Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'emla'

Dora Roped Into Viacom-Time Warner Fee Spat

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:37:00 EST

Media giant Viacom says 13 millions subscribers will be unable to see Comedy Central and 18 other channels at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if there is no deal by then with Time Warner on a new carriage-fee deal. L.A. Times business reporter Meg James explains why Dora the Explorer has become involved.

A Sly Cinderella: 'La Cenerentola'

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

La Cenerentola is Rossini's uproarious, yet touching version of the familiar Cinderella story — minus the magic pumpkin and the glass slipper, but with an added dose of telling, human foibles. Vivica Genaux stars in a production from the Grand Theatre of Geneva.

Concha Buika's African-Inspired Flamenco

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST

Concha Buika's sultry voice and varied musical influences have earned her worldwide acclaim. Her latest album, La Nina de Fuego, fuses the musical traditions of Africa and Spain with jazz, soul and dance and has been nominated for the Latin Grammy Album of the Year.

Anne-Sophie Mutter's Musical Moments

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:31:00 EDT

Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the busiest musicians around, complete with new recordings, new pieces to premiere and seemingly endless concert tours. But when she's relaxing at home in Germany, she lists Ella Fitzgerald and La BohÃ¨me among her musical favorites.

Antics and Anguish: Puccini's 'La Boheme'

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Electric passion becomes lasting love, and ends with desperate tragedy, in Puccini's La Boheme — maybe the greatest "date opera" in history — in a racy new production from the Washington National Opera.

Simone Weil Brought To Life In New Oratorio

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:19:00 EDT

La Passion de Simone, by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, make its New York debut Wednesday. The oratorio explores the life and work of the French philosopher Simone Weil. Director Peter Sellars calls it a challenging work about a difficult human being.

Love Stinks: Massenet, Poulenc Double Bill

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:18:00 EDT

French composers Jules Massenet and Francis Poulenc provide a potent reminder that love isn't always what it's cracked up to be in their one-act operas Portrait of Manon and La Voix Humaine, produced by Glimmerglass Opera.

Reminder: Saddam Statue Was Toppled by Psy-Ops

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:13:00 EDT

Five years ago, Baghdad fell to forces led by the United States. But according to an oft-forgotten L.A. Times report, the crystallizing moment when a statue of Saddam Hussein came down in Baghdad was not the spontaneous event it appeared to be.

Rossini's La Scala di Seta, Played in Prague

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:11:00 EDT

Rossini's opera, La Scala di Seta, is full of secret marriages, whispered conversations and lots of climbing out of windows. This is the very beginning of that story: the Overture, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with conductor Jakub Hrusa.