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UK's Adele makes her debut at
Seattle’s Triple Door
Last night, rising British star Adele made
her
Seattle
debut at the Triple Door. She opened the hour show
with Daydreamer spotlighting her smoky vocals
and humble stage presence.
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Cyprien Katsaris
returns to Seattle with a surprise concert
On May 3, two years
after his last concert in Seattle, Cyprien Katsaris
came back and performed at Seattle’s Town Hall.
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Aida closes out the 43rd Portland Opera
season
Stories of forbidden love have been told numerous
times but none have ever sounded so grand. If you
have never heard of this wonderful opera, Aida, let
me give you a quick run down.
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Seattle's in for
a treat: The Northwest Mahler Orchestra
The city of Seattle
is in for a rare musical treat when the
Northwest Mahler Orchestra presents Messiaen’s
Turangalila Symphony for the first time ever in
Seattle.
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The Flying
Dutchman at Seattle Opera
Long recognized as
one of the leading presenters of Wagner’s operas in
the United States, Seattle Opera revives its
critically acclaimed production of
The Flying
Dutchman (Der
fliegende Holländer) this summer.
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Asher Fisch and Mariusz Kwiecien Named Seattle Opera
Artists of the Year
On
Tuesday, July 10, Seattle Opera General Director
Speight Jenkins announced that the company's Artist
of the Year awards went to Asher Fisch and Mariusz
Kwiecien.
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Veni, Vidi, Vici, or Ewa Podleś in
Seattle
This winter we have been very fortunate to have the
chance to hear Ewa Podleś in the title role of
George F. Handel’s Julius Caesar at Seattle
Opera.
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Gender-bending arias and so much more
Julius
Caesar is not your typical opera. First performed in
London at King’s Theatre in 1724, George Frideric
Handel’s Baroque opera very much represented the
cosmopolitan nature of the eighteenth century.
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Seattle
Opera announces winners of world's first international
Wagner competition
From the stage of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Speight
Jenkins, general director of Seattle Opera, announced
the two winners of the world’s first International
Wagner Competition, each of whom was awarded $15,000.
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Young composer wins “Award of Excellence”at the
National Reflections Contest
Kevin
Schwarzwald, 13, has been a composer since the age
of 9. Representing the third generation of a musician
family from Austria, Kevin came to the U.S. with
his parents when he was 6. He currently studies
violin with Michael McLean and piano with Ory Shihor
at the Colburn School of Performing Arts.
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Cyprien Katsaris, fascinant
fantaisiste
Le 19 mai prochain, Seattle et Benaroya Hall accueilleront
pour la première fois le pianiste Cyprien Katsaris
lors d’un concert exceptionnel regroupant les œuvres
de trois générations de la famille Mozart, ainsi que
de Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, et Jean-Sébastien
Bach.
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Review: Nina Hagen at El Corazon
The voice ranges from guttural low-pitched growls,
with the signature rolling of Rs, to soaring operatic
soprano, with pit stops for little girl lisping and
full on aggressive rock soul vocals – all which can
transpire within 15 seconds. It was her recorded voice
that first introduced her to me over two decades ago...
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Interview: Nina
Hagen
EW: How old were you when you first came
up on stage?
Nina Hagen: I can’t remember anymore.
EW: I mean as a teenager, a teen, or a 12-year-old
or 11-year old?
Nina: I can’t remember.
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Review: British rock giants roll into Seattle
The show opened with the anticipated Start me
up and ended with the encore set of You can’t
always get what you want and Jumping Jack
Flash. Other songs included hits from all five
decades since their genesis in the early 1960s, including
Get off my cloud, Satisfaction, Shattered
and She’s so cold.
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Apocalypitca-Proving cellos
are rock and roll
It has been a long and winding road for Apocalyptica.
Wait, that was a Beatles reference and these are the
guys who play Metallica songs on cellos. I am so sorry.
It has been a sad but true, nothing else matters kind
of career for these three Finnish fellows.
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It’s time to jerk it out with The
Caesars
Sweden’s Caesars have received the RIAA® Digital Gold®
Award for over 100,000 digital downloads of their
track “Jerk It Out” from their US debut album "39
Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World)”.
The RIAA® Digital Gold® Award Program was started
in August 2004.
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Seattle Opera starts 2006 with a waltzing bat
At the heart of Johann Strauss’ famed “little opera,”
Die Fledermaus, (The bat) lies a 3-hour production
full of intrigue, comedy and laughter, with bright
operatic arias, colorful dancing and an ever-flowing
ambience that is as light and bubbly as champagne—the
preferred drink for these Viennese party-goers.
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Andrea Rieu enchants Seattle audience
A
tall man with shoulder-length dark-blond hair and
a fancy black dress coat proudly appears on stage
of the Key Arena, Seattle. With one hand he waves
at the huge crowd of listeners that have come to see
him this evening.
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Germany is ready to take the music scene by storm
The European Weekly had the chance to sit down with
one incredible singer songwriter and an indie electroinca
duo from Germany to get the insight into what the
music scene in Germany is like, the future of music
and David Hasselhoff. We asked both folks the same
few questions.
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