Levine on track to make return at the Met - International Herald Tribune BOSTON : Conductor James Levine is on track to return to the podium this month at New York's Metropolitan Opera after cancer surgery. Levine is music director of the Met and phantom of the opera merchandise the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The BSO's managing director, Mark Volpe, said Source: www.iht.com Opera raises curtain on mobile browsing - ZDNet UK Users of Sony Ericsson's P800 smartphone will be the first to get their hands on Opera Software's revamped mobile Web browser next week, when the software makes its first public appearance. Opera for the P800 will be available for download from Sony Source: news.zdnet.co.uk Hong Kong director intrigued by Peking Opera version of "The Tempest" - MSN UK News Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark says he agreed to direct a Chinese adaptation of "The Tempest" because he was intrigued by the process of translating Shakespeare into Peking Opera. Tsui spoke at a press conference in Hong Kong Thursday to promote a Source: news.uk.msn.com 'La Traviata's' Double Play Opera Company Will Screen Live Broadcast - Washington Post For those who mourned the demise of the Washington National Opera 's opening-night simulcast on the Mall , the company has come through with a walk-off home run. On Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., a live broadcast of "La Traviata" will be screened not to the Source: www.washingtonpost.com Wagner offspring win epic family battle for opera - Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - Two great-granddaughters of composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after winning an epic family power struggle. The Richard Wagner Foundation announced on Monday that Eva Wagner-Pasquier, 63 Source: www.reuters.com Broadway's 'Rent' exits stage left (thank goodness) - Christian Science Monitor Brooklyn, N.Y. - Amid the current housing crisis, one foreclosure is welcome. "Rent" will take its final bow at the Nederlander Theatre in New York on Sept. 7, after 12 years on Broadway. Many will mourn the loss of the rock musical, no doubt, but Source: www.csmonitor.com
