Austin Opera: Puccini s Tosca OK, how you gonna stage a complete opera, live, in person, when the last dregs of a pandemic are still complicating this modern life? Eureka: Do it at the
Circuit of the Americas, the city s Formula 1 racetrack!
Austin Opera’s much-anticipated return to live performance is an innovative outdoor staging of Puccini’s
Tosca in just that venue, featuring the orchestra and chorus conducted by
Timothy Myers, with
Tosca are a trio of important international artists: A recent
Opera News cover star, soprano
Latonia Moore is Tosca, the fiery diva caught in the crossfire of love; tenor
Live Opera Returns To Salt Lake City With Utah Opera s Production Of LA TRAGEDIE DE CARMEN
Kirstin Chávez sings the role Carmen with Isaac Hurtado as Don José and Efraín Solís as Escamillo.by BWW News Desk
Audiences are invited to experience live opera once again when Utah Opera produces Peter Brook s La tragédie de Carmen at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City. The five performances take place from Saturday, May 8, 2021 through Sunday, May 16, 2021 and will be the first Utah Opera performances staged for a live audience since October 2020. I ve always been attracted to the Brook adaptation of Bizet s famous opera, said Christopher McBeth, Utah Opera s Artistic Director. It takes a story and music with which most of us are familiar and re-examines the characters, the themes and the music in a way that not only is respectful to the original upon which it is based but also gives us a new perspective. The piece is compelling in its focus and
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For a brief period, Opera News made a brief incursion to my Twitter timeline as it signed up several micro-influencers as creators. It was a bit of a show, with pictures of contracts being signed and talk about handsome pay for these creators.
It seemed like an expensive strategy for the long-term so it was no surprise when the company dropped those influencers to focus on their core business model. While Opera is popular for its web browser, it has done some interesting work in creating its own platform, Opera News Hub.
The News Hub is an app available on Android and iOS has been downloaded over 100 million times on Android alone. While media is typically a difficult business, having your own platform gives you an edge especially in terms of your ability to generate revenue.
Opera’s unaudited Q1 report
The Norwegian web company Opera has released its unaudited report for the first quarter of 2021. In Africa, Opera is most famous for its browser’s data-saving feature.
But the company also owns a news platform called Opera News hub, with an app on Android and iOS. The app reportedly has over 300 million users, with many users doubling as paid news creators.
It means that Opera has multiple revenue streams, and in Q1, all those streams saw huge improvements.
Highlights:
Opera s monthly active user base increased by 16 million year-over-year in the first quarter; driven by 12% and 14%
Man Kills Wife, Lives With Her Partially Burnt Body For 5 Days
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They found the victim dead inside the home
Investigation revealed the man killed his wife five days ago
A man in Kenya was taken into custody for fatally stabbing his wife. He was found living with her body inside their home for five days.
The incident came to light Monday evening after neighbors noticed a foul smell emanating from the residence and broke open the door. They found the victim, identified as 35-year-old Virginia Khavakali, dead inside the home. Her decomposed body had multiple stab wounds and was partially burnt, The Standard reported.