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Alagna replaces Villazon at Met Opera
NEW YORK (AP) Roberto Alagna is replacing tenor Rolando Villazon in the first two performances of the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" next month.
Bruce Zemsky, Villazon's manager, didn't return telephone calls Tuesday seeking comment.
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`Dirty Dancing' musical opens next year
CHICAGO (AP) The cult movie classic-turned-theater hit "Dirty Dancing" will make its U.S. premiere next year in Chicago.
The musical, officially called "Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage," will open Sept. 2, 2008, at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre, officials said.
Tchaikovsky opera staging near perfect
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) Love ruled Wednesday at the Salzburg Festival - and not only because Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" is about that most noble of emotions.
In this new production that was first performed July 29, there was love in the orchestra pit, complements of conductor Daniel Barenboim and members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Together, they produced close to three hours of passion, tenderness and yearning by combining tremulous strings, longing woodwinds, brazen brass and tempos that swung between breathlessly slow or tragically driven, reflecting the goings-on on stage.
Head of Santa Fe Opera to retire
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The general director of the Santa Fe Opera plans to retire but will not do so until his successor is in place, he said Wednesday.
Richard Gaddes, only the second director of the 51-year-old company, estimated the search would take 12 to 18 months. He will "most definitely" remain with the company through the 2008 season, he said.
Funk band member stars as Celia Cruz
NEW YORK (AP) Playing the Queen of Salsa on stage is a dream come true for Xiomara Laugart, the star of the musical "Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz." But the singer doesn't want to mislead the audience.
"I am not Celia. I don't sing like Celia," said Laugart, a former member of funk band Yerba Buena, who is making her stage debut in the off-Broadway production.
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