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		<title>The Salzburg festival saga&#8230; no end in sight</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2010/03/05/the-salzburg-festival-no-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabi Burgstaller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helga Rabl]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the technical director, Klaus Kretschmer, was found mangled under a bridge just outside of Salzburg in a failed suicide attempt, even more attention has been focused on the yearly Salzburg Easter Festival, founded by Karajan in 1967. Klaus Kretschmer was relieved earlier of his duties when it seemed he was connected with the festival [...]]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaston Rivero]]></category>
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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>Surviving the Endless Winter with a Stradivari Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2009/04/01/surviving-the-endless-winter-with-a-stradivari-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capsules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lavender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural cold remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Propolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having rehearsals nearly every day for the last several months combined with a seemingly endless Austrian winter has really taken it&#8217;s toll. So it&#8217;s the perfect time to talk about some local all-natural aids here in Europe to help sing through a cold.
After getting over a nasty cold recently, I couldn&#8217;t seem to shake off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Old Opera House</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2009/02/12/a-new-old-opera-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alzira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donizetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucia di Lammermoor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luisa Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teatro di San Carlo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Un ballo in maschera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verdi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Neapolitan&#8217;s San Carlo was reopened after renovations. What a lovely little gem. I&#8217;ve pulled some pics off of La Republica to see just what I&#8217;m talking about.
Donizetti composed 16 operas for this venue included Lucia di Lammermoor. Verdi had an orchestra pit added to better suite his works, and wrote Alzira, Luisa Miller, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Handy&#8221; Dictionaries for Mobiles</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/12/17/handy-dictionaries-for-mobiles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/12/17/handy-dictionaries-for-mobiles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Tips 4 Singers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bilingual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictionaries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet Dictionary Project]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I finally got a new &#8220;Handy&#8221; (what Austrians call mobile phones). The first thing I did after charging it, was to find some practical software for my shiny unlocked travel phone. I came across the Internet Dictionary Project (IDP) and the Freedict organization. Both offer free dictionaries that can be installed on mobile phones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Party is at Linz</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/12/16/the-party-is-at-linz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linz, Austria will be the EU city of culture in 2009 making its New Years celebration extra special.
The tiny steel-industry city, proud of it&#8217;s 1.9 kilometer subway, is undergoing a massive public transport overhaul as well as a contruction boom thanks to the 100 million euros it received to prepare Linz for it&#8217;s new role. [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/11/17/hampsons-zoo-break-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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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>Oper&#8230; etta. Oops how did that get through the door?</title>
		<link>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/11/06/oper-etta-oops-how-did-that-get-through-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/11/06/oper-etta-oops-how-did-that-get-through-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Die lustige Witwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franz Lehár]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is certainly a week of firsts. No I&#8217;m not talking about the first black American president, or the fact that I stopped introducing myself as Canadian to Europeans (why?).
I&#8217;m referring to the historic event this week at La Scala. According to &#8220;Der Standard&#8221; newspaper, for the first time in the history of this venue, [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Netrebko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elina Garanča]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georges Bizets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Mojto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
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>
		<comments>http://www.intensemelody.alexanderapostolov.com/2008/10/27/european-art-japanese-obsession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PixelTenor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angelika Kirchschlager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Frittoli]]></category>
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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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