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The Society for the Preservation of Music Hall (SPMH) is pleased to announce its third organ concert in the Music Hall Ballroom - On Broadway with the Mighty Wurlitzer - on Thursday, May 5 at 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM.

Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni will lead the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem.

Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni will lead the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem.

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard has been named the recipient of the sixth annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera.

Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleeker Street, opened at The Dicapo Opera on Saturday night. The Saint of Bleeker Street, written in English and dating from 1954, is the story of a simple young girl in New York's Little Italy who is blessed (or afflicted) with the stigmata and hears voices and sees visions.

The Cabaret rolls out the red carpet for 'The Queen of Cabaret,' Andrea Marcovicci as we celebrate the 2011 Season Grand Opening. Paying tribute to silver screen legends like Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope, Andrea illuminates how movie music has scored our lives and loves. The evening will feature a dazzling array of movie songs from the 1930s through the 1990s - with such classics as 'The Way We Were,' 'Thanks for the Memory,' 'Days of Wine and Roses,' and 'As Time Goes By.' *Champagne reception to follow each performance. Black Tie Optional.

Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni will lead the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem.

The Cabaret rolls out the red carpet for 'The Queen of Cabaret,' Andrea Marcovicci as we celebrate the 2011 Season Grand Opening. Paying tribute to silver screen legends like Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope, Andrea illuminates how movie music has scored our lives and loves. The evening will feature a dazzling array of movie songs from the 1930s through the 1990s - with such classics as 'The Way We Were,' 'Thanks for the Memory,' 'Days of Wine and Roses,' and 'As Time Goes By.' *Champagne reception to follow each performance. Black Tie Optional.

The commitment of the Italian region of Puglia and the harmony of music are joined to send the message for peace and hope in the world. That was the objective of the organization Puglia Center of America when it decided to organize a concert-tribute to the United Nations Peacekeeping, in Carnegie Hall, the temple of the world music. The great event will take place on December 14th, at 8 pm, in Carnegie Hall, New York.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild's season-long celebration of its 75th anniversary reaches a high point on December 7 when stars and fans of opera, as well as an array of New York's society, business and civic leaders, assemble in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria for the Guild's annual luncheon.

The commitment of the Italian region of Puglia and the harmony of music are joined to send the message for peace and hope in the world. That was the objective of the organization Puglia Center of America when it decided to organize a concert-tribute to the United Nations Peacekeeping, in Carnegie Hall, the temple of the world music. The great event will take place on December 14th, at 8 pm, in Carnegie Hall, New York.

The December issue of Opera News celebrates two current Metropolitan Opera productions: the centennial revival of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, starring "cover girl" Deborah Voigt, and Nicholas Hytner's staging of Don Carlo, Verdi's most ambitious opera.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild's season-long celebration of its 75th anniversary reaches a high point on December 7 when stars and fans of opera, as well as an array of New York's society, business and civic leaders, assemble in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria for the Guild's annual luncheon.

The December issue of Opera News celebrates two current Metropolitan Opera productions: the centennial revival of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, starring "cover girl" Deborah Voigt, and Nicholas Hytner's staging of Don Carlo, Verdi's most ambitious opera.

As BroadwayWorld has reported, The New York Philharmonic's SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert, which took place on March 15-16, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall, will be broadcast on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances on PBS on Wednesday, November 24 (check local listings). WNET, Channel 13 in New York City, will air the concert at 9:30 p.m. that evening. Today, it has been revealed that the Image Entertainment will release the program DVD and Blu-Ray on November 16, 2010. The concert includes songs and orchestral pieces from Sondheim musical theater favorites such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George. Today, it has been announced that in addition to the PBS telecast, the concert will be released on DVD in November by Image Entertainment.

Landmark on Main Street kicks off its popular Main Stage Series with the legendary Marilyn Maye in Mercer, The Maye Way on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8 PM.

In an exclusive nine-show engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, beginning Friday October 8, the marvelous Marilyn Maye premieres "Her Own Kind of Broadway," highlighting the many recordings of Broadway songs she put on the charts for RCA Records.

In celebration of OPERA America's National Opera Week, opera organizations and educational programs in the Metro-Atlanta area will be hosting a 24-Hour Opera Project - a creative science project where Verdi meets reality TV! The showcase will feature the final products!

Landmark on Main Street kicks off its popular Main Stage Series with the legendary Marilyn Maye in Mercer, The Maye Way on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8 PM.

In an exclusive nine-show engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, beginning Friday October 8, the marvelous Marilyn Maye premieres "Her Own Kind of Broadway," highlighting the many recordings of Broadway songs she put on the charts for RCA Records.