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Urban Outsiders  Ugly outdoor spaces undergo incredible transformations at the hands of England's popular garden guru, Matt James (aka The City Gardener). James brings his creative ideas and inspiration stateside and proves even the smallest and shabbiest of spaces can … Continue reading →

Do you have a small, urban yard in need of a transformation? If you want a piece of outdoor paradise, this could be your opportunity! The host of The City Gardener, Matt James, is coming to America in 2006 to … Continue reading →

The late John Thaw played the popular Inspector Morse A plaque honouring Inspector Morse has been unveiled at the police station in Oxford where the fictional TV drama character was based. Colin Dexter, author of the Morse novels, was at … Continue reading →

Girodet: Romantic RebelMay 24, 2006–August 27, 2006 This is the first American retrospective devoted to A. L. Girodet-Trioson (1767–1824), a favored but rebellious pupil of Jacques-Louis David. Girodet’s idiosyncratic style fuses David’s Neoclassical ideal with his own prescient Romantic vision. … Continue reading →

Reviews by MARILYN STASIOPublished: July 9, 2006 BACK off, all you James Lee Burke fans. Aside from a brief, sad coda, there are no on-the-ground views of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ripping through Louisiana bayou country in PEGASUS DESCENDING (Simon … Continue reading →

Rollin’ with the EntourageFriday, July 21, 2006Also on the show: Polish contralto Ewa Podles. She has one of the most distinctive voices of any opera singer today and has long been an object of cult devotion. She talks about what … Continue reading →

Profiled in the August 2006 Issue of Opera News from Playbill The Executives Plácido Domingo, Washington National Opera and Los Angeles OperaAnthony Freud, Houston Grand OperaRichard Gaddes, Santa Fe OperaPeter Gelb, The Metropolitan OperaDavid Gockley, San Francisco OperaSpeight Jenkins, Seattle … Continue reading →

Renée Fleming, having suddenly taken ill, has had to pull out of Sunday night’s gala finale of the first Festival del Sole in California’s Napa Valley. With conductor Stéphane Denève and the Russian National Orchestra, Fleming was scheduled to perform … Continue reading →

17th Annual Bard Music Festival FRANZ LISZT AND HIS WORLD The life, career, and achievement of Franz Liszt (1811–86) serve as a mirror of 19th-century Romanticism. The 17th annual Bard Music Festival explores this fascinating world and offers a broad … Continue reading →

‘Genoveva,’ the Unloved Opera, Gets Another Chance at BardBy MATTHEW GUREWITSCH Bard SummerScape, an outgrowth of the unabashedly academic Bard Music Festival, has exhumed the perennial flop “Genoveva,” Robert Schumann’s only opera, for what is billed as its American stage … Continue reading →