Condoleezza Rice plays piano for Queen Elizabeth II Date: 01 Dec 2008 Yahoo.com -
Top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice took time out from her busy diplomatic schedule Monday to play a little piano -- in the form of a recital at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II, royal officials said.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades Date: 01 Dec 2008 Concertonet -
The Queen of Spades is a masterpiece that explores and exploits all that opera can do. It is a love story and a ghost story.
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Condoleezza Rice plays piano for the Queen Date: 01 Dec 2008 Daily Telegraph -
Condoleezza Rice performs in a private piano recital for the Queen.
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Goings on About Town: Classical Music Date: 01 Dec 2008 The New Yorker -
OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA After an absence of nearly sixteen years, Seiji Ozawa returns to the Met to conduct a dramatically alert, emotionally harrowing account of Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades,” set amid the cold grandeur of tsarist Russia in Elijah Moshinsky’s richly atmospheric production. The cast features Ben Heppner as . . .
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Hendrix's Banner, Queen's anthem head for Grammy Hall of Fame Date: 01 Dec 2008 CBC -
A new museum that will pay tribute to the best of music from around the world is to open Saturday and it has named 1946 R&B hit Let the Good Times Roll as one of this year's inductees.
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Television - Entertainment Date: 01 Dec 2008 Scoop.co.nz -
Fans will get an inside look at pop queen Britney Spears later this month in the behind-the-scenes documentary, Britney: For the Record, which follows Spears after her performance at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
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Wintry Musical 'Snow Queen', by Galati and Smith, Opens in Chicago Date: 01 Dec 2008 Yahoo.com -
Victory Gardens Theater's popular original winter musical The Snow Queen - conceived by Chicago folk music legend Michael Smith, Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati and master puppeteer Blair Thomas & Co. - opens Dec. 1 after previews from Nov. 28. This is the third annual engagement.
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Chicago Folk Musical, 'Snow Queen', Returns for Third Year Date: 01 Dec 2008 Yahoo.com -
Victory Gardens Theater's popular original winter musical The Snow Queen - conceived by Chicago folk music legend Michael Smith, Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati, and master puppeteer Blair Thomas & Co. - returns to Chicago for a third season Nov. 28-Dec. 28.
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