http://dir.salon.com/topics/opera/?source=rss&aim=opera en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT By Thomas Rogers Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/04/shore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/04/shore/index.html?source=rss Hollywood composer Howard Shore talks about turning a cult horror film into a highbrow opera -- a Salon podcast. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/documentary/2008/10/29/kb_adams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/documentary/2008/10/29/kb_adams/index.html?source=rss Inside the music and life of renowned American composer John Adams. By Frank Browning Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/28/obama_clinton_voices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/28/obama_clinton_voices/index.html?source=rss A powerful voice is a "god-given sound," says opera's Lotfi Mansouri. Obama's baritone seems to have that magic. Clinton's higher-pitched voice, not so much. By Cary Tennis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/22/monster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/22/monster/index.html?source=rss Needy, whiny, goes to extremes, OK -- but is that reason enough to shun me? By Laura Miller Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/15/wagners/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/15/wagners/index.html?source=rss In Germany, Wagner is worshiped like a god. His scheming, squabbling descendants are another story. By Farhad Manjoo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/12/13/opera_suit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/12/13/opera_suit/index.html?source=rss Reliving the last decade, the Norwegian browser make asks a court to order that Microsoft "unbundle" Internet Explorer from its operating system and comply with Web standards. By Richard Speer Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2007/09/06/luciano_pavarotti/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2007/09/06/luciano_pavarotti/index.html?source=rss Luciano Pavarotti's golden voice was a siren song luring the young and the uninitiated into opera's deep cultural waters. By Dana Cook Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/09/06/pavarotti/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/09/06/pavarotti/index.html?source=rss The great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is remembered by Vanna White, John McEnroe, Celine Dion, Bono and others. By Garrison Keillor Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/28/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/28/keillor/index.html?source=rss On a snowy winter afternoon there's nothing like the passion of the Metropolitan Opera to remind you of life's daily beauties. By Farhad Manjoo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/21/microsoft_cellphone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/21/microsoft_cellphone/index.html?source=rss The software king has big plans for making the world of mobile phones safe for Windows. Can phone makers, and a little Norwegian company called Opera, stop the onslaught? By Farhad Manjoo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html?source=rss Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows. By Paul Festa Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/10/11/dead_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/10/11/dead_man/index.html?source=rss "Dead Man Walking," the opera version, opens in San Francisco. Is it a misguided abuse of the genre -- or a radical reworking of operatic stagecraft? By Patrick Giles Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/05/armide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/05/armide/index.html?source=rss Gluck gave Armide a new life to save opera in the 18th century. The grand sorceress still bewitches. By Patrick Giles Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/08/boheme/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/08/boheme/index.html?source=rss "La Bohème" again? With a revised text and a fine young cast -- yes. By Stacey Kors Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/log/1999/08/04/tales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/1999/08/04/tales/index.html?source=rss Armistead Maupin and the San Francisco Opera's Jake Heggie imagine toking transsexual Anna Madrigal as a mezzo-soprano. By Stacey Kors Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/09/30/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/09/30/review/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine By Paul Bissex Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1998/04/23/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1998/04/23/review/index.html?source=rss Move over Microsoft and Netscape -- opera is coming to town. By Paul Festa Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1996/12/23/music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1996/12/23/music/index.html?source=rss Sharps and flats is a daily music review. By Paul Festa Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1996/12/02/music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1996/12/02/music/index.html?source=rss