Teresa Stratas News

Various reports have indicated the sad news that American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn passed away today, Saturday February 14th, 2009.

Continuing its innovative use of electronic media to reach a global audience, the Metropolitan Opera introduces Met Player, a new subscription service that will make its extensive video and audio catalog of full-length performances available to the public for the first time online, and in exceptional, state-of-the-art quality. Beginning on October 22, 120 historic audio recordings and 50 full-length opera videos will be available during the first month of the new service, including over a dozen of the company's acclaimed The Met: Live in HD transmissions, known for their extraordinary sound and picture quality. New content, including HD productions and archival broadcasts, will be added monthly.

Rush tickets for the World AIDS Day concert of Rags will be offered to theatre students

Tony Award-winner Michael Rupert, soon to be see on Broadway in Legally Blonde, has replaced the previously announced Harvey Fierstein as Avram in the upcoming World AIDS Day concert of Rags

Lewis Cleale and John Treacy Egan have joined the cast of Rags, which will be presented on December 11th, 2006 as the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert. This year's presentation, a 20th Anniversary Concert of the Broadway musical Rags, will be held at Times Square's brand new Nokia Theater

Tony-nominees Carolee Carmello and Gregg Edelman are among the stars who have joined the cast of Rags, which will be presented on December 11th, 2006 as the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert

On December 11th, 2006, the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert, presented by Jamie McGonnigal in association with The Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation will take place. This year's presentation, a 20th Anniversary Concert of the Broadway musical Rags, will be held at Times Square's brand new Nokia Theater.

On December 11th, 2006, the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert will take place. This year's presentation, a 20th Anniversary Concert of the Broadway musical Rags, will be held at Times Square's brand new Nokia Theater.

Rags, by Stephen Schwartz and Charles Strouse, will be the next World AIDS Day concert

In this weeks column, Ray and Deborah cover what makes great performances...great!