'New Hands On Deck! New Hands On Deck!' [Of The Administrative Staff Of The Washington National Opera]

"Pittsburgh Opera General Director and Vice President Mark Weinstein is leaving to become executive director of the Washington National Opera....

Weinstein came to Pittsburgh after 13 years at the New York City Opera where he held several positions, culminating in executive director. ...

Weinstein's new post in Washington, D.C., begins on Feb. 1 [2008]."

Pittsburgh Business Times " Pittsburgh Opera director leaving for national post" October 29, 2007
















"Puccini, Dialogues of the Carmelites (2001)" [sic]!!

"The Opera School of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music enjoys an outstanding reputation for the consistent production of excellent quality singers.

In Australia, a large percentage of these singers are employed as full time artists by our national company, Opera Australia, in State Opera Companies, on the concert platform in oratorio, recital, and broadcasts by the ABC. Internationally, many graduates are in Young Artist programs in opera companies.

Currently, these include Zurich, Cologne, Vienna and Rome." ...

Photo and caption credit: © 2002 - 2007 The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia. Phone +61 2 9351 2222.
Authorised by: Dean, Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

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Actually, Francis Poulenc, and not Giacomo Puccini, wrote Dialogues of the Carmelites.