Opera
Post-Lockout, 'Klinghoffer' Protests Aside, Metropolitan Opera Looks Grand on Opening Night with Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
Maria Callas Opera Academy In Her Old Apartment Approved By Greece
The now-dilapidated house where opera legend Maria Callas lived from 1940-45 is set to become an opera school itself, approved by Greece.Dubbed the Maria Callas Opera Academy, the project was a long-term goal of soprano Vasso Papantoniou and husband writer Vassilis Vassilikos. Yesterday at a gala concert, artistic director of the Greek National Opera Myron Michailidis announced the organization would support the construction plans. Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq Takes Home Studded $30K Polaris Music Prize for Record 'Animism'
Nunavut throat singing isn't your average pop sensation — that is, to say that us Westerners are even familiar with it at all. But revered throat singer Tanya Tagaq has claimed the $30,000 Polaris Music Prize for her record Animism, beating pop icon Drake.
