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Lyric Opera Baltimore salutes Verdi bicentennial with 'Rigoletto'
The opera world has been giving a little extra attention to a couple of giants born in 1813, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. Locally, that bicentennial salute has included memorable concerts by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra featuring excerpts from...
Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Mount Royal, Arts and Culture, Poetry, Music
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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Artscape, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Druid Hill
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'AGT' phenom Jackie Evancho to perform with BSO
In 2010, a blond-haired girl with a sweet smile stood before the "America's Got Talent" studio audience and millions of TV viewers. The 10-year-old proceeded to sing about asking her daddy to grant her request. So far, so normal. But if the words...
Tags: Michael Grimm, Folklore and Mythology, Jackie Evancho, The Company You Keep (movie), Arts and Culture
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Partnered with BSO, Parsons unveils new styles for musicians
Violinist Ellen Pendleton Troyer has struggled for years with the constraints of wearing evening attire for physical, sometimes-strenuous performances. And she considers herself luckier than her male counterparts, who have a stricter dress code of bow...
Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Fashion Trends, Entertainment, Education
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Peabody director Sharkey to step down
After seven years as director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Jeffrey Sharkey is stepping down. He will remain with the conservatory until a successor is named. "So much of what I hoped to accomplish I feel I have accomplished,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment, Education
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Hug made major contributions to Baltimore's institutions
The obituary for Richard E. Hug (May 7) fell far short of honoring the legacy of a man who dedicated so many years to helping make Baltimore's non-profits better able to fulfill their missions. While the obit focused on Dick's political fundraising,...
Tags: Obituaries, National Aquarium Baltimore, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Verdi, Puccini, Poulenc for 2013-2014 season at the Lyric
The 2013-2014 opera season at the Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric will have a lot in common with the 2012-2013 season -- staged works by Verdi and Puccini produced by Lyric Opera Baltimore, with a concert in between. There is something...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Poetry, Culture
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Baltimore Symphony affirms its quality in Carnegie Hall concert
The good news about the Spring For Music festival at Carnegie Hall is that it chooses American orchestras of all sizes to bring off-the-beaten-path programs to the nation's premier classical music showplace, and charges only $25 a seat. The bad news...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Carnegie Hall, Music, Human Interest
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, O'Malley make Carnegie Hall appearance
The Baltimore SunNEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall put out the purple Monday night to welcome the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Spring For Music, a week-long festival showcasing American orchestras playing adventurous programs. Ravens-colored cloths adorned...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment
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Carolyn Marie Hauck, librarian
Carolyn Marie Hauck, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library staff member who encouraged patrons to explore films and the arts, died of dementia complications at the Pickersgill Retirement Community. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 89. Born in...
Tags: Fine Arts, Alzheimer's Disease, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Movies
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Winners of 2013 Baker Artist Awards announced
An installation artist who sculpts with mirrors and salt, an innovative cellist and a self-taught photographer whose work has been informed by the four decades that she has spent battling a rare genetic illness are the winners of the 2013 Baker Artist...
Tags: Photography and Video, Arts, Arts and Culture, Baltimore Museum of Art, Salt
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Baltimore Symphony appoints playwright in residence
The Baltimore Symphony is about to become one of the very few, if not the first, major classical orchestras in the United States to officially appoint a playwright in residence. This weekend, Didi Balle will preside over the third of her "symphonic...Tags: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Culture
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