turn at the piano; in another, a famous singer, preparing to entertain wealthy glitterati; and holding court over all, Gioachino Rossini, with his latest mistress on his arm. Music publisher Ricordi, who counted Verdi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Young Mozart into Enthralling Music Theater</title>
		<link>http://www.operapulse.com/reviews/2012/04/20/gotham-chamber-opera-mozart-il-sogno-di-scipione-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.operapulse.com/reviews/2012/04/20/gotham-chamber-opera-mozart-il-sogno-di-scipione-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Jude Tietjen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York, NY - The idea of staging an opera written by a sixteen year old is&#8230;quaint at best. Discovering that the sixteen year old in question was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is at once intriguing and cringe-inducing. I’m not one for indulging in the genius fetish, and I certainly do not believe that just because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Arias Pairs Heartbreaking with Hysterical in Booze and Cigarettes: A Double-Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.operapulse.com/reviews/2012/04/18/urban-arias-pairs-heartbreaking-with-hysterical-in-booze-and-cigarettes-a-double-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.operapulse.com/reviews/2012/04/18/urban-arias-pairs-heartbreaking-with-hysterical-in-booze-and-cigarettes-a-double-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Ihnen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pasatieri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hilliard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. based Urban Arias has a marketing line that goes something like, “if you want a quickie, we’re your opera company.” If by “quickie” they mean short, interesting, and satisfying then they are fulfilling their goal with their current production Booze and Cigarettes: A Double-Bill. This evening of one-acts featured Thomas Pasatieri’s emotionally stirring [...]]]></description>
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