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		<title>Opera caravan swoops on summer venues</title>
		<link>http://art-folio.ch/2010/07/06/opera-caravan-swoops-on-summer-venues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Vigié]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lausanne Opera, under the direction of Eric Vigié, inaugurates a summer opera caravan that takes Teleman and Pergolese to festivals and venues throughout Vaud, including the free July Festival de la Cité in Lausanne and the August Saint Prex Festival organized by expat Hazeline van Swaay. Lively, touching and funny, the programme is meant to attract everyone. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=755&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British conductor Laurence Dale brings England to Evian</title>
		<link>http://art-folio.ch/2010/05/19/british-conductor-laurence-dale-brings-england-to-evian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 07:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sir COlin Davis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate his tenth year at the head of Evian’s Les Escales Musicales, renowned opera singer and director Laurence Dale conducts an orchestral evening on May 21 bound to make any Brit nostalgic for the homeland with Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory from the Enigma Variations. He tells Swisster how singing has helped him prepare to hold the baton.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=662&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Geneva Opera announces season for all tastes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For his second season at the head of the Geneva Opera – and the first actually of his making – renowned music and opera director Tobias Richter is determined to attract new audiences. Richter concocts a programme for the 2010-11 season that is meant to be seductive, even for people who have never attended an opera.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=640&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lulu divides Geneva Opera</title>
		<link>http://art-folio.ch/2010/02/10/lulu-divides-geneva-opera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alban Berg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Geneva opera was looking for trouble by asking the French director, Olivier Py, whose opera productions have sent Geneva audiences reeling with indignation in the past, to mount Lulu, the story of a demonic sex angel. Py responds with a production branded pornography by some, and genius by others. Swisster reacts to the hearsay by meeting Py and taking in the show.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=533&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marthe Keller directs Don Giovanni at Geneva Opera</title>
		<link>http://art-folio.ch/2009/12/11/marthe-keller-directs-don-giovanni-at-geneva-opera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marthe Keller, the Swiss actress of international fame, has added opera direction to her string of accomplishments. Her production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni first staged for the New York Metropolitan Opera will be presented in Geneva from December 11 to 20. Not to be intimidated by the mythical seducer, Keller shares her views with Swisster on Don Giovanni and her approach to working with singers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=287&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tobias Richter to lead shaken Geneva Opera</title>
		<link>http://art-folio.ch/2009/04/27/tobias-richter-to-lead-shaken-geneva-opera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelelaird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite internal conflicts and scathing audits, the Geneva Opera has maintained its reputation as one of the world’s best opera houses. The respected but abrasive current director, Jean-Marie Blanchard, will now make way for the congenial Tobias Richter, whose first season will comprise productions programmed by the two men. Richter, who began his international career in Geneva, announces a new era packed with changes and introduces a style described as elegant, erudite and entertaining.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=art-folio.ch&#038;blog=9654187&#038;post=432&#038;subd=michelelaird&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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