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They Used To Call It Classical
SXSW panel reviews
"...to articles from the Sixties that said all these opera houses and symphony halls are going to expire." The..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Dan Oko

John Carter
Old-school "Gosh, wow!" sense-of-wonder filmmaking is in short supply these days, but now John Carter has arrived to fill the void.
"...is in many ways similar, although this swashbuckling space opera by Burroughs (who would later go on to create..."

March 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers
Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?
"...reverb. Imagine a softer Midlake. Led by former Metropolitan Opera singer Matt Iwanusa, the NYC quintet put out CoCo..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Austin Lyric Opera
ALO finds its new general director at the Metropolian Opera
"...to coast for a new general director, Austin Lyric Opera finally found its top man at the top of..."

March 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man or Machine? Circle Option C.
Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology
"...if everyone around them is in a virtual soap opera, and as they get daily doses it becomes addictive..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Kickstart My Heart
Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter
"...with snug certitude is a recent successful campaign by opera singer Julie Brown, who raised $4,005 for an album..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Scottish Rite Theatre
New manager Emily Marks is thinking outside the temple
"...has recently made the leap over to the oldest operating theatre in the city, and she wants to pump..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Moves
This year, three New York choreographers vie for top prize in Ballet Austin's dance-off
"...that is, when she's not dancing with the Metropolitan Opera, teaching, or running the Playground. Landon's work on video..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)
A Valentine's Day mix for KOOP
"...– his yodel – comes as rare as Italian opera tenors whose names end in Pavarotti. They didn't call..."

Feb. 14, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Many Lives of an Incorporeal Icon
A new 'Beetlejuice' sequel may be in development, but Warren Skaaren already pondered 'Beetlejuice in Love' two decades ago
"...of Beetlejuice in Love has a Phantom of the Opera-type plot, perhaps inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster musical,..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Lucia di Lammermoor
Lyubov Petrova powers this Lucia with vocal fireworks and nuanced acting
"...LammermoorDell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside www.austinlyricopera.org Through Feb. 5 Running time: 3 hr...."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Method to Their Madness
Two leading ladies reflect on their psychotic characters' unique relationships with the score
"...Theatre's Next to Normal and Lucia in Austin Lyric Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor, respectively – have devoted significant watts..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Schlagobers and Blood!
In which your reporter hies himself to … the opera?
"...kind of celebrated, kind of dissed – Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor, partly by having the Vienna production..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

South-of-the-Border Speculation
Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF
"..."Mexican science fiction is not Mexicanized space opera," Brown cautions anyone thinking that Three Messages and a..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

The Reluctant Celebrity
When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin
"...10 hit with a song made famous by soap opera General Hospital, "Think of Laura." By the third album,..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Watery Grave Narrowly Avoided
35mm prints of lost HK actioners unspool in the Alamo's Asian Invasion series
"...Everyone in this film grew up in the Chinese Opera and learned, as children, how to do horrible acrobatic..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hallo, Spaceboy! 'Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission' Returns to Earth
Local doc with stellar ambitions opens at Alamo
"...It's been quite the interminable space opera, distribution-wise, for Austin-based Beef and Pie Productions' out-of-this-world documentary..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Lyric Opera
With the sale of the Heller Opera Center, ALO is back in the black
"...For Austin Lyric Opera, most of 2011 was as gloomy as a Wagnerian..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.
"...spy games and the Suez Crisis fell away to soap-opera staples; more apropos exit music for the final episode..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shaken, Not Deterred
Despite the many upheavals in 2011, Austin's arts scene perseveres
"...100,000 people Downtown on New Year's Eve? Gone. The opera company headquarters that helped usher in Austin's current cultural..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Classical Music Treasures of 2011
Ancient voices, singing strings, and lots of Bach made 2011 a fine year for ears
"...2) 'FLIGHT' (Austin Lyric Opera) The travelers in Jonathan Dove's airport-set opera may be..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Notable Theatrics of 2011
Recalling how scoundrels, amphibians, and grace brightened Austin stages in 2011
"...5) 'THE MAGIC FLUTE' (Austin Lyric Opera) Beleaguered though it's been of late, ALO managed to..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Rachel Feit's Top 10 Austin-tatious Snacks and Sips
Just eatin' and drinkin'
"...football but looks elegant enough to take to the opera...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Top 10 Most-Viewed Stories on AustinChronicle.com by Section
Drill down, baby
"...Shift: Thoughts on adjusting to hard times from former opera director Kevin Patterson"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Features Feature

In Memoriam: Jennifer Bourianoff
ASO's longtime Assistant Concertmaster has passed away.
"...work with ASO, she played with the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra and a whole host of chamber music groups:..."

Dec. 29, 2011 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Mexican Mafia Gets Its 'Just Deserts'
Sixteen members and associates face 300-plus years in jail
"...of other agencies participated in the two-year initiative, dubbed Opera­tion Merecido (loosely, "Just Deserts"). The long sentences are "a..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Queen
Box sets as catalog ghetto
"...The Game (1980) could've been another Night at the Opera, but only the street-beat fury of "Another One Bites..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Magic Flute
ALO opens its 25th season with a magical revival of Mozart's opera
"...Dell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, www.austinlyricopera.org Through Nov. 13 Running time: 2 hr., 45 min...."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Sarah Silver Hands
The magic in this new fairy-tale opera lies in its look more than its story
"...tip of the plot iceberg that ultimately sinks the opera. And the fact that Sarah Silver Hands is an..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

After a Fashion
A turn for the worse? Or a turn for the better? Resolve makes all the difference.
"...illustrious Thames & Hudson publishers: Fashion Designers at the Opera by Helena Matheopoulos is a deliriously lovely book detailing..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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