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		<title>Mopping up the awards at the Belvedere</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2009/07/10/mopping-up-the-awards-at-the-belvedere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the annual world renowned Viennese competition, Hans Gabor Belvedere, completed it&#8217;s final round with some dramatic results.
The 28th international Belvedere opera competition received around 3,000 singers for the qualifying rounds that took place in nearly 50 cities around the world. This has been whittled down to 143 singers for the Vienna finals.
Pretty Yende [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hampson&#8217;s zoo break out</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/11/17/hampsons-zoo-break-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With only one exception in 2010, Thomas Hampson has decided to no longer perform in Austria: a country that has been his home for some years now. Both his apartment on the outskirts of Vienna and his office near the Vienna Staatsoper were sold recently. &#8220;My career interests for the United States have been increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paging the conductor to the set</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/10/28/paging-the-conductor-to-the-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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While Robert Dornhelms&#8217; film &#8220;La Bohème&#8221; is playing in cinemas, there are plans already underway towards the next big opera movie (see previous articles on this topic here and here). Georges Bizets &#8220;Carmen&#8221; will be filmed with top stars: Elina Garanča (title role), Anna Netrebko (as Micaela) and Rolando Villazón (as Don José). &#8220;We would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European art, Japanese obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/10/27/european-art-japanese-obsession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s first opera house (Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo) is sold out with some tickets as high as 500 euros for the 97th Vienna State opera&#8217;s Japanese performance. The 100th performance will be celebrated with Fidelio conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Next to the Austrian flag in the foyer hangs an enormous photo of the Vienna State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netrebko MIA but Villazón fashionably late to movie premiere</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/10/11/netrebko-mia-but-villazon-fashionably-late-to-movie-premiere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opera-movie world premiere of La Bohème (see previous article about this movie here), like every opera-centric event in Austria these days, has been an orgy of VIP&#8217;s and hype abound. Finger food was served by caterers dressed like the title roles. The star role tenor, Rolando Villazón, was only able to make it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anna Netrebko &amp; Rolando Villazón coming to a movie theater near me.</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/10/07/anna-netrebko-rolando-villazon-coming-to-a-movie-theater-near-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Austria isn&#8217;t exactly known for premiering a movie first. Usually a few months behind with Hollywood movies released in the States; this time Austria&#8217;s got it first!
The trailer can be seen on the official website here:  http://www.labohemefilm.com/
For a movie interview (German only) with star tenor Villazón: http://kurier.at/kultur/209655.php
La Bohème the movie will premier October 10th in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devils Horns Or Viking Helmet? &#8211; Opera singers and their Obama disclaimers</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/09/14/devils-horns-or-viking-helmet-opera-singers-and-their-obama-disclaimers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/09/14/devils-horns-or-viking-helmet-opera-singers-and-their-obama-disclaimers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No my blog isn’t becoming political all of a sudden.  But this article struck a chord.
“I talk a bit too much about politics, right?” – No, of course not. But it’s a bit unusual, on the occasion of an operetta premier interview, more than half of the time to talk about politics. “Yeah I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenor stabbed in the nose, not in the back</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/08/23/tenor-stabbed-in-the-nose-not-in-the-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/08/23/tenor-stabbed-in-the-nose-not-in-the-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opera as bloodsport? The Viennese opera singer Alejandro Gallo (age 38) was stabbed in the face by a dagger during a Romeo and Juliet production staging rehearsal in Malta (National Theater Teatru Manoel). The dagger had travelled through his nose into his brain. The injuries were life threatening, and after a risky surgery, his career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netrebko goes lullaby</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/08/22/netrebko-goes-lullaby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think that after Russian Opera Star Anna Netrebko got  a bun in the oven she&#8217;d have to sit down in the audience for a change. Not this fleissige Frau!
While pregnant the Soprano has recently recorded a single, Strauss&#8217;s &#8220;Lullaby&#8221;, as a fundraiser for the &#8220;SOS Kinderdörfer&#8221; organisation. One euro will be donated for [...]]]></description>
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