Juanita Ulloa wrote the book on mariachi — literally
Ulloa credits Linda Ronstadt for raising the profile of mariachi women, a gauntlet picked up by the poly-stylistic Lila Downs ...
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Taiwan in Time: The Taiwanese traditional opera singer that struck pop gold
Liu Ching-hsiang (劉清香) went from Taiwanese opera performer to arguably Taiwan’s first pop superstar, pumping out hits that ...
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Remember When Midland’s Mark Wystrach Was a Calvin Klein Model?
Country singer Mark Wystrach of Midland used his rugged looks as a model early in his career, and most recently appeared in ...
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Review: ‘Moby-Dick,’ the Opera, Cuts the Blubber
monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera. By Zachary Woolfe The opening line of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” is one of the most famous in literature. But Jake Heggie ...
Famous people buried in Merseyside and where they were laid to rest
From Cilla Black to Sir Ken Dodd and Brian Epstein, Merseyside is the birthplace of many famous faces and influential figures ...
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A ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired opera opens at the Met
Now the book’s famous opening ... ends the opera grabbing onto a whale hook from a passing ship that lifts him to safety. “I joke with them that everything opera singers count on in life ...
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An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick,' docks at the Met
Now the book’s famous opening ... ends the opera grabbing onto a whale hook from a passing ship that lifts him to safety. “I joke with them that everything opera singers count on in life ...
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Dream queens: 8 women with Wilmington ties who would make great Azalea Festival queens
Just in case anyone needs ideas for who might make a good Azalea queen, here are some women with local ties who would fill ...
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Comfort ye my people
For writer Charles King, Handel’s Messiah offers “the staggering possibility that the world might turn out all right” ...