Sentences with phrase «soprano who»

Confirmed artists to date include Amy Shore - Obra, a soprano from the Metropolitan Opera and Samantha Malk a South African mezzo - soprano who has worked with the Tel Aviv Opera, Mark Morris Dance Group, and the International Contemporary Ensemble.

The soprano who had committed to sing with the orchestra in September has cancelled and now Donna Leon is off in search of the right voice to take the role.

, orchestrating complicated choreography, or doing a soulful duet with Judith Hill, the beautiful African - Asian - American soprano who would later sing Heal the World shortly thereafter at his funeral.

Jane Eaglen, a critically acclaimed soprano who has performed Wagner's works in opera houses worldwide, explains that sopranos must try to find a balance between power and clarity.

Not exact matches

CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to celebrated soprano opera singer Jessye Norman, who speaks about her childhood growing up in Augusta, Georgia.

The outpouring of love following the recent death of James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano, is a testament to the cultural impact the show had.

The «difficult men» are at once the characters who defined this current golden age of television — Tony Soprano, Don Draper, Walter White — and the obsessive, cantankerous men who thought them up, including Chase, but also Matt Weiner (Mad Men), David Milch (NYPD Blue and Deadwood) and others.

CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to celebrated soprano opera singer Jessye Norman, who speaks about her childhood growing up in Augusta, Georgia and her first experience of racial segregation.

Accountants are usually portrayed as the guy who gets whacked first, like in The Sopranos.

The problem is that most don't qualify for bank loans with an 8 % interest rate, and even more don't want to do business with predatory lenders who charge 40 % and remind them of Tony Soprano.

Let me add, for the record that reading Carl's thread brought to my mind immediately Tony Soprano — who brutally murders Ralphie with his bare hands after finding out that Ralphie had the horse he had become attached to killed for the insurance money.

The soprano Teresa Stratas, who was at the conservatory with Vickers and knew them both well, characterized their relationship as «one of the great love stories of our time.»

The crucial thing here is that, ideally, the [female] soprano should also be much younger than one who would normally be used, to keep the suggestion that [the two singers] could be brother and sister.

The Sopranos dares instead to explore the terrible banality of evil, depicting ordinary people held prisoner by their habits and appetites who choose hell instead of heaven over and over again, not with a satanic flourish but with an all - American sense of entitlement.

In one of the show's darkest and most telling moments, Tony's nephew and lieutenant, Christopher, plans to betray the Soprano family and go into the witness - protection program with his fiancée, who has been blackmailed into becoming a government snitch.

The only players in this drama who seem capable of escape are Tony Soprano himself, the mob boss and antihero who makes repeated excursions into psychotherapy, and his wife, Carmela, whose guilt over her husband's lifestyle coexists with an unwillingness to give up the possessions and status that his criminality has won for her.

The Sopranos may or may not have disappointed last night, depending on who you talk to, but my baked Ziti definitely didn't.

Ferrara, who made his movie debut as a 10 - year - old in 1986 when he dodged a truck in F / X, got into the biz through his father, Frank Sr., a stunt coordinator who is James Gandolfini's double in The Sopranos.

Mr. Soprano, of Arlington Heights, who died Wednesday in Northwest Community Hospital, had been vice president and director of purchasing for Electrical Supply Corp., Chicago, for 34 years.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

Prosecutors said Percoco referred to the payoffs using the code word ziti, a term borrowed from «The Sopranos,» in emails with his close friend, lobbyist Todd Howe, who allegedly facilitated the bribes.

Republicans who officially announced are: Michael Faulkner, a Harlem minister and former New York Jet; Paul Massey, a real estate executive; and Darren Aquino, a disabled rights activist and actor known for his roles on «Law and Order» and «The Sopranos.»

In addition to being a New York City firefighter who had once earned national attention for a heroic rescue mission, Foley was a model and actor who made it into major publications and earned roles as an extra in shows such as the Sopranos.

It was also just a general feeling, and entirely — well, mostly - unrelated to my unrequited love for the Tonemeister that we'd suddenly all been transported into a scene out of the Sopranos and there were people who were family and had a huge amount of power, and there were people who weren't.

he feds» Albany corruption probe inched closer to Gov. Cuomo Thursday with the unsealing of charges against two of his most trusted former aides — who imitated «Sopranos» mobsters by using «ziti» a...

Congressman Chris Collins stands with actress Edie Falco, known for her role as a mafia wife in the television series «The Sopranos,» who is campaigning to ban the use of animals in military medical field trauma training.

The concert will include a program performed by acclaimed soprano Audrey DuBois Harris, who will feature some of the songs from the repertoire of Ms. Davis, spirituals, and selections from the original opera, The Gentle Lark of New Rochelle, which was written by local historian Karen S. Allen.

Even the ones who aren't human at all — which in Shrek's case amounts to a rather unfortunate and uncanny resemblance to retiring HBO gangster Tony Soprano.

She is perhaps best known for her role as psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi, who treated New Jersey Mafia heavyweight Tony Soprano on HBO's hit series, THE SOPRANOS.

There is even a significant crossover in the cast as both feature Frank Vincent, Tony Sirico, Frank Pellegrino, Michael Imperioli and, of course, Lorraine Bracco (who was Tony Soprano's psychiatrist).

In his operas, Giuseppe Verdi had a knack for empowering marginalized people — like the title character of Aida, who is an enslaved Ethiopian princess (played in this 2011 French production by American soprano Indra Thomas).

And there's ever - reliable Sydney Pollack, who has become one of my favorite character actors («Husbands and Wives,» «Eyes Wide Shut,» «The Sopranos»).

The director: Maïwenn (France) The talent: Actress - turned - writer - director Maïwenn Le Besco (who prefers going by her first name, and whom US viewers might remember as the blue - tentacled soprano from «The Fifth Element») takes the lead role herself, starring opposite French rapper - turned - actor Joeystarr.

That's interesting, I suppose, but the murder subplot never doesn't feel like a gratuitous «hook» in a show blessed with such a unique and potent milieu, and it paves the way for more gangster shit from a former writer of «The Sopranos» (Winter) who apparently can't leave that series behind.2

But perhaps what stood out most of all was the direction of David Gordon Green, who nailed an indescribable tone that fell somewhere between a hilarious Southern Sopranos, Freeway and his Pineapple Express.

Mezzo - soprano Joyce DiDonato, who is singing the national anthem at Game 7 of the World Series tonight in Kansas City, Mo..

Ms. Lopez's character, an underworld «contractor» who calls herself Ricki, is dispatched to Larry's place because his boss, a «Sopranos» understudy named Louis (Lenny Venito), thinks he needs extra help watching over Brian (Justin Bartha), a mentally challenged young man Larry has kidnapped on Louis's orders.

David Proval and Richard Romanus complete their neighborhood quartet (Proval, who made a name for himself decades later playing Richie Aprile in «The Sopranos,» is unforgettable in a tender moment with a caged tiger), Amy Robinson plays Charlie's Jewish girlfriend, and David Carradine, Robert Carradine, Scorsese's mother Catherine Scorsese, and Martin Scorsese himself make brief appearances.

Based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort, «Wolf» was written by Terence Winter who made a name for himself on «The Sopranos,» and since created the Scorsese - shepherded «Boardwalk Empire» for HBO.

Those unfamiliar with the show may not know its excellent pedigree: developed by Emmy - award winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter (The Sopranos), the show is also executive produced by Martin Scorsese (who directed the pilot) and Mark Wahlberg.

Sidney Wolinsky, who edited The Shape of Water, has no Oscar nominations from the Academy editors but a whole boatload of them from ACE, with six nominations (TV) and two wins, twice winning for The Sopranos.

You wouldn't think that it'd be very hard for someone like David Chase — who helped reinvent the TV drama with «The Sopranos» — to get his feature film debut off the ground, but then again, «Not Fade Away» feels so hastily thrown together that it's not surprising it took five years to do so.

Though he's best known for his role as New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos, this crime thriller sees him playing a loan shark turned bar owner who works on the periphery of New York's organized crime scene, safeguarding the dirty money that flows through Brooklyn.

The series is created, written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, who is known for his work on feature films like «Mother and Child» and last year's «Albert Nobbs,» as well as television series such as HBO's «The Sopranos» and «Six Feet Under,» the latter of which has a similarly soap opera feel to it.

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The cast includes a pre - «Sopranos» Aida Turturro and Vincent Pastore and is led by a young Mira Sorvino, who doesn't utter a single word as an engaged dental hygienist who becomes obsessed with a painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Sopranos ended almost 11 years ago with a polarizing finale that divided fans between those who thought it left too many questions unanswered, and those who felt it was a fitting end to one of TV's greatest dramas.

Though Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts top the bill, it's Tony Soprano himself, James Gandolfini, who steals the film.

«Bel Canto» centers on Roxane Coss (Moore), a famous American soprano, who travels to South America to give a private concert at the birthday party of a Japanese mogul (Watanabe).

The boys aren't bad either, and, in addition to Phoenix, it's exhilarating to recognise, in various disguises, hairdos and toupees, actors that have shaped both American independent cinema, Hollywood and / or cable television (The Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) for the last twenty years: Owen Wilson offers an understated performance as a former saxophone player who has to fake his death; the always impeccable Martin Donovan is a lawyer for the Golden Fang (he's also, by the way, Japonica's father, which serves him right); Benicio del Toro shines as the man passing as «Doc's lawyer»; Josh Brolin drew a lot of kudos for his performance as Doc's nemesis, an LAPD detective nicknamed Bigfoot with the bad habit of kicking people's door and dreams of making it to the big screen; Martin Short; Eric Roberts, Michael Kenneth Williams etc...