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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

E.L. Doctorow, author of 'Ragtime,' dies in New York at 84 by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as "Ragtime" and "The March" and applied its lessons to the past and the future in fict…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:04AM

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

'Yankee Diva' live streams from Carnegie Hall by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- She's the "Yankee Diva" from Kansas who sang the national anthem at last week's World Series - invited after fans clamored for her voice in a social media campaign that …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:49PM

Friday, August 1, 2014

Contract talks in Met Opera labor dispute extended by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a drama worthy of the Metropolitan Opera: Frantic, last-minute labor negotiations aimed at averting a lockout that threatens to stop both pay and benefits for thous…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:27AM

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Martha Graham Dance Company pitches cybercontest by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Martha Graham Dance Company wants to know: What are you thinking - or feeling?...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:07PM

Sunday, January 8, 2012

New York City Opera announces musician lockout by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- A bitter contract dispute has led to a lockout of musicians at the New York City Opera, a possible "death knell" for a company that's nurtured such singers as Renee Flem…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:16PM

Monday, August 1, 2011

Brooklyn's Bushwick Becomes World-Class Arts Mecca by Verena Dobnik

Brooklyn's old Bushwick neighborhood has quickly become a new world-class arts mecca — with music, dance, sculpture and theater bursting from defunct warehouses and desolate streets …

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:29AM

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Domingo sings live from streets of Italy, on PBS by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- American television audiences will see something unique this week - filmed live in the streets and palaces of an Italian city: Verdi's "Rigoletto" with Placido Domingo, …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:49PM

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Board of troubled NYC Opera meets to talk future by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- The board of the New York City Opera is meeting as the company fights for its life....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:01AM

Board of Troubled NYC Opera Meets To Talk Future by Verena Dobnik

The New York City Opera, a pillar of American culture that has for decades built daring new productions along with the careers of stars like Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming and Beverly Sill…

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:06AM

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Famed Tenor Delivers High Cs—and Baby by Verena Dobnik

Tenor Juan Diego Florez has really delivered: a host of high Cs to a worldwide audience of millions—and minutes earlier, his own baby boy in New York City.

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:30AM

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Famed tenor delivers high Cs - and baby - in NYC by Verena Dobnik

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tenor Juan Diego Florez has really delivered: a host of high Cs to a worldwide audience of millions - and minutes earlier, his own baby boy in New York City....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:55PM

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