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Lexington dancer in Met Live-HD broadcast
Claudia McPherson (center) dances the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Lexington Ballet's 1998 production of The Nutcracker. Herald-Leader file photo by Stephanie S. Cordle. The Metropolitan Opera’s...
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You decide: Is the Met’s ‘La Sonnambula’ that bad?
Natalie Dessay stars in the title role of La Sonnambula, showing Saturday and April 1 in the Metropolitan Opera Operas routinely get bad reviews, particularly in New York City. But Mary Zimmerman’s...
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Met Live HD: The Audition
Tenor Ryan Smith, one of the eleven finalists in the Metropolitan Opera's 2007 National Council Auditions, rehearses for the Grand Finals concert on the Met stage. Photo by Ken Howard | Metropolitan...
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Met Auditions will be an all-day affair
Backstage at the 2006 auditions, Colleen Lauve pulled aside the curtin for contestant Brian Tierney. David Perry | Herald-Leader. This year’s Kentucky District round of the Metropolitan Opera National...
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Gregory Turay in Versailles, Thursday night
University of Kentucky graduate and Metropolitan Opera tenor Gregory Turay will perform Thursday night in a concert to benefit the Rotary International’s Polio Plus program. Gregory Turay with soprano...
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Metropolitan Opera singer closes out UK Opera’s Porgy and Bess run
Angela Brown as Bess in Sunday afternoon's UK Opera Theatre performance of "Porgy and Bess." Photo by Tim Collins for UK Opera Theatre. For the second time in what has become the University of Kentucky...
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National Anthem: Everybody Sing!
Christina Aguilera does her thing to the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Herald-Leader staff. This is the post in which I will actually advance an idea from my sister –...
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Two Kentucky District singers win at Met regional
Andrea Trusty sings at the Kentucky District round of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Nov. 20, 2010 at Memorial Hall on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Ky. Photo by...
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Anthony Clark Evans on the road to Chicago
Baritone Anthony Clark Evans gave his premiere professional recital with accompanist Cliff Jackson at the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center for the Arts recital hall on Saturday, Aug. 25,...
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’60 Minutes’ features Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb
One of the distinctive things about CBS’ 60 Minutes, after its hard-hitting investigative journalism, is its arts reporting. Over the years, the network news magazine — yes, network news magazine —...
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