baltimoresun.com - Entertainment

Kiri Te Kanawa urges students to find their voice and stick to it

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Teacher and performer to sing Saturday in D.C.

"I'm 65," says Kiri Te Kanawa, the golden-toned, New Zealand-born soprano. "I can't say the voice sounds like it did at 35. But as long as I do music that suits me, I'm fine. If you're a size 12 you don't try to wear a size 8, do you? You'd look very stupid."

Broadway bound

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

With the revival of 'Ragtime,' two kids from Maryland make the leap from middle school to musical theater

Marylanders in 'Ragtime' revival on Broadway

Sylvia McNair powerful in Weill-filled 'Songspiel' from American Opera Theater

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:00 -0500

Romania's charm uncovered in 'Dracula is Dead'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Country's charm uncovered in 'Dracula is Dead'

Ask the average American about Romania, and the response would probably involve orphans, Olympic gymnasts or Dracula.

First lady tunes into students

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Two from Baltimore School for the Arts attend classical music workshop at the White House

Two from Baltimore School for the Arts attend classical music workshop at the White House

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Mozart, Mahler and Marin

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Walters Art Museum puts Islamic texts online for all

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Digitization revolutionizes scholarship, experts say

Digitization revolutionizes scholarship, experts say

Buy one, get one free for 'Wizard of Oz' at Lyric

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:51:00 -0500

Tootling around: A mix of sounds makes a flute choir

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Aristotle warned people that the flute just didn't have a good moral effect - "It is too exciting," he claimed - but that could only have made it more popular. Centuries later, the flute is still going strong, a regular component of orchestras and bands, and a vehicle for soloists all over the world.

Cate Blanchett captures faded-flower essence in 'Streetcar'

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:40:00 -0500

The actress stars as Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center

"So many people have condemned the play for its sordid theme," Vivien Leigh said in a 1950s interview about Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," the vehicle for one of her most indelible achievements as an actress. "To me it is an infinitely moving plea for tolerance for all weak, frail creatures, blown about like leaves before the wind of circumstance."