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About FanFaire (a celebration of opera and classical music)

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ARTISTS:

COMPOSERS		CONDUCTORS
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN* Leonard BERNSTEIN* Luciano BERIO Aaron COPLAND* Myron FINK* Jake HEGGIE* George GERSHWIN* Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART AstorPIAZZOLLA Tobias PICKER Franz SCHUBERT Richard WAGNER*		Leonard BERNSTEIN* Richard BONYNGE* Karen KELTNER* Stephen LORD Mstislav ROSTROPOVICH*
INSTRUMENTALISTS		LIBRETTISTS
Joshua BELL Anne-Sophie MUTTER* Ken NODA Jean-Pierre RAMPAL* Sviatoslav RICHTER Mstislav ROSTROPOVICH* Russell SHERMAN* Janos STARKER* Jean-Yves THIBAUDET* Mitsuko UCHIDA		Donald MORELAND STAGE DIRECTORS/DESIGNERS Sharon OTT James ROBINSON Gunther SCHNEIDER-SIEMSSEN* Francesca ZAMBELLO
SINGERS
Mezzo-sopranos	Sopranos	Bass / Baritones	Tenors / Countertenors
Cecilia BARTOLI Stephanie BLYTHE Michelle DE YOUNG Joyce DIDONATO* Adria FIRESTONE Vivica GENAUX Susan GRAHAM* Denyce GRAVES* Marilyn HORNE Rosemary JOSHUA* Susanne MENTZER * Regina RESNIK*	Renate BEHLE Hildegard BEHRENS* Kristin CLAYTON Nicolle FOLAND Angela GHEORGHIU Christine GOERKE Galina GORCHAKOVA* Elizabeth HYNES Maureen O'FLYNN Juliana RAMBALDI Leonie RYSANEK Joan SUTHERLAND* Deborah VOIGT	Richard BERNSTEIN Kenneth COX Matthias GOERNE Nathan GUNN Frank HERNANDEZ Dmitri HVOROSTOVSKY* James MORRIS Eric OWENS Hermann PREY John RELYEA Mel ULRICH	Roberto ALAGNA Fabio ARMILIATO Ian BOSTRIDGE Lawrence BROWNLEE John DUYKERS Jorge GARZA Jerry HADLEY* Ben HEPPNER Mario LANZA* Richard LEECH* Louis OTEY Gregory TURAY Jon VILLARS David WALKER*
*Artist with extensive coverage (two or more pages)

WORKS

Articles / Slide Shows:

ARIODANTE by Georg Frediric Handel THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Giaocchino Rossini I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI by Vincenzo Bellini THE CONQUISTADOR - An Opera in the Grand Tradition about secret Jews during the Mexican Inquisition - a San Diego Opera production CRONACA DEL LUOGO (Chronicles of a Place) - Azione musicale by Luciano Berio: a Salzburg Festival production DEAD MAN WALKING by Jake Heggie DON GIOVANNI by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ELECKTRA by Richard Strauss FIDELIO by Ludwig van Beethoven DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER (The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner) DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (The Woman without Shadow by Richard Wagner) THE GRAND DUCHESS by Jacques Offenbach DAS LIED VON DER ERDE (Song of the Earth by Gustav Mahler) MAGIC FLUTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart PAGLIACCI by Giacomo Puccini PEARL FISHERS by Georges Bizet ORFEO ED EURYDICE by Christoph Willibald Gluck DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN(The Ring Cycle) - Richard Wagner's music drama DIE WALKÜRE SIEGFRIED GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG SALOME by Richard Strauss SAMSON ET DALILA by Camille Saint-Saens DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN (The Beautiful Miller Girl by Franz Schubert) DER STEIN DER WEISEN (The Philosopher's Stone) - an opera by Mozart & committee AT THE STATUE OF VENUS by Jake Heggie THERESE RAQUIN by Tobias Picker TRISTAN UND ISOLDE by Richard Wagner DIE LUSTIGE WITWE by Franz Lehar WOZZECK by Alban Berg

EVENTS

Concerts / Recitals Operas Grand Opening of THE ELLIE

AWARDS

ARIA Awards Dresden Music Festival's Artist of the Year Lotte Lehmann Memorial Ring Leonie Sonning Music Prize