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Mariinsky Theatre celebrates its 150th anniversary
St. Petersburg, Russia - 15 September, 2010
1. Various of people seated in theatre awaiting performance
2. Wide of chandeliers
3. Close up of chandelier
4. Various of prima ballerina of Mariinsky Theatre, Viktoria Tereshkina putting on...
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Hit musical returns to London
AP Entertainment
London, 21st June 2006
1. Wide shot Adelphi Theatre, London
2. Mid shot entrance
VNR - No re-use/re-sale without clearance
3. Excerpt Evita - 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina'
AP Entertainment
London, 21st June 2006
4....
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ISRAEL: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND YASSER ARAFAT MEETING UPDATE
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Another historic milestone in the Middle East on Wednesday - the first-ever meeting with PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
They met at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza.
The two leaders...
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9020C
11.5.90 (Dur: 6mins 31secs/Engl sot: 1min 8secs)
RR STORY: A Viennese based company, International Opera
Festivals, has ventured far from home to take Mozart to
Morocco. For three weeks in May, a...
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USA: EAST TIMOR - 200 PEACEKEEPING TROOPS DEPLOYED
English/Nat
The United States is deploying about 200 American troops to take part in the peacekeeping operation in East Timor.
President Clinton said it's in America's interest to foster the values of democracy in Indonesia and East...
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Spanish tenor sings at the foot of the Mayan pyramid
music/video/performance rights must be cleared
AP Television
Chichen Itza, The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, October 4, 2008
1. Medium man guiding people as they walk in Chechen Itza
2. Man holding entrance ticket while walking
3. Wide of...
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Bosnia - Opera Concert
Preparations were underway in Sarajevo on Sunday (19/6) for an
afternoon UNHCR concert at which Spanish tenor, Jose Carreras, was
scheduled to sing. Star conductor, Zubin Mehta, Carreras, soprano
Cecilia Gastia, mezzosoprano Ildiko...
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Restored Bolshoi Theatre to re-open in October with gala concert
1. Mid shot centre of Bolshoi Theatre ceiling after restoration
2. Interior theatre, tilt up to ceiling
3. Bolshoi Theatre box
4. Crest above stage
5. Tilt down from balcony to balcony below in Bolshoi Theatre auditorium
6. Year 1856 on...
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Phantom sequel in the works
AP Entertainment
London, 31 January 2006
1. Close up to pull out Andrew Lloyd Webber at piano
London, December 1999
2. Wide shot Andrew Lloyd Webber cuts cake celebrating 15 year anniversary performance of 'Starlight Express'
AP...
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Italy/UK - Three Tenors On Tour
Rome/London Engcomm/Natsot Duration: 1.26"
The world's three most famous tenors have announced plans to reunite in their first world tour starting next summer. Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido...
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China - Artwork auctioned off
Some 2,000 pieces of Chinese art went under the hammer in Beijing last week, setting more records for prices paid for mainland art by mostly mainland Chinese collectors. It was the first time that many of the paintings had been sold.
Old...
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Interview, heavy police presence for anti and pro-Le Pen rallies
1. Wide shot exterior RTL radio station
2. Wide shot of National Front Presidential Candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen arriving
3. Cutaway RTL sign
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean-Marie Le Pen, National Front Presidential Candidate
(Q: Are you...
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Chinese opera is launched in Central London
1. WS banner in Chinatown
2. MS acrobat warming up
3. WS acrobats demonstrating skills
4. CA man watching from window
5. CA tourist taking photograph
6. SOT (l-r) ZHANG YING, LIU JIA (Mandarin) "The Peking Opera is very symbolic opera....
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Pavarotti's successor' on his debut album
1. GVs Verona
2. VS Salvatore Licitra performing 'Aida' in Verona (21/06/02)
3. SOT (Italian) Salvatore Licitra - about the start of his singing career: "Little by little as this thing grew. It then became a great passion. Because opera...
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High tech opera on a floating stage
AP Television
Bregenz, Austria - July 15, 2011
1. Close of acrobats, zoom out to wide of scene showing giant mirror frame and shrouded head
2. Various of acrobats in 18th century costume dancing on giant shrouded head
3. Wide of...
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Naomi Campbell attends the Metropolitan Opera
AP Television
New York 21 April 2008
1. Wide opera house
2. Wide Naomi Campbell
3. Camera cutaway
4. Wide Campbell zoom in
5. Medium Rufus Wainright
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rufus Wainright: "I thought she was banned from Britain at one...
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Audience braves heavy rain for floating stage opera
music/video/performance rights must be cleared
AP Entertainment
Bregenz, Austria, 20 July 2011
1. Wide of opera house in heavy rain
2. Various of women trying to escape rain
3. Mid of visitors under umbrella looking at stage
5. Mid...
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NATO Secretary General visits, meets Defence minister
1. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Iraq's Defence Minister Abdul-Qadir al-U'beidi enter
2. De Hoop Scheffer and al-U'beidi sign memo of understanding
3. The two officials shaking hands after signing off the memo
4....
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Frustrated in Italy, Fiat gears up in Serbia
1. Wide shot of the FIAT factory in Kragujevac, an industrial city about 100 kilometres (70 miles) south of Belgrade
2. Mid shot FIAT factory
3. Cars parked in front of the FIAT factory
4. Wide of main gate of the FIAT factory
5. Main...
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Young people interested in the traditional Cantonese Opera
1. Wide of stage showing opera performance
2. Close-up actress
3. Close-up actor impersonating an old woman
4. Cutaway to audience
5. Mid shot actress singing
6. Pan left three actors walking to backstage
10 June 2006
8. Wide of...
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A musical ballet premieres in late October at Washington's Kennedy Center. "Little Dancer" tells the story of a young ballerina in Paris searching for a way out of poverty who becomes the model for an iconic statue. (Oct. 23)
SOUNDBITE: - Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art:
"It really mattered to him to tell you that she was fourteen, meaning that she was at the beginning, she was on the brink, she could go either way. And, we don't know what...
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CHINA: BEIJING: BEIJING OPERA TO PERFORM SHAKESPEARE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Often considered an exclusive Chinese art form, Beijing Opera demands acting, singing, dancing and acrobatic talents from its actors.
But despite its noble tradition, Beijing Opera is also largely ignored in China. That...
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SOUTH AFRICA: VERSION OF PUCCINI'S OPERA "LA BOHEME" PREMIERES
English/Nat
A version of Puccini's famous opera "La Boheme", set during the Soweto uprising in the seventies, has received its premiere in South Africa.
"La Boheme: Noir" opened in Cape Town on Saturday and features an all black...
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Sichuan opera guards its secrets closely
Hu Guang Hui Guan (Hunan-Guangdong Guildhall), Chongqing - a restored heritage building
AP File - October 5, 2005
1. Wide shot of performers on stage
2. Close up of performer face changing
3. Performer reveals his identity
4. Cutaway of...