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Placido Domingo
Placido Domingo Opera singer, conductor For the Record Read more |
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Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti , 1941-, Italian conductor. Principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale (1969-81) in Florence and of the Philharmonia Orchestra (1973-82) in London, he became (1977) principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and succeeded (1980) Eugene Ormandy as its musical director, a... Read more |
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Denyce Graves
Denyce Graves 1964– Opera singer Nurtured on Galveston Street Discovered Opera Throat Ailment Suspended Career Plan The World’s Reigning Carmen Selected discography Sources A much-loved native daughter of Washington, D.C., celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is international... Read more |
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Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti , 1935-2007, Italian tenor. He made his debut in Italy in 1961, in London in 1963, and in the United States in 1965. He appeared regularly at New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1968 to 2004. A popular favorite, Pavarotti was noted for the rich and ringing clarity of his lyric tenor... Read more |
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Maury Yeston
Maury Yeston Composer, lyricist, educator For the Record… Enjoyed Academia Wrote Musicals Full-time Phantom Never Made Broadway Collaborated with Placido Domingo Fascinated by Titanic Sources Composer/lyricist Maury Yeston Read more |
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Oscar de La Renta
Oscar de La Renta , 1932-, French fashion designer, b. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied in Madrid and began a career in fashion with Balenciaga . Moving to France in the 1960s, he became known for his luxurious clothes, especially evening wear, of extravagant materials. He designed for... Read more |
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Jose Maria Carreras
Jose Maria Carreras Considered to be one of the world's three great operatic tenors living at the end of the 20th century, Jose Carreras (born 1946) waged a successful battle against a deadly form of leukemia to return to his beloved singing career. He won international acclaim touring with... Read more |
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Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi , 1810-84, Argentine political philosopher, patriot, and diplomat. He opposed Juan Manuel de Rosas , and after 1838 he spent years of exile in Uruguay, Chile, and in Europe writing against Rosas. After the overthrow of Rosas by Justo José de Urquiza (1852), Alberdi... Read more |
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Vicente Fidel Lopez
Vicente Fidel López , 1815-1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes . A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he sought refuge in Chile (1840-52), where he founded a political review and aided the... Read more |
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento The Argentine statesman, educator, and gifted journalist Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was known as the "Teacher President" for his unremitting efforts to foster education in his country. He was also an intuitive writer with a prophetic gift who created a... Read more |
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With Verdi, Muti remains the master
...career, Riccardo Muti earned his...works of Verdi.In compiling...Norma," orchestra and chorus of the Maggio...Teatro alla Scala, with Dimitri...1993 at La Scala, this production...from the ... |
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Domingo conducts `Requiem' at Constitution Hall.(Arts & Entertainment)
Placido Domingo will conduct...Washington Opera Chorus and the Kennedy...Opera House Orchestra in Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem...death. Mr. Domingo, the renowned...interpreter of Verdi's works...Carlo," ... |