Opera New Jersey is rounding out its festival season with The Merry Widow . Franz Leh r s operetta waltzed into Princeton scattering its lilting melodies in the air and winning generous applause from the audience in Berlind Theatre Friday evening.
"The Merry Widow" waltzed into Princeton scattering Franz Lehar's lilting melodies in the air and winning generous applause from the audience in McCarter's Berlind Theatre. The traditional production proved to be as keenly staged as it was deftly sung.
There are performances of classical works so good that they make a listener marvel anew at how ever-modern they seem. There are others that are bad enough to shake the faith, making one wonder why we still bother.
The 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the oldest continuous festival of its kind in the world. Under Executive Director Peter Stein, it has grown to 70 films from 19 countries and features 114 screenings in five locations throughout the Bay Area. "
CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio Light Opera College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard, 2 p.m. today and Tuesday, and Aug. 2; 8 p.m. Aug. 7. Also, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma, 8 tonight and Saturday, July 24 and 31; 2 p.m. Sunday, and July 30 and Aug. 5. St. Sigmund Romberg's The Desert Song, 2 p.m. Friday, July 24 and 26 and Aug.
THURSO High School is to host Scottish Opera's Merry Widow in September when Scotland's national opera company takes to the road. It will also visit 24 other venues across the country from Easterhouse and Drumnadrochit to Stornoway and Kirkwall in its 25-venue tour.
CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio Light Opera College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. Sigmund Romberg's The Desert Song, 2 p.m. today, July 18, 24 and 26 and Aug. 9; 8 p.m. Saturday and July 30. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma, 8 tonight, July 17, 19, 24 and 31; 2 p.m. July 20 and 30 and Aug. 5. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard, 2 p.m. Friday, July 17 and 22 and
The prestigious Vienna opera ball orchestra will perform at El Jem, formerly known as Thysdrus during the Roman area. El Jem which is reputed for its roman Coliseum, the world's second largest roman open air theatre after Rome , is also known for its splendid second and third century mosaics.
Climb aboard a ferry and set sail for Governor's Island for the first ever New York Philharmonic performance there. The concert features works by Rossini, Copland, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky's famous "1812 Overture."
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE The men are dashing, the women are delightfully frisky, and there are enough waltzes to satisfy every taste in Ronald Hynd s 1975 ballet remake of Franz L har s beloved turn-of-the-century operetta The Merry Widow. The story--which hinges on the schemes to marry off a . . .
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