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British actress Joan Plowright dies aged 95
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» LONDON - Oscar-nominated British actress Joan Plowright, a legend of stage and screen and wife of the great actor Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, her family said Friday.
Donkey debuts at the Met Opera
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 05/06/2022
» Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, before the curtain rose recently on a revival of Puccini's La Boheme, a donkey in a pink jester's hat waited patiently for her cue.
Tuning in to the opening day of May
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/05/2022
» Well, here we are in the first 24 hours of the magical month of May. According to the dictionary, May Day is the time for "a celebration of the coming of Spring". Unfortunately, we don't experience Spring in Thailand and are still perspiring our way through the hot season, hoping Jupiter Pluvius might oblige with an occasional refreshing shower.
Ai Weiwei makes operatic debut with 'Turandot' in Rome
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» ROME - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei makes his directorial operatic debut in Rome on Tuesday with a new reading of Giacomo Puccini's final, unfinished opera, "Turandot".
Come learn about opera's role in modern Thailand
Life, Published on 04/11/2021
» Siam Society is holding a talk on "The Relevance Of Opera In Contemporary Thailand" conducted by Tarin Prinyaknit and Voraprach Wongsathapornpat via Zoom and Facebook Live on Saturday at 4pm.
Italians bid final farewell to 'maestro' Zeffirelli
AFP, Published on 18/06/2019
» FLORENCE (ITALY) - Thousands of people paid a final homage to Italian film-maker and opera director Franco Zeffirelli at his funeral in Florence's cathedral on Tuesday.
Famed director Zeffirelli dies at 96
Published on 15/06/2019
» ROME: The Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, famed for operas, films and television, has died in Rome at the age of 96.
The Bard in Bangkok
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/04/2014
» Besides Songkran, this April also saw the celebration of the Bard’s birthday, William Shakespeare, who would have been 450 years old this year. It is for this reason that theatres, schools, charities and organisations around the UK and the world are commemorating and honouring his influence to the arts and society in a variety of ways.