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Chanteur du jour: Mark S. Doss

  Mark S. Doss performs Escamillo's Todeador Song at the Florentine Opera Company 75th Anniversary Concert and Celebrations May 23, 2009   *Updated Friday February 25, 2011 - Mark's signature role is Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust, not the title role...

Divine Diva – Diana Damrau

After The Hills there were the Kardashians, after the Kardashians? Diana Damrau. Our favourite German Coloratura officially has her own reality show. Well, actually more like a reality episode. The one hour documentary followed Damrau...

A pick me up for Riccardo Muti

Wishing Maestro Riccardo Muti all the best as he recovers from his recent surgeries due to a fall caused by fainting while at the podium during a rehearsal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on February...

Nixon in China, The Modern Opera That Could

Composer John Adams, speaking to Colin Eatock in a special interview for The Globe and Mail “Coming back to it now,” says Adams, “I’m astonished by what I was able to do at the time, given...

Shirley Verrett: Distinguished Opera Singer Dies, 1931-2010

Shirley Verrett, the veteran opera singer "who overcame racial prejudice to bring fearless power, scrupulous musicianship and keen dramatic instincts to opera stages throughout the world, has died" at the age of 79. Opera Chic Shirley Verrett,...

Rachel McAdams Pens Her Own Notebook for Vogue

Probably one of the most down to earth celebrities in Hollywood, local actress Rachel McAdams talks to Sally Singer in the January issue of Vogue about her private life. Some highlights of her day include...