query: who plays the opera singer in the fifth element

pos: Inva Mula use on a film soundtrack, so Callas's agent Michel Glotz, who had produced this recording, introduced him to Mula. Inva Mula Inva Mula (born June 27, 1963) is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film "The Fifth Element". Mula was born in Tirana, Albania to an Albanian father from Gjakove and a Russian mother. In 1987 she won the "Cantante d'Albania" competition in Tirana and

pos: Inva Mula use on a film soundtrack, so Callas's agent Michel Glotz, who had produced this recording, introduced him to Mula. Inva Mula Inva Mula (born June 27, 1963) is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film "The Fifth Element". Mula was born in Tirana, Albania to an Albanian father from Gjakove and a Russian mother. In 1987 she won the "Cantante d'Albania" competition in Tirana and

pos: Inva Mula Inva Mula Inva Mula (born June 27, 1963) is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film "The Fifth Element". Mula was born in Tirana, Albania to an Albanian father from Gjakove and a Russian mother. In 1987 she won the "Cantante d'Albania" competition in Tirana and in 1988 the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. In 1992 she won the "Butterfly" competition in Barcelona. She received

neg: The Fifth Element humanoid woman who takes the name Leeloo. Terrified of the unfamiliar surroundings, she breaks out of confinement and jumps off a high ledge, crashing into the flying taxicab of Korben Dallas, a former major in the special forces. Dallas delivers Leeloo to Cornelius and his apprentice, David, and it is revealed that she is the Fifth Element. Cornelius learns from her that the element stones were not on the Mondoshawans' ship, but had been entrusted to an alien opera singer, the diva Plavalaguna. Zorg kills many of the Mangalores for their failure to obtain the stones, but the survivors determine

neg: Maciej Jachowski Maciej Jachowski Maciej Jachowski (born 8 July 1977) is a Polish actor and singer. His TV debut was in the dramatic documentary telenovela "Sekcja 998" (TVP2, 2006). In the TVP2 soap opera "M jak miłość", Jachowski plays Irek Podleśny, a colleague of Olga (Karolina Nowakowska). He has appeared in "39 i pół" (TVN, 2009), "Samo Życie" (Polsat, 2009), and "Na dobre i na złe" (TVP2, 2010). In the soap opera "Na Wspólnej" (TVN, 2010), Jachowski plays the role of Piotr Czubak. He played the role of Krzysztof in the feature film "Fenomen" (2010). Jachowski participated in the fifth edition of

neg: Philosophy of Miracle records, "Opera #2" has been downloaded over 20 million times, with over 15 million downloads for the track "The 7th Element". The music video for "Opera #2" and the TV performance of "The 7th Element" have been forwarded frequently via the internet, accounting for much of Vitas' worldwide recognition. Philosophy of Miracle Philosophy of Miracle () is the debut album by Russian singer Vitas, released in 2001. It is sometimes translated as "Philosophy of a Miracle", "Philosophy of Wonder", or "Wonders of Philosophy". The album received widespread popularity in mid-2011 after "The 7th Element" (often memed as "Weird Russian Singer")

neg: Cupid (singer) Cupid (singer) Bryson Bernard (born October 10, 1982) better known by his stage name Cupid, is an American singer born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. He has released four albums, and is best known for the single "Cupid Shuffle". Bryson Bernard started singing in his church's choir, encouraged by his pastor father. He initially enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a full athletic scholarship in track and field. He left the track team to form a singing group known as Fasho, which later changed its name to Fifth Element. After Fifth Element was dissolved, Bernard pursued a

neg: Jordan Officer Christian as an influence and has a particular fondness for the swing era. He has played mandolin with opera singer Nils Brown and has worked with blues musician Stephen Barry. With Susie Arioli Jordan Officer Jordan Officer (born 1976) is a Canadian guitarist who plays jazz, blues, and country music. He has worked often with singer Susie Arioli. Officer was born in Montreal. He played violin and drums before taking up guitar at the age of fourteen. He performed with blues bands in clubs, which is how he met Susie Arioli, a Canadian jazz singer who also plays snare drum.

neg: Peking opera from earlier Chinese theatre styles, such as "kunqu." Nearly half of 272 plays listed in 1824 were derived from earlier styles. Many classification systems have been used to sort the plays. Two traditional methods have existed since Peking opera first appeared in China. The oldest and most generally used system is to sort plays into civil and martial types. Civil plays focus on the relationships between characters, and feature personal, domestic, and romantic situations. The element of singing is frequently used to express emotion in this type of play. Martial plays feature a greater emphasis on action and combat skill.

neg: Wei Haimin Wei Haimin Wei Haimin (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese Peking opera singer-actress who plays "Dan" roles. A winner of Taiwan's National Award of Art and P.R. China's Plum Blossom Prize, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is a student of Mei Baojiu. Wei Haimin shot to fame in the 1980s with Wu Hsing-kuo's Contemporary Legend Theatre, known for adapting Western classics into Peking opera. In the 1990s she became the leading diva of the newly-founded GuoGuang Opera Company. In 2009 she worked with Robert Wilson on a Peking opera adaptation of "", where she played an

neg: Niall Morris (singer) maid Doria Manfredi. Niall Morris plays the role of Giacomo Puccini. Niall Morris (singer) Niall Morris (born 1975) is an Irish classical singer and producer. Born in Dublin, he studied music at Trinity College Dublin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He completed his studies at the National Opera Studio in London. He performed principally with English Touring Opera and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Amongst the opera roles he has performed on stage are Nemorino in "L'elisir d'amore", Davey in Jonathan Dove's "Siren Song", Ralph Rackstraw in "H.M.S. Pinafore", Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni", Lysander in

neg: Eli Gorenstein "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Professor Ratigan in "The Great Mouse Detective", Jafar from "Aladdin". He has also dubbed supporting characters such as Sebastian from "The Little Mermaid", Eeyore in the "Winnie the Pooh" franchise, and Lumière from "Beauty and the Beast". Gorenstein maintained a successful career and a singer and a musician. He plays the cello and often performs songs in the style of Frank Sinatra. He often performs as an opera singer at the New Israeli Opera and he performs jingles for the openings of television shows and commercials. Gorenstein has one daughter named Roni, who is also

neg: The Midnight Girl filmed in early 1925 at Long Island Studios, on Long Island, New York. A print of the film survives. In 1926, opera singer Nina Morgana sued Chadwick Pictures over "The Midnight Girl", claiming that the opera singer character in named "Nina" is portrayed as "debauched" and "passe", and thus was damaging to Morgana's reputation. The Midnight Girl The Midnight Girl is a 1925 American drama film directed by Wilfred Noy, starring Lila Lee and featuring Béla Lugosi. Lugosi plays, according to an intertitle, "Nicholas Harmon, the immensely wealthy patron of music" who "loved his weaknesses — and his favorite weakness

neg: The Fifth Element in preparation for the flight, and the hula music that greets the passengers as they arrive in Fhloston. More conventional scoring techniques are present in the leitmotif that first appears when professor Pacoli mentions the fifth element, the militaristic snares as the warship prepares to attack the dark planet, and the Mahlerian funereal piece heard when Leeloo learns about war. The music used for the taxicab chase scene, titled "Alech Taadi" by Algerian performer Khaled, is excluded from the film soundtrack, but is available on Khaled's album "N'ssi N'ssi". The Diva Dance opera performance used music from Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia

neg: Vic Ruggiero although he also plays piano, bass, banjo, cigar box guitar, guitar, harmonica and percussion. Ruggiero is known for his distinct Bronx accent that has a deep, raw quality to it. His lyrics usually follow several themes, including the apocalypse, dark humor, political distrust, paranoia, murder, irony, romance and loneliness. His songs have ranged from narrative ballads to whimsical tunes inspired by Beat generation poets, authors and songwriters, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and John Lennon. American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer Victor "Vic" Ruggiero started playing piano by ear as a fifth grader and sang with the Metropolitan Opera at age

neg: Shi Yihong Shi Yihong Shi Yihong (born 1972), born Shi Min, is a Chinese Peking opera singer-actress who plays "Dan" roles. A Plum Blossom Prize winner, Shi Yihong is considered a Peking opera superstar who not only excels in both vocal and acrobatic roles, but is always experimenting and expanding her repertoire despite resistance from conservative elements. Shi Yihong is a member of the Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company, but she also established her own production company in 2016. Shi holds an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. For non-opera viewers, Shi Yihong is probably best known for starring in

neg: Shi Yihong the 2016 film "Mr. No Problem". Shi Yihong Shi Yihong (born 1972), born Shi Min, is a Chinese Peking opera singer-actress who plays "Dan" roles. A Plum Blossom Prize winner, Shi Yihong is considered a Peking opera superstar who not only excels in both vocal and acrobatic roles, but is always experimenting and expanding her repertoire despite resistance from conservative elements. Shi Yihong is a member of the Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company, but she also established her own production company in 2016. Shi holds an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. For non-opera viewers, Shi Yihong is

neg: The Domain, Sydney of theTarpeian Wall plays a crucial role in supporting the entry point and setting of the Sydney Opera House, where it provides an enclosing "backstage wall" to the open forecourt space. It is considered a "crucial element in [the World Heritage] Buffer Zone . . . including its steps and upper perimeter fence. Although not legally on the Sydney Opera House site, it immediately borders and defines its southern edge and the open space of the forecourt. Because of its scale, location and configuration, it plays a crucial role in the approach and entry experience, setting, and definition, of the

neg: Zhang Jun (opera singer) Zhang Jun (opera singer) Zhang Jun (; born October 1974) is a Chinese Kunqu opera performer. In May 2011, Zhang was awarded the UNESCO Artist for Peace award for his "long-term commitment to promoting intangible cultural heritage, especially Kunqu Opera." He became the only second Chinese after actress Gong Li to be awarded the title since 2001. Officially ranked as one of China's national top-class performers, Zhang is known as the prince of Kunqu Opera, often playing the role of xiao sheng (young man) and portraying many leading characters in famous Kunqu plays such as "The Peony Pavilion", "The Palace

neg: Wei Haimin androgynous character — rare for female performers in this genre. She also acted in some martial arts films in the 1970s and 1980s. Wei Haimin Wei Haimin (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese Peking opera singer-actress who plays "Dan" roles. A winner of Taiwan's National Award of Art and P.R. China's Plum Blossom Prize, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is a student of Mei Baojiu. Wei Haimin shot to fame in the 1980s with Wu Hsing-kuo's Contemporary Legend Theatre, known for adapting Western classics into Peking opera. In the 1990s she became the leading diva of

neg: Christine Johnson (actress) Christine Johnson (actress) Christine Johnson Smith (September 8, 1911 – June 9, 2010), usually credited as Christine Johnson, was an American contralto opera singer and actress who sang at the Metropolitan Opera and other opera houses. She is best known, however, for creating the role of Nettie Fowler in the original Broadway production of "Carousel". Johnson was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and moved to Owensboro, Kentucky after her freshman year of high school, graduating from Owensboro High School in 1929. She showed early promise, starring in school plays and singing in churches. After high school, she studied voice at the

neg: Derk Cheetwood Derk Cheetwood Derk Cheetwood (born October 8, 1973) is an American singer and actor who appears on the soap opera "General Hospital" on a recurring basis as bodyguard Max Giambetti, who works for mob boss Sonny Corinthos. He is the cousin of Tyler Christopher, who plays Nikolas Cassadine on "General Hospital", and the older brother of Drew Cheetwood, who plays Milo Giambetti on the show. He also had an appearance on the 1995 sitcom "Brotherly Love" in the episode "Witchcraft". Derk is married to Cari Costner, Kevin Costner's niece, and the two share a daughter Kylie Danielle, born January 30,

neg: Derk Cheetwood 2008. Their second daughter Audrey Jane was born October 14, 2010. Their third child, a son, named Cody Maclean was born on February 9, 2015. Derk Cheetwood Derk Cheetwood (born October 8, 1973) is an American singer and actor who appears on the soap opera "General Hospital" on a recurring basis as bodyguard Max Giambetti, who works for mob boss Sonny Corinthos. He is the cousin of Tyler Christopher, who plays Nikolas Cassadine on "General Hospital", and the older brother of Drew Cheetwood, who plays Milo Giambetti on the show. He also had an appearance on the 1995 sitcom "Brotherly

neg: Xu Yulan the Chinese Dramatists' Association. Xu Yulan lived with her chaperone and personal assistant Zhao Naixue from 1946 until she married in 1954. Xu Yulan Xu Yulan (born Wang Yulan, December 27, 1921 – April 19, 2017) was a Shaoxing opera singer-actress who plays "Sheng" roles (all male characters). Xu Yulan was born in Zhejiang province (the location of present-day Xindeng township, Fuyang District). She trained in traditional Chinese opera, which included training in acrobatics and martial arts, at Dong'an Theatre School. Xu Yulan often played male roles in all-female Shaoxing opera productions, and the "Xu style" of playing these "xiaosheng"

neg: Xu Yulan Xu Yulan Xu Yulan (born Wang Yulan, December 27, 1921 – April 19, 2017) was a Shaoxing opera singer-actress who plays "Sheng" roles (all male characters). Xu Yulan was born in Zhejiang province (the location of present-day Xindeng township, Fuyang District). She trained in traditional Chinese opera, which included training in acrobatics and martial arts, at Dong'an Theatre School. Xu Yulan often played male roles in all-female Shaoxing opera productions, and the "Xu style" of playing these "xiaosheng" (young male) roles is named for her. She co-starred with Wang Wenjuan for many years beginning in 1948, and commissioned works from

neg: Li Yugang is respected for his generous donations and help to local charity organisations, especially in education. A very modest man who is aware that he has not had the rigorous training of traditional Peking opera, he is constantly studying and passionately committed to make China's rich cultural heritage accessible both to the young generation and to audiences around the world. Li Yugang Li Yugang () is a singer and a performer in the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater; a member of the National Youth Federation. He specialises in "nan dan" role, which is male who plays female role in

neg: Country Hotel Country Hotel Country Hotel (; ; literally "Hell hotel") is a 1957 comedy-drama film written and directed by Rattana Pestonji. Noi runs a rural bar and guesthouse called the Paradise Hotel. He tends bar and arm wrestles any challengers. The hotel, which has only one room, already has a guest, a man named Chana. Chana is annoyed that the hotel plays host to various musical groups, including a 'Professor' who sings European opera, another man who practises the trombone, a Peking opera troupe, a Filipina ballad singer, a brass band and unwanted displays of "buffalo boxing" all of which take

neg: Frank Wedekind pieces tell a continuous story of a sexually-enticing young dancer, who rises in German society through her relationships with wealthy men but who later falls into poverty and prostitution. The frank depiction of sexuality and violence in these plays, including lesbianism and an encounter with Jack the Ripper (a role which Wedekind played in the original production), pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable on the stage at the time. Karl Kraus also helped Wedekind stage it in Vienna. "Der Kammersänger" ("The Court-Singer", 1899) is a one-act character study of a famous opera singer who receives a series of

neg: Culture of Italy but very Italian-centered and hardly international. The only main international Italian pop-singers include 1970s pop-diva Mina, who sold 76 million records worldwide in her lifetime, and singer Laura Pausini, who has sold 45 million albums. La Scala opera house in Milan is renowned as one of the best in the world. There are other famous venues for opera, including San Carlo in Naples, La Fenice Theatre in Venice, and the Roman arena in Verona. Additionally, there are fifteen publicly owned theaters and numerous privately run ones in Italy. These theaters promote Italian and European plays as well as ballets. Famous

neg: Michael Leinert has written and directed many Radio Plays, several opera libretti and three musical plays for children. His biography of the German Romantic Composer Carl Maria von Weber is published in the fifth edition by the well-known Rowohlt Verlag (Serie Monografien) and has been translated into Swedish and Chinese. Together with Susan Owen-Leinert he founded the "Spohr Society of the United States of America" and edited the first complete and critical edition of Louis Spohr’s Lieder in 12 vols. with the publisher Dohr in Cologne, Germany. Michael Leinert has taught as a Guest Professor of "Opera History" and Opera Literature and

neg: Sara Gadimova remained loyal to the tradition of classical singing until the end of his life.In the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater, Sara Gadimova's name, performed at leading parties, was remembered by Leyli and Asli's paintings created on the opera scene. "Bayati-Shiraz", "Shur", "Shahnaz", "Qatar", "Mahur-hindi", "Foreign Seagah" mugams and various Azerbaijani folk songs performed by him in his history are written in golden letters. Performed by singer, "Garabagh Shikestesi" plays a special place in the history of Azerbaijani music. Sara Gadimova, who deeply fascinates folk music, is one of the great artists who enrich our national musical treasure, playing a

neg: Genealogy (band) The third member being Vahe Tilbian, an Armenian-Ethiopian singer, was announced on 23 February 2015. The fourth member was Stephanie Topalian, a U.S. born Armenian-American-Japanese singer residing in Japan. Her father is Armenian-American and her mother Japanese; her membership was announced on 27 February 2015. The fifth member is Mary-Jean O'Doherty Basmadjian, an Australian opera singer of Armenian descent. Her membership was announced on 3 March 2015. The sixth member is Inga Arshakyan, who also represented Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, along with her sister, Anush. On 28 April 2015 the five Armenian diaspora members of

neg: The Midnight Girl The Midnight Girl The Midnight Girl is a 1925 American drama film directed by Wilfred Noy, starring Lila Lee and featuring Béla Lugosi. Lugosi plays, according to an intertitle, "Nicholas Harmon, the immensely wealthy patron of music" who "loved his weaknesses — and his favorite weakness was Nina," his mistress, an opera singer whose voice is faltering. His stepson Don, an orchestra conductor, rejects the attentions of a society girl. Don becomes estranged from his stepfather in an argument, and leaves to succeed on his own. He helps the career of Anna, a newly arrived singer from Russia who becomes

neg: Christina Rahm and then at the Stenborg Theatre. The Stenborg theater was a very popular theater normally frequented by the public in Stockholm rather than the upper classes, and where Rahm was to become a celebrated prima donna. As she was both an opera singer and a dramatic actress, she could act in both opera performances and theater plays, and was described as "one of the theatre's most useful actresses." She was described as a good singer and was often given main parts when the theater offered opera and other lyrical performances. Several benefit performances were given to Christina Rahm, illustrating her

neg: The Fifth Element stars out of 4, calling it "One of the great goofy movies", and concluding, "I would not have missed seeing this film, and I recommend it for its richness of imagery. But at 127 minutes, which seems a reasonable length, it plays long." The film was, however, subject to a number of harsh reviews that expressed disapproval of its overblown style. Todd McCarthy of "Variety" wrote, "A largely misfired European attempt to make an American-style sci-fi spectacular, "The Fifth Element" consists of a hodgepodge of elements that don't comfortably coalesce." David Edelstein of "Slate" was even more critical, saying, "It

neg: Fifth Column (band) and William Ellis). Opera Arcana appeared as guest musicians on UK artist Nick Hudson's 2016 release "Ganymede In A State of War". In 2017, Opera Arcana recorded an original soundtrack for the film "Downroad" by Kelly Wydryk. Fifth Column have been nominated for a Polaris Music Prize in the Heritage section for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize, 2017 Polaris Music Prize, and 2018 Polaris Music Prize. In 1987, the Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce released his short "Boy, Girl". LaBruce was influenced by the lyric "Boy/Girl" written by the Fifth Column band lyricist and singer Caroline Azar. LaBruce had asked if

neg: Noëmi Nadelmann the Komische Oper Berlin, Zürich Opera House, Bern Theatre, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Prinzregententheater in Munich, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cologne Opera, Berlin State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, and the Bolshoi Theatre. In Andrzej Żuławskis 1991 film "" Nadelmann plays the role of the opera singer Pauline Viardot. She sang Violetta in Götz Friedrich's televised production of "La traviata". She received the Critics' Prize in Berlin in 1996 and the in 1996. In 2010, Nadelmann entered a competition, "Battle of the Choirs", on the Swiss television station SRF

neg: Christopher Whyte The title sequence in Whyte's fourth collection, "Bho Leabhar-Latha Maria Malibran / From the Diary of Maria Malibran" (Stornoway, Acair 2009) assumes the voice of the celebrated opera singer (1808-1836) as, in a country retreat not far from Paris, she reflects on her life, her career and her problematic relationship with her father, also an opera star. A combative epilogue affirms the importance of not confining poetry in Gaelic to themes and topics directly related to the society and history of those who speak the language. Whyte's fifth collection, in Gaelic only, "An Daolag Shìonach (The Chinese Beetle)" (Glasgow, Clò

neg: Katie Noonan of the events. Noonan is married to Isaac Hurren, her longtime partner and collaborator in Elixir. They are parents to two sons. Katie Noonan Katie Anne Noonan (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she sings in the groups george and Elixir; performs with her mother Maggie Noonan; and plays with her band The Captains. Noonan grew up with a strong background in classical music, with her mother Maggie being a well-known opera singer. She studied opera and jazz at the Queensland Conservatorium. After graduation,

neg: Katie Noonan Katie Noonan Katie Anne Noonan (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she sings in the groups george and Elixir; performs with her mother Maggie Noonan; and plays with her band The Captains. Noonan grew up with a strong background in classical music, with her mother Maggie being a well-known opera singer. She studied opera and jazz at the Queensland Conservatorium. After graduation, Noonan began fronting the pop-rock group george, along with her brother Tyrone Noonan. Noonan founded george with her brother, with whom she

neg: Ballad opera invariably sung in Italian), the music, for these audiences, was as satirical in its way as the words of the play. The plays themselves contained references to contemporary politics—in "The Beggar's Opera" the character Peachum was a lampoon of Sir Robert Walpole. This satirical element meant that many of them risked censorship and banning—as was the case with Gay's successor to "The Beggar's Opera", "Polly". The tunes of the original ballad operas were almost all pre-existing (somewhat in the manner of a modern "jukebox musical"): however they were taken from a wide variety of contemporary sources, including folk melodies, popular

neg: Fred Clifton 1889. Clifton continued to appear in comic opera in New York until 1897. He also composed incidental music for plays. After leaving his wife in 1877, Clifton lived with a chorine called Mary or Marie Glover. They soon had a daughter in England, and she moved with Clifton to America; they eventually had six more children. Clifton died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903 at the age of 59. Fred Clifton Thomas Husler Greene ( 29 May 1844 – 7 September 1903), who performed as Fred Clifton, was an English opera singer and actor known for creating three roles in the

neg: Ian Wallace (singer) Ian Wallace (singer) Ian Bryce Wallace OBE (10 July 191912 October 2009) was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction. His family intended him for a career in the law, but he was attracted to the stage. Originally an actor in non-musical plays, he was persuaded to try opera and made an immediate success. He played a range of buffo parts in operas, at Glyndebourne and internationally. Wallace maintained a simultaneous career in revue, straight theatre, and broadcasting. He appeared in pantomime and at the Royal Variety Performance. As a broadcaster, he was a

neg: Kellee Maize a 2012 Global Grind article about white female rappers. Maize's fourth album, "Owl Time", was released December 12, 2012. Her fifth album, "The 5th Element", was officially released on Valentine's Day 2014. The album had been available exclusively to the Jamendo community 10 days prior. By the 15th of February, "The 5th Element" had gathered over 90,000 plays and over 6,000 downloads on Jamendo alone. The main theme of "The 5th Element" has been cited as love. The album design features over 1,000 fans that sent pictures of themselves displaying love in whatever way they saw fit. Her sixth album,

neg: Element of Light Element of Light Element of Light is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his second with his backing band, the Egyptians. It was released in 1986. Most of the album was recorded at Alaska Studios and Berry Street, but two tracks, "The President" and "Lady Waters & The Hooded One", were live recordings made for the BBC, with overdubs recorded on BBC Mobile and at Alaska. The overriding flavour of the album is dominated by the song "Airscape", which provides in its lyric the album title. "Airscape" has been cited several times by Hitchcock as a favourite

neg: Trés Hanley entitled "Très Broadway", a tribute to her early roots in musicals. It was followed by a European dance single (an Opera & Rap duet) "Dance of the Euro Diva". The music was composed by Éric Serra. The piece was originally written for the film "The Fifth Element". The club version was a collaboration with Asian Rap artist BURCH, who was also featured on her subsequent Euro-pop album "Euro Diva". Her third album "A Siren's Odyssey" (2013) is an autobiographical song cycle. Hanley penned the lyrics to title song which serves as prologue to the album. Many of her close friends

neg: Li Yugang Li Yugang Li Yugang () is a singer and a performer in the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater; a member of the National Youth Federation. He specialises in "nan dan" role, which is male who plays female role in Peking opera. Li Yugang has released a number of CDs. Li Yugang directed and starred in his own stage production "Lady Zhaojun" 《昭君出塞》, a grand Oriental Poetic Stage production which took him more than three years in preparation. "Lady Zhaojun" premiered in Beijing on April 16–19 and it is expecting to go on a world tour in 2016. In

neg: He Saifei (五朵金花) of Shaoxing opera. She has one son, born in 1998. He Saifei He Saifei (born 11 April 1963) is a Chinese actress of theatre, film and television, as well as a celebrated Shaoxing opera singer-actress who plays "Dan" (female) roles. Internationally, she is best known for her supporting roles in period films like "Raise the Red Lantern" (1990) and "Temptress Moon" (1996). He Saifei was born in 1963 in an island in Daishan County, Zhoushan off the coast of mainland Zhejiang province. She has two sisters. When she was 3, the Cultural Revolution began. In 1967, her father was

neg: Stage combat Knife fights tend to have quick sharp movements. A example of this can be seen in "West Side Story"'s fight between Riff and Bernardo. Often in plays however, it is one actor with a knife against someone who is unarmed like in Act I of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen," written in 1875. The shields used in stage combat are commonly round and are strong enough that they can be used as a defensive and offensive weapon. An important element in using a shield is to hold the shield arm in an upper diagonal so the fist is higher than the

neg: Aurea (singer) and grew up in the Algarve. Since she was a child, she realized she wanted to be a singer or actress and she participated in many plays at school. Aurea went to Évora's university, where she studied performing arts. In 2008, Aurea met Rui Ribeiro at the university, who heard her singing. He helped her to release her first single in 2008 through Blim Records, "Okay Alright". The song was included on the soundtrack of the Portuguese soap opera "Morangos com Açúcar". In the summer of 2008, she performed the song live at the Morangomania Festival, a show created by

neg: LeToya Luckett grew up singing in her local Brentwood Baptist Church. She also took vocal lessons to become an opera singer. Her father, who was also a singer, was very proud of his daughter's vocal talents and tried to get her in the music business. Luckett is the older of two children. Luckett was given the chance to sing her first solo at the age of five. "The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang," she recalled. Shortly thereafter, she joined the children's choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school. One day, she walked to

neg: Marcus Lovett Marcus Lovett Marcus Lovett is an American singer and actor who was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. An actor, singer and athlete from childhood, Lovett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with honors. His classmates included the actress Ming Na Wen. Lovett then immediately joined the original Broadway production of "Les Miserables". He simultaneously appeared on ABC's "One Life to Live". Additional Broadway and West End roles included leads in "Aspects of Love", "Phantom of the Opera", and "King David", and Off-Broadway plays and musicals, including the Bruce Hornsby show, "SCKBSTD". He originated the role of The Man in "Whistle Down

neg: Marcus Lovett founder of the non profit organization, JoinedHands. Marcus Lovett Marcus Lovett is an American singer and actor who was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. An actor, singer and athlete from childhood, Lovett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with honors. His classmates included the actress Ming Na Wen. Lovett then immediately joined the original Broadway production of "Les Miserables". He simultaneously appeared on ABC's "One Life to Live". Additional Broadway and West End roles included leads in "Aspects of Love", "Phantom of the Opera", and "King David", and Off-Broadway plays and musicals, including the Bruce Hornsby show, "SCKBSTD". He originated the

neg: Under Milk Wood: An Opera (New York) and in association with Welsh National Opera, with the premiere performance at Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea on 3 April 2014. The production was directed by Keith Turnbull, and the Musical Director was Wyn Davies, who also played the piano and synthesiser and sang the role of Organ Morgan. The opera requires five instrumentalists: a string player who plays violin, viola and crwth; a harpist who plays concert harp and lever harp; a flautist who plays flute and bass flute; a keyboard player who plays piano and synthesiser; and a percussionist. There are also various other instruments and

neg: The Witnesses Adrien and they do not have sex, but strike an emotional friendship. Manu is happy with the friendship and becomes Adrien’s companion and his student of life’s finer things. Wildly in love with his shallow, narcissistic protégé, Adrien is shrewd enough not to push too hard, but there is an element of masochism in his abject devotion. Manu, who has recently arrived to Paris from a provincial town in the south of France, shares a space with his sister Julie, while she struggles to affirm herself as an opera singer. They live in a cheap hotel that is a center

neg: Ian Wallace (singer) of his suitability for an operatic career, but in 1946 friends persuaded him to audition for the conductor Alberto Erede, who engaged him for the first season of the New London Opera Company. Wallace made his operatic début at the Cambridge Theatre in 1946, as Colline in "La bohème". He sang there with established operatic stars such as Mariano Stabile and Margherita Grandi. His other roles with the company were the Sacristan ("Tosca"), Bartolo ("The Barber of Seville"), Ceprano ("Rigoletto") and Masetto ("Don Giovanni"). The critic of "The Times" thought Wallace overplayed the buffo element, both as the Sacristan and

neg: The Fifth Element but divorced in 1999. Wishing to shoot the film in France, Besson could not find suitable facilities and "with a heavy heart" filmed in London. It was primarily filmed at Pinewood Studios on seven soundstages including the 007 Stage. Construction of sets began in October 1995. The opera scene was filmed at the Royal Opera House. Scenes depicted as being in Egypt were filmed in Mauritania; the first shoot, a background shot of the desert, occurred there on 5 January 1996. Filming with actors began in late January, and was completed 21 weeks later. Willis finished filming on 16 May,

neg: Element of Light President" makes reference to Ronald Reagan's visit to Bitburg, where members of the Waffen-SS were buried. Originally running to ten songs, the first CD edition included extra bonus tracks, all taken from singles, whilst later pressings have added a further six, including the comedic spoken number "The Can Opener". The album was self-produced with input from long-time colleague Pat Collier. All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock. Element of Light Element of Light is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his second with his backing band, the Egyptians. It was released in 1986. Most of the album was

neg: Vitas Vitas Vitaliy Vladasovich Grachyov (; born 19 February 1979), known professionally as Vitas () or as the Russian Chayanne, is a Russian singer. He is known for his unique head voice and for possessing a five-octave vocal range, which enables him to perform his trademark "turkey call" like in his song "The 7th Element". His eclectic musical style incorporates elements of techno, dance, classical, jazz, and folk music. His song "Opera 2" and the music video for "The 7th Element" have been forwarded over email and on various social networks frequently, accounting for much of his worldwide recognition. Vitas designs

neg: Håkon Kornstad plays acoustic saxophones along with electronics in an improvised setting, usually giving solo performances. These have also featured guest appearenses from Knut Reiersrud, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Jon Christensen and beatboxer Julian Sommerfelt. In addition to saxophones and electronics, Kornstad plays something he calls the "flutonett", which is a flute coupled with a clarinet mouthpiece. During a stay in New York in 2009 Kornstad became interested in opera, and began taking singing lessons with teachers there. From the autumn of 2011 he has been a student at "Operahøgskolen" (KHiO), and debuted as a tenor singer in "Den Norske Opera" in February

neg: Intermède Intermède Intermède (also intermédie, intramède, entremets) is a French term for a musical or theatrical performance involving song and dance, also an 18th-century opera genre. The context in which the 'intermède' was performed has changed over time. During the 16th century they were court entertainments in which ballet was an important element. The intermède was sometimes given between the acts of spoken plays, especially in the 17th century when they were performed with the works of Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine. During the 18th century, the term was used for the Italian genre of opera called intermezzo as performed in

neg: Pandavani current happenings and insights through the story. Gradually, as the story progresses, the performance becomes more intense and experiential with added dance movements. An element of surprise is often used. The lead singer continuously interacts with the accompanying singers, who ask questions, give commentary and interjections; thus enhancing the dramatic effect of the performance. The performance can last for several hours on a single episode of Mahabharata. What starts out as a simple story narration turns into full-fledged ballad. Influences of Pandavani can be clearly seen in the plays of Habib Tanvir, who used folk singers of Chhattisgarh in his

neg: Frazan Kotwal festivals. He also plays the violin and the viola and organises music groups for the youth to learn and understand this form of music. He also has a diploma in Entrepreneurial Strategy. Frazan Kotwal Frazan Adil Kotwal is an Indian opera and western classical singer, born in Mumbai and raised in Pune, is also a Zoroastrian priest. Frazan Adil Kotwal is as an opera and art song singer (baritone), he is also a zoroastrian Priest. A graduate in Mass Media and Journalism from Jai Hind College, Frazan is mostly self-taught, and has had masterclasses with Benjamin Appl, Giuseppe Filianoti, Randall

neg: Elisabeth Lillström native actors but also opera singers and ballet dancers - whose identity, however, is mostly unknown. Elisabeth Lillström was a part of this diversity, and though never formally referred to as an opera singer, she was a soprano and frequently used in singing parts as well as theatre plays, and played an important part as an acting singer. In the 1747–48 season, Elisabeth Lillström starred in the main role of the nymph Syrinx in "Syrinx" by Lars Lalin or Peter Lindahl with music by Johan Ohl, opposite Peter Lindahl (as Harlequin), Johanna Embeck (Chlorix), Petter Stenborg (Philemon), Trundman (Sylvanus) and

neg: Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Tarpeian Way is of State significance for its prominence as a quarried, weathered sandstone cliff face, with stone steps and iron railing, which defines the northern boundary of the Royal Botanic Garden and the southern boundary of the Sydney Opera House. The drama, scale and simplicity of the quarried sandstone face of theTarpeian Wall plays a crucial role in supporting the entry point and setting of the Sydney Opera House, where it provides an enclosing "backstage wall" to the open forecourt space. It is considered a "crucial element in [the World Heritage] Buffer Zone . . . including its steps

neg: Nancy Evans (opera singer) In 1949, Evans married the producer and librettist Eric Crozier, who became a co-founder of the Aldeburgh Festival with Britten and Peter Pears. Nancy Evans (opera singer) Nancy Evans OBE (19 March 1915 – 20 August 2000) was an English mezzo-soprano who had a notable career as a concert and opera singer. She is particularly associated with Benjamin Britten who wrote his song cycle, "A Charm of Lullabies", and the role of Nancy in his opera "Albert Herring" for her. Evans was born in Liverpool and educated at Calder High School for Girls there. After studying singing first with John

neg: Jeanette Wässelius in 1793, where she became the student of Anne Marie Milan Desguillons. As such, she was active as a child actor in the student plays arranged by the school, as well as in minor children's roles of the Opera productions. Jeanette Wässelius was contracted as a singer at the Royal Swedish Opera on 1 April 1800. In 1806, the Royal Swedish Opera was (temporarily) closed by order of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, and remained closed for three years. During this period, many artists of the Opera lost employment or retired. Wässelia, however, was engaged as an actress at

neg: The Fifth Element who relents and helps him only at the last minute, accepting his declaration of love. The love story within "The Fifth Element" was considered to be one of the main narratives in the film, and it faces the same deadline as the main storyline. Hayward also considered the issue of environmental damage, in so far as waste and pollution are visible throughout the film. Whereas science fiction films often show a world wherein some new technology or threat either surpasses or fails humanity, "The Films of Luc Besson" included "The Fifth Element" amongst the minority of science fiction films that

neg: David Garrick (singer) David Garrick (singer) David Garrick (12 September 1945 – 23 August 2013) was an English singer who was best known for his 1966 pop hit single, "Dear Mrs. Applebee". Born Philip Darryl Core, as a teenager Garrick sang in a Liverpool church choir, but became interested in opera and succeeded in obtaining a scholarship to train as an opera singer in Milan, Italy. He returned to Liverpool after two years, where he was frequently found at the famous Cavern Club and once improvised an opera excerpt of Pagliacci, rendering him the surname "The Opera Singer" at the club. The Kinks'

neg: Zhang Jun (opera singer) of Eternal Youth" and "The Jade Hairpin" The first Kunqu opera singer in China to focus on revitalizing and promoting the ancient art form to a younger generation which he first started in universities and schools in 1998, Zhang's dream is to bring "Kunqu to an international stage" for people everywhere in the world to appreciate this ancient Chinese art. Currently in London and New York on a one-man contemporary performance of "I, Hamlet", which is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", he plays four key roles telling the classic tale through a Kunqu monologue. Born to farmers, Zhang grew up

neg: Origins of opera and increasingly secular courts of Italy's city-states. Such spectacles, were usually staged to commemorate significant state events: weddings, military victories, and the like, and alternated in performance with the acts of plays. Like the later opera, an intermedi featured the aforementioned solo singing, but also madrigals performed in their typical multi-voice texture, and dancing accompanied by the present instrumentalists. They were lavishly staged, and led the scenography of the second half of the 16th century. The intermedi tended not to tell a story as such, although they occasionally did, but nearly always focused on some particular element of human emotion

neg: Yu Kuizhi Yu Kuizhi Yu Kuizhi (Chinese: 于魁智; born 15 December 1961) is a Peking opera performer of Hui Chinese ethnicity. He plays the role of elderly men (laosheng) in Peking Opera. Yu Kuizhi was born in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, into a typical working-class family, his mother being a music instructor and his father being a level eight fitter. He was inspired by his mother since he was little, and was the lead singer in his primary school choir. In April 1972, only 10 years of age, he was selected to learn Peking Opera by the Shenyang Chinese Opera Institute, and

neg: Noh "jo-ha-kyū" dictates virtually every element of Noh including compiling of a program of plays, structuring of each play, songs and dances within plays, and the basic rhythms within each Noh performance. "Jo" means beginning, "ha" means breaking, and "kyū" means rapid or urgent. The term originated in "gagaku", ancient courtly music, to indicate gradually increasing tempo and was adopted in various Japanese traditions including Noh, tea ceremony, poetry, and flower arrangement. "Jo-ha-kyū" is incorporated in traditional five-play program of Noh. The first play is "jo", the second, third, and fourth plays are "ha", and the fifth play is "kyū". In

neg: Man Trouble vehicle. After some initial business attracted by his name on the marquee, film is fated for pay-cable use." Film Four's review stated: "Sold on the proven teamwork of director Rafelson and actor Nicholson -- who had previously worked together on "Five Easy Pieces", "The King of Marvin Gardens" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" -- this romantic comedy proved to be one of their least inspired collaborations. Nicholson plays a grouchy dog-trainer who slowly loosens up in the presence of romantically challenged opera singer Barkin, who needs to get some canine security after a series of death threats. Obviously intended

neg: White Event Marvel NOW! initiative, Jonathan Hickman introduced the White Event as a key element of his story in the fifth volume of Avengers. The White Event triggers the creation of powerful planetary defense systems, particularly the activation of a Star Brand. This White Event was caused by damage in the Builders' superflow, resulting in Kevin Connor receiving the Star Brand instead of a more qualified candidate. The event also saw the full activation of Ex Nihilo's creation Nightmask, who referred to this particular event as the last White Event. White Event The White Event is a fictional occurrence which plays a

neg: Gilbert and Sullivan many of which were familiar from European opera (and some of which grew out of Gilbert's earlier association with the German Reeds): the heroic protagonist (tenor) and his love-interest (soprano); the older woman with a secret or a sharp tongue (contralto); the baffled lyric baritone—the girl's father; and a classic villain (bass-baritone). Gilbert and Sullivan added the element of the comic patter-singing character. With the success of "H.M.S. Pinafore", the D'Oyly Carte repertory and production system was cemented, and each opera would make use of these stock character types. Before "The Sorcerer", Gilbert had constructed his plays around the established

neg: Hanoi Opera House was used for Vietnamese plays and musicals. The return of Western opera, and the first major non-French or Italian opera, was a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" organised under Vietnam-Soviet cultural auspices in 1960, where the Russian vocal coach selected an untrained singer Quý Dương as a fit for the baritone title role. Today the orchestra of the opera overlaps with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, and calls on the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra of the Hanoi Conservatory. Famous singers of the company include the Tchaikovsky Conservatory-trained soprano Lê Dung, the youngest ever person to be awarded People's Artist of Vietnam

neg: Nancy Evans (opera singer) Nancy Evans (opera singer) Nancy Evans OBE (19 March 1915 – 20 August 2000) was an English mezzo-soprano who had a notable career as a concert and opera singer. She is particularly associated with Benjamin Britten who wrote his song cycle, "A Charm of Lullabies", and the role of Nancy in his opera "Albert Herring" for her. Evans was born in Liverpool and educated at Calder High School for Girls there. After studying singing first with John Tobin and later with Maggie Teyte and Eva de Reusz, she made her recital debut in Liverpool at the age of 18. In

neg: Adam Klein (tenor) director. His brother Moondi Klein is a bluegrass singer, arranger, guitarist who performs with Jimmy Gaudreau in the duo, Jimmy and Moondi. Adam Klein (tenor) Adam Charles Josef Klein (born January 22, 1960) is an American opera singer who has sung leading tenor roles with many North American opera companies including, the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Edmonton Opera, and New York City Opera. Klein was born in Port Jefferson, New York, the son of pianist Howard Klein, a music critic at "The New York Times" in the 1960s, and Director for Arts at the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1970s and

neg: Richard Selzer Richard Selzer Allen Richard Selzer (June 24, 1928 – June 15, 2016) was an American surgeon and author. He was born in Troy, New York, and raised there. His father was Julius Louis Selzer, a general practitioner who practiced from the ground floor of the family home at Fifth Avenue in Troy. His mother, Gertrude Schneider Selzer, was an amateur singer who performed in local productions of musicals and opera. Richard Selzer graduated from Union College in 1948, with a B.S. and received his M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1953. He served in the Army for two years as

neg: I Am a Singer (Chinese Season 1) Lin's performances were exactly the same but Lin later changed it to "Opera" (instrumental). For this episode, the songs (dubbed as "Pot Luck") are determined by the audience online. Each singer chose three songs which he or she did not want to sing. If the audience picked one of these songs, the singer could choose another. After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Shang was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes. The fifth and last substitute singer of the season was Julia Peng. For this episode, singers had to sing at least one song that

neg: Lord Peter Wimsey to a gentleman's duty "to remember whom he had taken to bed" so as not to embarrass his bedmate by calling her by the wrong name. There are several references to a relationship with a famous Viennese opera singer, and Bunter—who evidently was involved with this, as with other parts of his master's life—recalls Wimsey being very angry with a French mistress who mistreated her own servant. The only one of Wimsey's earlier women to appear in person is the artist Marjorie Phelps, who plays an important role in "The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club". She has known Wimsey for

neg: Tiffany Butcher in a "compromising position." Despite "already treading on rocky ground, life gets even worse" for Tiffany when she is confronted by the Ahmeds about photos posted online of her and their new foster child, Harley, who is kidnapped by his biological parents. Digital Spy's Kris Green has said Maisie Smith is "brilliant" and "one...to watch", comparing her to Ellis Hollins, the award-winning child actor who plays Tom Cunningham in the Channel 4 teen soap opera "Hollyoaks". She has also been praised by stage school teacher Sandra Singer, who said: "Maisie has the most incredible memory and when it comes to

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) pedophiles". LuAnn de Lesseps played a socialite who makes a gruesome discovery in the episode, "Bully". Executive producer Dan Truly described her character as a "slightly deranged, out of control artist". For her role, she had to pose semi-nude, for which she said she felt comfortable doing as it was "tasteful". The episode also featured guest appearances from Kate Burton and opera singer Renée Fleming. Rose McGowan guest starred as another kind of temptress in the episode "Bombshell". Baer said, "Rose plays a grifter named Cassandra who strikes swinging men who frequent sex clubs. And we're very excited to have

neg: Daniella Lugassy Daniella Lugassy Daniella Lugassy (born 1982) is an Israeli Opera Soprano singer. Lugassy was born in Jerusalem, the eldest out of three to Gil Lugassy, a Moroccan Jew of Sepharadic descent who studied Hematology in Paris, and to Pearl, an American Jew who worked as a teacher & a painter, she grew up in Ashkelon. Lugassy studied in Thelma Yellin Arts School in Tel Aviv. After her service in the IDF (2000-2002) she signed up to Tel Aviv University Music academy, where she studied under Tamar Rahum. She performed in many plays in Israel's theatres such as the New Israeli

neg: Lobkowicz Palace Leopold Weiss and Andreas Bohr, and their fine period instruments remain part of the collections. Their son, Ferdinand Philip, the sixth prince, played the glass harmonica and championed the son of one of the family's foresters, the opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. The family member who had the greatest impact on the history of Western music, however, was the 7th Prince, Joseph Franz Maximilian. A talented singer, violinist and perhaps cellist, the 7th Prince was a major patron of Beethoven, who dedicated his Third (Eroica), Fifth, and Sixth (Pastoral) symphonies to the Prince, as well as other works. It was

neg: Philosophy of Miracle Philosophy of Miracle Philosophy of Miracle () is the debut album by Russian singer Vitas, released in 2001. It is sometimes translated as "Philosophy of a Miracle", "Philosophy of Wonder", or "Wonders of Philosophy". The album received widespread popularity in mid-2011 after "The 7th Element" (often memed as "Weird Russian Singer") and "Opera 2" gained popularity several years earlier. It has reportedly sold at least 3.5 million copies in China alone. All the songs were written or co-written by Vitas, with the exception of "Prelude" by Dmitri Plachkovsky. The album was recorded with many backing musicians including the Vienna Symphony

neg: Death in Venice form and the intellect, Aschenbach has denied the power of Dionysus, Nietzsche's god of unreason and of passion – a voluntary act of what Freud would call "suppression". Dionysus seems to have followed Aschenbach to Venice with the intent of destroying him: the red-haired man who keeps crossing von Aschenbach's path, in the guise of different characters, could be a figure of Silenus, Dionysus's mythological chief disciple. In the Benjamin Britten opera these characters (the traveller, the gondolier, the leading player and the voice of Dionysus) are played by the same baritone singer, who also plays the hotel manager, the

neg: Francesco Mottino Francesco Mottino Francesco Mottino was an Italian opera singer, voice teacher, drama teacher, librettist, and writer. He had a prolific international opera career from the 1850s through the 1870s. After retiring from the stage, he worked actively as a writer and teacher in his native country. As a child Mottino was a student of many languages and became a highly proficient writer and speaker in English and French at a young age. He began his career as writer for magazines and also performed on the Italian stage in plays by William Shakespeare. He became interested in opera and entered the

neg: Sophie Sooäär which housed the Estonia song and drama society theatre and the Estonian National Opera was bombed and heavily damaged by Soviet air raids on 9 March 1944. She would return to the stages of the theatre and the Estonian National Opera once the building was reopened to the public in 1947. After the dissolution of the Estonia song and drama society in 1949, she remained at the Estonian National Opera as an actress and singer until 1971. During her long career onstage at the Estonia Theatre, Sooäär performed in a number of stage plays, musicals and particularly operettas and was

neg: Richard Fawkes (nominated for an Olivier Award) and "Biko", both with music by Priti Paintal. He is the author of nine books including a history of Welsh National Opera, "Notes From a Low Singer" (the autobiography of operatic bass Michael Langdon which he ghosted) and "Opera on Film". His "History of Opera" and "History of Classical Music", both for Naxos Audiobooks, won Talkie Awards. He has written plays for the stage, television and radio, and, for Radio 2, series on Édith Piaf and Johnny Hallyday. Richard Fawkes Richard Fawkes (born 31 July 1944 in Camberley, Surrey, UK) is an award-winning writer and

neg: Contagious (song) Contagious (song) "Contagious" is a song by The Isley Brothers. It was released as a single from their 2001 album "Eternal". The song was written and produced by R. Kelly, who was also featured on the song, and also features vocals by R&B singer Chanté Moore. The video plays as a mini soap opera depicting a man who goes home and finds out his woman has been cheating on him with another man. The song is taken to another level during the breakdown of the song, where the two men, Mr. Biggs and Kelly, meet once again after their previous

neg: Stingaree (1934 film) They abduct Sir Julian. Unaware of this, Mrs. Clarkson goes off to meet Sir Julian. While she is away, Hilda, who dreams of being an opera singer herself, plays Sir Julian's new song. When Stingaree enters the Clarkson residence to reconnoitre for a future robbery, she mistakes him for Sir Julian and sings for him. He is entranced, and praises her talent. When the Clarksons return, they are accompanied by Radford, who eventually recalls Stingaree. Unmasked, he flees, taking Hilda with him. When they reach his hideout, Stingaree is annoyed to find that Howie has let Sir Julian escape, foiling

neg: Celestia Taylor of Florence Jepperson's productions, including in the chorus of "Priscilla." Taylor sang in many operas and musicals and performed in plays during her high school and college years. She won the last worldwide Church chorus competition in directing both a women's chorus and the men's chorus (afterwards competitions were strictly regional). She sang as an opera singer in William Hanson's local opera "Tam-Man Nacup" in 1933 and at Gerrit de Jong's organ recital in 1936. She was a member and officer of the Utah Opera Association. She was a member of the Relief Society general board between 1962–75. She wrote

neg: Michael Leinert the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg (until summer 2006). Since 2007 he lives with his wife, the well-known opera singer and Professor of Voice Susan Owen-Leinert in Memphis Tennessee. Michael Leinert has been invited to direct plays and operas in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Russia, The United States and Cyprus. He created and directed the first Cypriote Opera "Manoli" by Vassos Arghyrides and Giorgos Neophytou, also the world premiere of Ingomar Gruenauer's "Amleth und Fengo" in Heidelberg and Jürg Baur's first Chamber opera (Libretto: M. Leinert after Anton Chechov's "The novel with the contrabass"), in Düsseldorf, 2005. At Florida’s Palm Beach

neg: Maria Cebotari fiamme (Odessa in flames)", in 1942, directed by Italian director Carmine Gallone (script by Nicolae Kiriţescu). The movie is a Romanian-Italian co-production, about the drama of the refugees from Bessarabia (Republic Moldova), in World War II and does homage to the Romanian troops who freed Bessarabia from the Red Army which occupied it in 1940. The movie includes contemporary newsreels showing refugee columns running away. It won the great prize at the Festival of Venice, in 1942. Maria Cebotari plays the role of Maria Teodorescu, opera singer from Bessarabia, who was in Chisinau with her 8-year-old son at the time

neg: Living Next Door to Alice Is Alice?" was released by The Steppers, reaching No. 2 on the Australian charts in September 1995. Actor Alan Fletcher, who plays doctor Karl Kennedy in the soap opera "Neighbours", took up the song as "Who the Fuck Is Susan?" at fan events, in reference to his erstwhile fictional wife. Concurrent with Smokie's American success with the song, country music singer Johnny Carver released his own version of "Living Next Door to Alice". Carver's version peaked at No. 29 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in April 1977. In 1985, The Australian musician Kevin Bloody Wilson released "Living Next

neg: Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe opera singer Brooke deRosa, whom Younge had often worked with before, was used. To reflect the character Cottonmouth's status in the series as a musician who primarily plays the Fender Rhodes, the composers "pretty much exclusively use Fender Rhodes keyboards for him. That is who he is." The most difficult episode for the composers was the fourth, which features flashbacks to Cage's time in prison. They felt that the episode's temp music was "all over the place, and it didn’t feel cohesive", and were unsure whether to illustrate the idea of an incarcerated black man using "old slave-blues-type" music, to

neg: Maisie Smith Hollins, the award-winning child actor who plays Tom Cunningham in the Channel 4 teen soap opera "Hollyoaks". She has also been praised by stage school teacher Sandra Singer, who said: "Maisie has the most incredible memory and when it comes to script work she is fantastic. It is often very difficult for a six-year-old to act, but she handles it really well and adores it." In 2010 Smith was asked to appear on CITV's Bookaboo and read the story 'Stinky' by Ian Whybrow. Smith told the CITV website that she loved reading but didn't get the chance to visit the

neg: Tommy (1975 film) Tommy (1975 film) Tommy is a 1975 British independent rock musical fantasy drama film based upon The Who's 1969 rock opera album "Tommy" about a "seemingly disabled" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader. Directed by Ken Russell, the film featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including the band members themselves (most notably, lead singer Roger Daltrey, who plays the title role), Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and Jack Nicholson. "Tommy" was released by Columbia Pictures in the US on 19 March 1975 while in the UK it was released on 26 March 1975. Ann-Margret