MOBILE, Alabama—The two productions in Mobile Opera's 2013-2014 season are set in The Land of the Rising Sun. But the country of Japan is all they have in common. Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," ...
MOBILE, Alabama-- Even if you've already seen "The Mikado" many times and know all the words to famous songs like "Three Little Maids from School," and "Behold The Lord-High Executioner," you still ...
Kaori Sato has sung the title role in "Madame Butterfly" in more than 10 different productions. She isn't sick of it, but notes dryly that it's the part she's most often offered. "This year, I'm ...
La mer. Das meer. The Sea. Out of the darkness, hushed voices mimic the murmur of waves, whispering the word for “sea” in 36 different languages. This intricate cascade of sound is the start of ...
If you plan to see the New York City Opera perform in Japan, don’t expect to watch a group of men and women wearing big wigs and thick makeup singing about their tragedies in eardrum-piercing ...
TOKYO (AP) — The Ukrainian song has no words. When Oksana Stepanyuk, an award-winning soprano with The Japan Opera Foundation, performs “Melody,” composed by Myroslav Skoryk, her voice turns into a ...
Takanori Kobayashi (left) and his tutor Zhang Chunxiang, a Peking Opera artist and founder of Shincyo Theater in Japan, take a picture on Sept 14 in Tokyo. JIANG XUEQING/CHINA DAILY To help his ...
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