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Alban Berg's modernist masterpiece Lulu returns to the Met, starring Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale and conducted by the Met's newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City closes the 2009-2010 season with Mozart's most famous opera, Don Giovanni, April 24, 28, 30 and May 2 at the Lyric Theatre. This production of Don Giovanni features an incredible cast of singers as well as an exceptional orchestra comprised of members of the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Artistic Director Ward Holmquist, announced today that baritone Keith Phares has withdrawn from his engagement in the title role of Don Giovanni for health reasons.

Rossini's rarely performed Armida has its Met premiere on April 12 with a gala performance of Mary Zimmerman's new production. Renowned soprano Renée Fleming stars as the mythological sorceress, Armida, one of the greatest virtuoso roles from the bel canto repertory. Fleming is joined by Lawrence Brownlee, who sings Armida's chief love interest, Rinaldo, and five more tenors in the roles of the crusader knights. José Manuel Zapata portrays Rinaldo's deadly rival Gernando.

Rossini's rarely performed Armida has its Met premiere on April 12 with a gala performance of Mary Zimmerman's new production. Renowned soprano Renée Fleming stars as the mythological sorceress, Armida, one of the greatest virtuoso roles from the bel canto repertory. Fleming is joined by Lawrence Brownlee, who sings Armida's chief love interest, Rinaldo, and five more tenors in the roles of the crusader knights. José Manuel Zapata portrays Rinaldo's deadly rival Gernando.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City closes the 2009-2010 season with Mozart's most famous opera, Don Giovanni, April 24, 28, 30 and May 2 at the Lyric Theatre. This production of Don Giovanni features an incredible cast of singers as well as an exceptional orchestra comprised of members of the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist.

DON GIOVANNI - MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:00PM for one performance only!

The Grand Ballroom and elegant adjoining salons at New York's world-famous Waldorf-Astoria radiated with an ambience of luxury and elegance during Valentine's weekend as Couture Fashion Week presented a dazzling showcase of top-notch international designers, entertainment, exhibits of fine art, jewelry, fashions and more, as well as the Couture Fashion Week Valentine's Ball. Couture Fashion Week collaborated this season with Partners in Health in a silent auction and fundraiser to benefit the charity organization's relief efforts in Haiti, and partnered with Blue Star Jets, a leader in the field of luxury private jet rentals.

With the much anticipated move by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in the fall of 2011, the 53rd Lyric Opera season will be the final one produced by the Company in the Lyric Theatre on 11th and Central streets in Kansas City, Missouri. With attendance and artistic quality at all-time highs, the Lyric Opera is already prepared for the move to the Kauffman Center in the fall of 2011.

Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on March 5 at 8:00 pm, conducted by Valery Gergiev, in a visually arresting new production by artist William Kentridge that features original collage, film, sculpture, and massive projections of the artist's drawings and prints. Making his Met debut, baritone Paulo Szot performs the role of Kovalyov in the story of the Russian official who wakes one morning to discover his nose has disappeared (and taken on a higher bureaucratic rank). Based on the short story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, the opera is what Kentridge has called an exploration of "learning from the absurd." In this production, visuals include renderings of Soviet workers, snatches of newspaper, and projections of propaganda - as well as the missing appendage in adventures ranging from delivering a speech to riding a horse.

DON GIOVANNI - MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:00PM for one performance only!

New York City Opera today released full casting details for the 2009-2010 season, its first under the new leadership of General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel. The company will present five operas in 2009-2010, in fall and spring seasons, in the newly renovated David H. Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater).

Leo Janacek's final opera, From the House of the Dead, has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on November 12 in a new production by celebrated director Patrice Chereau, making his U.S. opera debut.

Mozart's enchanting masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute'), returns to the Met on September 23 in the acclaimed production by Julie Taymor, performed in its original German-language version.

Mozart's enchanting masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute'), returns to the Met on September 23 in the acclaimed production by Julie Taymor, performed in its original German-language version.

New York City Opera today released full casting details for the 2009-2010 season, its first under the new leadership of General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel. The company will present five operas in 2009-2010, in fall and spring seasons, in the newly renovated David H. Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater).

The ShenanArts Youth Company proudly announces a comedy for the entire family- That Scoundrel Scapino! Performance dates are: Wednesday, May 27 through Saturday, May 30. All performances are at 7:30 at Stage 4 in Verona. Ticket prices are $8 for students and $10 adults, all general admission.

Fourteen Houston-area children, currently the students of Main Street Theater's Kids On Stage Rehearsal and Performance By Audition class, embrace the madcap comedy Scapino!, a reinvention of Molière's Scapin as told by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale.

Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale's Scapino! will be performed at the Main Street Theater (Chelsea Market) from May 8 - 10, 2009. The show is directed by Jonathan Gonzalez and will be performed Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm.

Fourteen Houston-area children, currently the students of Main Street Theater's Kids On Stage Rehearsal and Performance By Audition class, embrace the madcap comedy Scapino!, a reinvention of Molière's Scapin as told by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale.