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...instead, Nabokov bowed to his performer’s personality and started taking voice lessons. After graduation he entered the nearby Longy School of Music to study opera...
...sounds of the opera still rang in his ears, so he followed his longing to Italy, where he hoped to break onto the stage by entering singing competitions. He won the bass category of one contest and went on to make his debut in Milan in a production of La Boheme alongside the now legendary Luciano Pavarotti...
...from. Velocity (Vintage; 302 pages), a gritty prequel to that celebrated work, provides even more clues to the source of Sayer's creativity. Out of her childhood - from a bizarre conception in May 1962 to the end of her erratic schooldays in 1979 - Sayer has spun an Australian booze opera about the end of the country's postwar golden years. "I knew all the beer gardens in Sydney by the time I was eight," she begins...
...cover story on Revenge of the Sith, director George Lucas' final addition to the Star Wars saga, prompted readers to share their memories of growing up with the space opera that changed popular culture...
...DIAGNOSED. KYLIE MINOGUE, 36, pop diva famous for her slinky dresses and sexy dance moves; with breast cancer; in Melbourne. A former teen star of the Australian soap opera Neighbours, Minogue became one of the biggest-selling pop sensations in the world with hits like 2001's Can't Get You Out of My Head. Scheduled to begin therapy this week, Minogue announced she would cancel her coming Showgirl concert tour of Australia and Asia, saying, "I ... am sorry to have to disappoint my fans...