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JANUARY:

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1988

BILL MEDLEY – Bill Medley 100%/Soft and Soulful

The BYRDS – Original Album Classics

DAVID BOWIE – Original Album Classics

HUGH MASAKELA - Jabulani

JOHNNY CASH – Original Album Classics

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO – Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends

MICHAEL W. SMITH – Decades of Worship

The MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY – The Ultimate Collection

PATSY CLINE – The Essential Recordings

REV. MILTON BRUNSON & THE THOMPSON COMMUNITY CHOIR – The Ultimate Collection

SEAL – Soul 2

VAN MORRISON – Live On Air

DECEMBER:

ANTHONY HAMILTON – Back To Love

CARL THOMAS - Conquer

MARIA CALLAS – The Callas Effect (DVD Documentary)

The MARVELETTES – Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums, Vol. 2

MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR - Glory! Music of Rejoicing

The YARDBIRDS - Glimpses 1963-1968

CONCERT TOURS

Dates below retrieved from POLLSTAR.COM and individual artist sites

CHICAGO:

Feb. 1 – Montreal, QUEBEC – St. Denis Theatre

Feb. 3 – Ottawa, ONTARIO – National Arts Centre

Feb. 4 – Toronto, ONTARIO – Massey Hall

Feb. 5 – Montreal, QUEBEC – St. Denis Theatre

KEB’ MO’:

Feb. 1 – Orlando FL – The Plaza Theatre

Feb. 2 – Stuart FL – Lyric Theatre

Feb. 3 – Clearwater FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall

Feb. 4 – Cutler Bay FL – South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center

KURT ELLING:

Jan. 29-Feb. 5 – Fort Lauderdale FL – Holland America’s Westerdam – The Jazz Cruise

SHAWN COLVIN:

Jan. 31-Feb. 2 – Minneapolis MN – Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

MULTI-MEDIA

PLAYBILL RADIO (visit PlaybillRadio.com)

VIVA LA VOCE.com – Classical 103.5-FM WGMS presents VivaLaVoce.com, a 24-hour internet radio station and web

site dedicated to classical vocal music.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio – Metropolitan Opera Radio – Channel 78 – For more info, visit

www.sirius.com/metropolitanoperaradio

CLASSICAL WETA-FM CHORAL SHOWCASE – SUNDAYs at 9pm (visit www.weta.org/fm/onair/choralshowcase):

Rossini: Stabat Mater – Feb. 5

CLASSICAL WETA-FM OPERA HOUSE BROADCASTS - SATURDAYs at 1pm (visit www.weta.org/fm/onair/operahouse):

METROPOLITAN OPERA:

Donizetti: Anna Bolena – Feb. 4

Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Feb. 11

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Feb. 18

Verdi: Ernani – Feb. 25

Verdi: Aida – Mar. 3

NIGHTCLUBS

MARY ANN REDMOND:

SUNDAYs at 8pm - Harp and Fiddle (Bethesda MD)

NATHAN AWEAU:

FRIDAYs from 7pm-8:30pm at Chais Island Bistro (Honolulu HI)

NICKI GONZALES:

FRIDAYs at Blue Bar (926 Massachusetts Ave NW, WDC, call 800/222-8474

SHARÓN CLARK:

SATURDAYs at Laportas (1600 Duke St. Alexandria VA, 703/683-6313)

OPERA

ARIZONA OPERA (Phoenix Symphony Hall/Tucson Music Hall, call 602/266-7464 or visit www.azopera.com):

Puccini: Madama Butterfly in Phoenix Jan. 27, Jan. 28, Jan. 29 (matinee); in Tucson Feb. 4, Feb. 5 (matinee)

AUSTIN LYRIC OPERA (University of Texas Arts Complex, call 512/472-5992 or visit www.austinlyricopera.org):

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor – Jan. 28, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER (National Theater, Munich GERMANY, call 49 89 2185 1920 or visit www.bayerische.staatsoper.de):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dec. 31

Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore – Jan. 3, Jan. 7

BRONX OPERA COMPANY (Various locations, call 718/365-4209 or visit bronxopera.org):

Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss – Jan. 14, Jan. 15 (matinee), Jan. 21, Jan. 22 (matinee)

CALGARY OPERA (Jubilee Auditorium, call 403/262-7286 or visit www.calgaryopera.com):

Heggie: Moby-Dick – Jan. 28, Feb. 1

CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY (Four Seasons Centre, Toronto, call 800/250-4653 or visit www.coc.ca):

Puccini: Tosca – Jan. 21 (matinee), Jan. 25, Jan. 29 (matinee), Jan. 31, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

DE NEDERLANDSE OPERA (Amsterdam, call 31 20 625 5455 or visit www.dno.nl):

Stravinsky: The Nightingale and Other Short Fables – Jan. 12, Jan. 14 (matinee), Jan. 16, Jan. 17, Jan. 19, Jan. 20, Jan. 21, Jan. 22 (matinee)

DEN NORSKE OPERA (Oslo, call 47 2331 5000 or visit www.operaen.no):

Verdi: Macbeth – Jan. 2, Jan. 6, Jan. 10

Henze: El Cimarrón – Jan. 13, Jan. 15, Jan. 17, Jan. 19, Jan. 21

Puccini: La Bohème – Jan. 20, Jan. 21, Jan. 23, Jan. 24, Jan. 30, Jan. 31, Feb. 4

DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN (call 49 30 343 8401 or visit www.deutscheoperberlin.de):

Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia – Dec. 31, Jan. 6, Jan. 14

Puccini: La Bohème – Jan. 3

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Jan. 4

Puccini: Turandot – Jan. 7, Jan. 13

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Jan. 15, Jan. 24, Jan. 28

Puccini: Tosca – Jan. 21, Jan. 27

Rossini: Tancredi – Jan. 22, Jan. 26, Feb. 1, Feb. 4

Verdi: La Traviata – Jan. 29, Feb. 3

DICAPO OPERA THEATRE (Dicapo Theatre, New York NY, call 212/288-9438 or visit www.dicapo.com):

Menotti: The Consul – Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA (London Coliseum, call 44 20 7632 8300 or visit www.eno.org):

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier – Jan. 28, Feb. 1, Feb. 4

EUGENE OPERA (Hult Center for the Performing Arts, call 541/687-5000 or visit www.eugeneopera.com):

Bizet: Carmen – Dec. 31

FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA (Helsinki, call 358 9 4030 2211 or visit www.operafin.fi):

Merikanto: Juha – Dec. 31

Puccini: La Rondine – Jan. 3, Jan. 5, Jan. 13, Jan. 18

FLORIDA GRAND OPERA (Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami; Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, call 800/741-1010 or visit www.fgo.org):

Puccini: La Rondine in Miami Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee), Feb. 1, Feb. 4

Verdi: Rigoletto in Miami Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU (Barcelona, SPAIN, call 34 93 274 6411 or visit www.liceubarcelona.com):

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix – Jan. 2, Jan. 4, Jan. 5, Jan. 7, Jan. 8 (matinee)

Martin y Soler: Il Barbero di Buon Cuore – Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee), Jan. 31, Feb. 2, Feb. 4, Feb. 6

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jan. 28, Jan. 30, Feb. 1, Feb. 3

GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE (call 41 22 418 3030 or visit www.geneveopera.ch):

Rossini: Le Comte Ory – Dec. 31

Battistelli: Richard III – Jan. 22, Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 30, Feb. 1

HAWAII OPERA THEATRE (Blaisdell Hall, Honolulu, call 800/836-7372 or visit www.hawaiiopera.org):

Verdi: Aida – Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee), Jan. 31

HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (Wortham Center, call 800/626-7372 or visit www.houstongrandopera.org):

Verdi: La Traviata – Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee), Feb. 1, Feb. 4

HUNGARIAN STATE OPERA HOUSE (Opera House, Erkel Theatre, Budapest, call 36 1 331 2550 or visit www.opera.hu):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dec. 31, Jan. 4, Jan. 7, Jan. 10, Jan. 13, Jan. 15 (matinee), Jan. 17, Jan. 20

Puccini: La Bohème – Jan. 3, Jan. 6, Jan. 11, Jan. 14

ISRAELI OPERA (Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, call 972 3 692 7777 or visit www.israel-opera.co.il):

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Jan. 2 (matinee), Jan. 3, Jan. 5, Jan. 6, Jan. 8, Jan. 9 (matinee), Jan. 10, Jan. 14, Jan. 15, Jan. 16 (matinee), Jan. 17

Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny – Jan. 21, Jan. 13 (matinee), Jan. 14, Jan. 16, Jan. 17, Jan. 18, Jan. 19, Jan. 20 (matinee), Jan. 21, Jan. 27 (matinee), Jan. 28, Jan. 29

Puccini: Tosca – Jan. 24

Shohat: The Child Dreams – Jan. 26

KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN (call 49 30 20 2600 or visit www.komische-oper-berlin.de):

Benatsky: The White Horse Inn – Dec. 31, Jan. 15 (matinee)

Dvořák: Rusalka – Jan. 3

Bizet: Carmen – Jan. 4, Jan. 7, Jan. 13, Jan. 21, Jan. 27

Reimann: Lear – Jan. 8

LONG BEACH OPERA (Various Locations, call 562/432-5934 or visit www.longbeachopera.org):

Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires – Jan. 29 (matinee), Feb. 4

LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (Civic Opera House, call 312/332-2244 or visit www.lyricopera.org):

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Jan. 4 (matinee), Jan. 6, Jan. 9, Jan. 11, Jan. 14, Jan. 20 (matinee), Jan. 22 (matinee)

Verdi: Aida – Jan. 21, Jan. 25, Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 3 (matinee)

MADISON OPERA (Overture Center for the Performing Arts, call 608/258-4141 or visit www.madisonopera.org):

Glass: Galileo Galilei – Jan. 26, Jan. 27, Jan. 28, Jan. 29 (matinee)

MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO (Teatro Comunale, Florence, call 39 055 2779-350 or visit www.maggiofiorentino.com):

Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims – Jan. 18, Jan. 20, Jan. 21, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 24

MALMÖ OPERA (call 46 40 20 84 22 or visit www.malmoopera.se):

Lindahl: Karlson on the Roof World Premiere Jan. 3, Jan. 8, Jan. 14, Jan. 15, Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Jan. 29

METROPOLITAN OPERA (Metropolitan Opera House, NYC, call 212/362-6000 or visit www.metopera.org:

Various: The Enchanted Island World Premiere Dec. 31, Jan. 4, Jan. 7, Jan. 12, Jan. 14, Jan. 17, Jan. 21 (matinee), Jan. 25, Jan. 28, Jan. 30

Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment – Jan. 2, Jan. 6

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel – Jan. 3, Jan. 7 (matinee)

Gounod: Faust – Jan. 5, Jan. 9, Jan. 13, Jan. 16, Jan. 19

Puccini: Tosca – Jan. 10, Jan. 14 (matinee), Jan. 18, Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 28 (matinee)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Jan. 27, Jan. 31

MINNESOTA OPERA (Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, call 612/333-6669 or visit www.mnopera.org):

Massenet: Werther – Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 2, Feb. 4, Feb. 5 (matinee)

NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO (call 81 3 5352 9999 or visit www.nntt.jac.go.jp):

Puccini: La Bohème – Jan. 19, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 24 (matinee), Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee)

NORTH CAROLINA OPERA (Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, call 919/792-3850 or visit www.ncopera.org):

Glass: Les Enfants Terribles – Jan. 19, Jan. 20, Jan. 22 (matinee)

OPERA CAROLINA (Blumenthal Center, Charlotte, call 704/372-1000 or visit www.operacarolina.org):

Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Jan. 21, Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 29 (matinee)

OPÉRA COMIQUE (Salle Favart, Paris, FRANCE, call 331825000058 or visit www.opera-comique.com):

J.C. Bach: Amadis de Gaule – Jan. 2, Jan. 4, Jan. 6, Jan. 8 (matinee)

OPÉRA DE LYON (Place de la Comédie, call 33 4 7200 4500 or visit www.opera-lyon.org):

Aboulker: Douce et Barbe-Bleue – Jan. 11 (matinee), Jan. 14

Puccini: Il Tabarro/Schoenberg: Von Heute auf Morgen – Jan. 27, Feb. 1, Feb. 4

Puccini: Suor Angelica/Hindemith: Sancta Susanna – Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 5 (matinee)

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi/Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragödie – Jan. 29 (matinee), Jan. 30

OPÉRA DE MARSEILLE (Opera Municipal, call 33 4 9155 1110 or visit www.mairie-marseille.fr/vivre/culture/opera.htm):

Puccini: La Bohème – Dec. 31, Jan. 3, Jan. 5, Jan. 8 (matinee), Jan. 10

OPÉRA DE MONTE-CARLO (Monte-Carlo, MONACO, call 377 98 06 28 28 or visit www.opera.mc):

Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges/Massenet: La Navarraise – Jan. 20, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 25, Jan. 27

OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL (Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal, QUEBEC, call 514/985-2258 or visit www.operademontreal.com):

Verdi: Il Trovatore – Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 28

OPERA IN THE HEIGHTS (Lambert Hall, Houston, call 713/861-5303 or visit www.operaintheheights.org):

Donizetti: Anna Bolena – Jan. 26, Jan. 27, Jan. 28, Feb. 2, Feb. 3, Feb. 4, Feb. 5 (matinee)

OPERA LAFAYETTE (Kennedy Center, Washington DC; Rose Theater, New York NY, call 202-546-9332 or visit www.operalafayette.org):

Monsigney: Le Roi et le Fermier – Jan. 21, Jan. 26

OPERA MEMPHIS (Orphem Theatre, call 901/257-3100 or visit www.operamemphis.org):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Jan. 21, Jan. 24

OPÉRA NATIONAL DE LORRAINE (call 44 08 83 85 33 11 or visit www.opera-national-lorraine-fr):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dec. 31

OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS (Opéra Bastille, call 33 1 72 29 35 35 or visit www.operaparis.fr):

Massenet: Manon – Jan. 10, Jan. 14, Jan. 18, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 25, Jan. 28, Feb. 2, Feb. 5 (matinee)

Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – Jan. 19, Jan. 23, Jan. 26, Jan. 29 (matinee), Jan. 31, Feb. 3, Feb. 6

Verdi: Rigoletto – Jan. 27, Jan. 30, Feb. 1, Feb. 4

OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS (Palais Garner, call 33 1 72 29 35 35 or visit www.operaparis.fr):

Fénelon: La Cerisaie World Premiere Jan. 27, Jan. 30, Feb. 2, Feb. 5

OPERA NORTH (Various locations, call 603/448-0400 or visit www.operanorth.org):

Handel: Giulio Cesare – Jan. 14, Jan. 25

Bellini: Norma – Jan. 28, Feb. 4 (matinee)

OPERA ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK (Carnegie Hall, call 212/799-1982 or visit www.oony.org):

Wagner: Rienzi – Jan. 29 (matinee; in concert)

OPERA TAMPA (Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, call 800/955-1045 or visit www.operatampa.org):

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee)

OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH (call 41 1268-6666 or visit www.opernhaus.ch):

Rossini: Le Comte Ory – Dec. 31, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 11, Jan. 15

Donizetti: Le Convenienze et Inconvenienze Teatrali/Donizetti: I Pazzi per Progetto – Jan. 1, Jan. 2, Jan. 4, Jan. 7

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (abridged) – Jan. 2 (matinee)

Pfitzner: Palestrina – Jan. 6, Jan. 12

PALAU DE LES ARTS REINA SOFÍA (Valencia, call 34 902 202 383 or visit www.lesarts.org):

Rossini: La Cenerentola – Jan. 4

Mozart: Don Giovanni – Jan. 27, Jan. 29, Feb. 1, Feb. 4

Tchaikovsky: Iolantha – Jan. 31 (in concert)

PENSACOLA OPERA (Saenger Theatre, call 850/433-6737 or visit www.pensacolaopera.com):

Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Jan. 20, Jan. 22 (matinee)

PITTSBURGH OPERA (Benedum Center, call 412/456-6666 or visit www.pittsburghopera.org):

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel – Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE (New York, call 800-795-4000 or visit www.porgyandbessonbroadway.com):

Gershwin: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Dec. 31-July 8

ROYAL OPERA, UK (Covent Garden, London, call 44 20 7304 4000 or visit www.royalopera.org):

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Jan. 1 (matinee), Jan. 4, Jan. 8

Verdi: La Traviata – Jan. 2, Jan. 6, Jan. 9, Jan. 17, Jan. 20, Jan. 23, Jan. 25

Bizet: Carmen – Jan. 4, Jan. 11

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West – Jan. 5, Jan. 7 (matinee), Jan. 10, Jan. 13, Jan. 16, Jan. 19, Jan. 23, Jan. 25, Jan. 28 (matinee), Jan. 31

Mozart: Don Giovanni – Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 3

Mozart: Cosí Fan Tutte – Jan. 27, Jan. 30, Feb. 2, Feb. 4

ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA (Stockholm, call 46 8 791 44 00 or visit www.operan.se):

Bizet: Carmen – Jan. 4, Jan. 11

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West – Jan. 5, Jan. 7 (matinee), Jan. 10, Jan. 13, Jan. 16, Jan. 19, Jan. 23, Jan. 25, Jan. 28 (matinee), Jan. 31

R. Strauss: Elektra – Jan. 6, Jan. 9, Jan. 18

Handel: Messiah – Jan. 12, Jan. 14 (matinee), Jan. 20, Jan. 26, Jan. 30, Feb. 1, Feb. 2, Feb. 3

SAN DIEGO OPERA (Civic Theatre, call 619/533-7000 or visit www.sdopera.org):

R. Strauss: Salome – Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

SEATTLE OPERA (Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 206/389-7676 or visit www.seattleopera.org):

Verdi: Attila – Jan. 14, Jan. 18, Jan. 21, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 25, Jan. 28

SEMPEROPER DRESDEN (call 49 351 4911 705 or visit www.semperoper.de):

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe – Jan. 1, Jan. 3, Jan. 6, Jan. 15, Jan. 28

Puccini: Tosca – Jan. 2, Jan. 13

R. Strauss: Capriccio – Jan. 5

STAATSOPER UNITER DEN LINDEN (Schiller Theater, Berlin, call 49 30 2035 4555 or visit www.staatsoper-berlin.org):

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Jan. 2, Jan. 7, Jan. 10, Jan. 14

Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers – Jan. 4, Jan. 4, Jan. 17, Jan. 19

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Jan. 6, Jan. 8 (matinee), Jan. 8

Cui: Puss in Boots – Jan. 7 (matinee), Jan. 9 (matinee), Jan. 10 (matinee), Jan. 11 (matinee), Jan. 12 (matinee), Jan. 14 (matinee), Jan. 14, Jan. 15 (matinee), Jan. 16 (matinee), Jan. 17 (matinee), Jan. 18 (matinee), Jan. 19 (matinee), Jan. 20 (matinee), Jan. 21 (matinee), Jan. 21, Jan. 22 (matinee), Jan. 24 (matinee), Jan. 25 (matinee), Jan. 28 (matinee), Jan. 28, Jan. 29 (matinee)

Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno – Jan. 15, Jan. 18, Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee)

Graun: Montezuma – Jan. 26, Jan. 28 (in concert)

TEATRO ALLA SCALA (Milan, call 39 02 72 003 744 or visit www.teatroallascala.org):

Mozart: Don Giovanni – Jan. 4, Jan. 8 (matinee), Jan. 12, Jan. 14

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Jan. 15, Jan. 17, Jan. 19, Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 27, Feb. 1, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

TEATRO DI SAN CARLO (Naples, call 39 081 7972111 or visit www.teatrosancarlo.it):

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – Jan. 10, Jan. 11, Jan. 12, Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 15 (matinee)

Weill: The Threepenny Opera – Jan. 17, Jan. 18, Jan. 19, Jan. 20, Jan. 21

TEATRO REAL (Madrid, call 34 91 516 0606 or visit www.teatro-real.com):

Tchaikovsky: Iolantha/Stravinsky: Perséphone – Jan. 14, Jan. 14, Jan. 18, Jan. 20, Jan. 21, Jan. 23, Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 29

THEATER AN DER WIEN (call 43 1 588 85 or visit www.theater-wien.at):

Monteverdi: L’Orfeo – Dec. 31

Tchaikovsky: Ioilantha/Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini – Jan. 19, Jan. 21, Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 29, Jan. 31

Aperghis: Les Boulingrin – Jan. 23 (in concert)

Handel: Deidamia – Jan. 30 (in concert)

THÉÂTRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE (Brussels, call 33 2 7023 3939 or visit www.lammonaie.be):

R. Strauss: Salome – Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 31, Feb. 2, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA COMPANY (Ellen Eccles Theatre, Logan, call 800/262-0074 or visit www.ufoc.org):

Verdi: Rigoletto – Jan. 21, Jan. 23, Jan. 25, Jan. 27, Jan. 29 (matinee)

VIRGINIA OPERA (Performances in Norfolk, Richmond, call 866/673-7282 or visit www.vaopera.org & Fairfax, call 703/993-2787 or visit cfa.gmu.edu):

Glass: Orphée in Norfolk Jan. 28, Feb. 1, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 (matinee)

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VOLKSOPER (Vienna, call 43 51444 3318 or visit www.volksoper.at):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dec. 31 (matinee), Dec. 31, Jan. 1

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Jan. 12, Jan. 20, Jan. 27

Sondheim: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Jan. 8, Jan. 11, Jan. 16

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel – Jan. 15 (matinee), Jan. 18

WIENER STAATSOPER (Vienna, call 43 1 54111 7880 or visit www.wiener-staatsoper.at):

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dec. 31, Jan. 1, Jan. 4, Jan. 6

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jan. 2, Jan. 5

Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Jan. 8, Jan. 11, Jan. 14, Jan. 17

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera – Jan. 12, Jan. 16, Jan. 20

Verdi: Otello – Jan. 13, Jan. 18, Jan. 22, Jan. 26

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DANNY and SYLVIA (St. Luke's Theatre, New York NY)

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Gershwin: The GERSHWINS’ PORGY and BESS – Dec. 17-July 8 (Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York NY)

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The LION KING (Minskoff Theatre, New York NY)

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MARY POPPINS (New Amsterdam Theatre, New York NY)

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ONE NIGHT with FANNY BRICE (St. Luke's Theatre, New York NY)

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The PHANTOM of the OPERA (Majestic Theatre, New York NY)

PRISCILLA QUEEN of the DESERT (Palace Theatre, New York NY)

RENT (New World Stages, Stage 1, New York NY)

ROCK OF AGES (Helen Hayes Theatre, New York NY)

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WICKED (Gershwin Theatre, New York NY)

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BBCA:

The Graham Norton Show:

   LIZA MINNELLI - Feb. 3 at 9am

BET:

2011 Soul Train Awards – Feb. 2 at 9pm

BET Honors 2012 – Feb. 13 at 9pm, Feb. 15 at 10pm

BIOGRAPHY:

Biography:

   DOLLY PARTON - Feb. 14 at 10pm, Feb. 15 at 2am

   DONNY & MARIE OSMOND - Feb. 11 at 9am, Feb. 12 at 4am

   ELTON JOHN - Feb. 13 at 8am

   JACKSON FIVE - Feb. 11 at 10am

   MARIAH CAREY - Feb. 6 at 10am

   PINK - Feb. 6 at 11am

   SHAUN CASSIDY - Feb. 7 at 8am

   STEVIE WONDER – Feb. 14 at 10am, Feb. 15 at 4am

The Day JOHN LENNON Died - Feb. 13 at 11am

JOHNNY CASH's America - Feb. 14 at 8pm, Feb. 15 at 12midnight

RAY CHARLES’ America – Feb. 14 at 8am

CBS:

The 54^th Annual GRAMMY AWARDS – Feb. 12 at 8pm

CINEMAX:

Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) on MAX Feb. 25 at 6:30am

Sweet Dreams (1985) on MAX Feb. 17 at 5:10am

The Five Heartbeats (1991) on MAX Feb. 7 at 7:45am, Feb. 17 at 1:15am

The WHO in The Kids Are Alright (1979) on MAX Feb. 4 at 2:50am, Feb. 17 at 1pm, Feb. 27 at 7:30am

COMCAST (HD Movies):

Annie (1982) featuring CAROL BURNETT/BERNADETTE PETERS/TIM CURRY – Feb. 3 at 8:15am, Feb. 8 at 7:10am & 12:45pm, Feb. 14 at 6am & 11:15am, Feb. 19 at 11am, Feb. 24 at 7pm, Feb. 25 at 6am & 12:45pm

ENCORE:

Chicago (2002) featuring CATHERINE ZETA-JONES/QUEEN LATIFAH/RICHARD GERE on ENCORE Feb. 8 at 8:40am, Feb. 17 at 3:35am & 6:05pm; on ENCRD Feb. 3 at 1:30am & 6:05pm, Feb. 12 at 2:35am, 10:05am & 8pm

The Color Purple (1985) featuring vocal dubs by TATA VEGA on ENCRD Feb. 5 at 5:20pm, Feb. 6 at 4:30am, Feb. 11 at 5:50am & 10:05pm

Destry Rides Again (1939) featuring MARLENE DIETRICH on ENCRWS Feb. 7 at 10:35am & 9:40pm, Feb. 12 at 8:20am & 6:20pm

Flower Drum Song (1961) on ENCRL Feb. 7 at 3am, Feb. 18 at 2:35am, Feb. 23 at 4:20am

Rockin’ in the Rockies (1945) on ENCRWS Feb. 3 at 6:20am

South Pacific (1958) on ENCRL Feb. 2 at 2:40am, Feb. 20 at 6:45am & 6:30pm, Feb. 26 at 7:35am & 6:30pm

That Thing You Do! (1996) on ENCORE Feb. 9 at 9:45pm, Feb. 18 at 11am, Feb. 24 at 8:20am & 6:10pm; on ENCRL Feb. 5 at 8:10am & 7:10pm, Feb. 13 at 7:15am, 2:20pm & 9pm, Feb. 29 at 7:30am & 7:10pm

GENE AUTRY:

   Robin Hood of Texas (1947) on ENCRWS Feb. 19 at 12noon, Feb. 22 at 12noon

   The Singing Hill (1941) on ENCRWS Feb. 5 at 12noon, Feb. 8 at 12noon

GORDON MacRAE/SHIRLEY JONES in Oklahoma! (1955) on ENCRWS Feb. 11 at 12noon, Feb. 14 at 8pm, Feb. 15 at 3:40am, Feb. 20 at 11:35am, Feb. 21 at 1am & 5:15am

HBO:

The Cotton Club (1984) featuring GREGORY HINES/MAURICE HINES/LONETTE McKEE on HBO2 Feb. 29 at 3:55am

GEORGE HARRISON: Living in the Material World (2011) on HBO Feb. 1 at 1:45pm, Feb. 2 at 1:30pm, Feb. 13 at 11am, Feb. 14 at 10am, Feb. 29 at 10:15am

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) on HBOC Feb. 2 at 11pm, Feb. 6 at 3:25am, Feb. 10 at 11:30pm, Feb. 12 at 9:45pm, Feb. 21 at 2:45am

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) on HBO2 Feb. 9 at 10am, Feb. 25 at 7:50am, Feb. 28 at 2:35pm; on HBOF Feb. 3 at 10:30pm, Feb. 9 at 12:40am, Feb. 17 at 2:05am, Feb. 23 at 8:45pm

Sister Act (1992) on HBO Feb. 15 at 9:45am, Feb. 19 at 8:45am, Feb. 24 at 7am; on HBOS Feb. 7 at 6:05am, Feb. 11 at 6:35am, Feb. 13 at 8:20am, Feb. 22 at 5:30pm

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) on HBO Feb. 6 at 6am, Feb. 16 at 9:30am, Feb. 24 at 8:45am; on HBOS Feb. 9 at 6:10pm, Feb. 13 at 10am, Feb. 22 at 7:10pm, Feb. 28 at 8am

BETTE MIDLER: The Showgirl Must Go On on HBO Feb. 6 at 2pm

HARRY BELAFONTE in Sing Your Song (2011) on HBO Feb. 6 at 8am, Feb. 20 at 6am

IFC:

Moulin Rouge (2001) – Feb. 11 at 8am, Feb. 20 at 6:15am & 1:15pm

OVATION:

The BUDDY HOLLY Story (1978) - Feb. 5 at 8pm & 10:30pm, Feb. 7 at 12midnight & 5:30pm, Feb. 18 at 8pm & 10:30pm

Chicago (2002) featuring CATHERINE ZETA-JONES/QUEEN LATIFAH/RICHARD GERE - Feb. 22 at 8pm & 10:30pm

Devotion: MICHAEL JACKSON – Feb. 24 at 1pm

DIANA KRALL: Live in Rio - Feb. 2 at 12:30pm, Feb. 13 at 12:30pm & 3pm

DOLLY PARTON: The South Bank Show (1999) - Feb. 9 at 1pm

The DOORS: Live in Europe - Feb. 16 at 1am

ELTON JOHN: Someone Like Me - Feb. 6 at 11am, Feb. 23 at 11am

ELVIS: Rock & Royalty - Feb. 5 at 4pm & 6pm, Feb. 6 at 1am, Feb. 20 at 2pm

ERIC CLAPTON: Sessions for Robert J - Feb. 20 at 12noon

FREDDIE MERCURY: The Untold Story - Feb. 22 at 11am

Great Balls of Fire featuring vocal dubs by JERRY LEE LEWIS - Feb. 19 at 1am, Feb. 20 at 3pm & 5:30pm

Icons: MICHAEL JACKSON – Feb. 24 at 12:30pm

JIM MORRISON: No One Gets Out Alive - Feb. 3 at 11am, Feb. 14 at 11am

JIMI HENDRIX: American Landing – Feb. 21 at 11am

JOHN ENTWISTLE and The WHO - Feb. 3 at 12noon & 3pm

JOHNNY CASH:

   At Folsom Prison - Feb. 12 at 2pm, Feb. 18 at 3:15pm

   Half Mile a Day - Feb. 12 at 12noon

   Live at Montreux - Feb. 4 at 1am

Masters of American Music:

   SARAH VAUGHAN - Feb. 7 at 4am

MICHAEL JACKSON: Not For Sale - Feb. 3 at 1am

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask - Feb. 22 at 12noon, Feb. 23 at 1am

The POLICE: Everyone Stares (2005) - Feb. 16 at 12noon

The PRETENDERS: No Turn Left Unstoned - Feb. 16 at 11am, Feb. 24 at 1am

The ROLLING STONES: Truth and Lies - Feb. 1 at 1am

The Search for Robert Johnson - Feb. 20 at 11am

TINA TURNER: Live in Rio – Feb. 24 at 11am

The WHO at Kilburn 1977 - Feb. 3 at 1:30pm & 4:30pm, Feb. 16 at 1:30pm, Feb. 17 at 11am, Feb. 21 at 12noon

WILLIE NELSON: Outlaws and Angels - Feb. 17 at 12midnight

The Wiz - Feb. 24 at 2pm & 5pm

PALLADIA:

The 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

   Part 1 - Feb. 4 at 6am

AMY WINEHOUSE: Live at Porchester Hall - Feb. 5 at 6pm

BBC Electric Proms: PAUL McCARTNEY - Feb. 9 at 11pm

CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Back to Basics Tour - Feb. 5 at 7pm

CMT Crossroads: STING and VINCE GILL - Feb. 10 at 6pm

FOO FIGHTERS: Live at Wembley - Feb. 6 at 2:30am, Feb. 9 at 11am

GENESIS: When In Rome - Feb. 7 at 1:30pm

Hard Rock Calling '09 - Feb. 7 at 3pm

Hard Rock Calling 2011 - Feb. 10 at 3pm

HEART: Dreamboat Annie - Feb. 6 at 10:30pm

Imagine: JOHN LENNON (1988) - Feb. 9 at 9pm, Feb. 10 at 12midnight

JACK JOHNSON: Live at Hurricane Festival 2010 - Feb. 8 at 12noon

KYLIE MINOGUE: Aphrodite Tour - Feb. 5 at 8pm

LENNY KRAVITZ: Live at V Fest - Feb. 4 at 8:30am

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: Songs from the Small Machine: Live in L.A. - Feb. 7 at 5pm, Feb. 10 at 2am

Listening To You: The WHO at the Isle of Wight - Feb. 7 at 12noon

Make It Funky - Feb. 10 at 1pm

MARIAH CAREY: Adventures of Mimi Tour - Feb. 8 at 12midnight

MTV Live: GNARLS BARKELY: Live at Roskilde Festival - Feb. 10 at 12noon

MusiCares Tribute to NEIL YOUNG - Feb. 4 at 6pm

PINK: Funhouse-Live in Australia - Feb. 8 at 4am

SARA BAREILLES: Live at the Fillmore - Feb. 5 at 3am, Feb. 10 at 9am

Storytellers:

   CEE LO GREEN – Feb. 11 at 10am

   MAXWELL – Feb. 10 at 11am

U2=BBC - Feb. 8 at 4:30pm

VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul - Feb. 5 at 4am, Feb. 8 at 6pm

ZZ TOP: Live from Texas - Feb. 8 at 2:30pm

PBS (Check local listings):

American Masters:

   SAM COOKE: Crossing Over on WETA Feb. 8 at 5pm, Feb. 9 at 1pm

An Evening with:

   DIAHANN CARROLL on WETA Feb. 9 at 2pm

   EARTHA KITT on WETA Feb. 7 at 5pm, Feb. 12 at 1am

   QUINCY JONES on WETA Feb. 14 at 5pm

   SMOKEY ROBINSON on WETA Feb. 13 at 10:30pm, Feb. 15 at 3am & 5pm; on WHUT Feb. 8 at 9pm, Feb. 9 at 1am & 10pm, Feb. 10 at 2am, Feb. 11 at 11pm, Feb. 12 at 3am

   VALERIE SIMPSON in Honor of NICK ASHFORD on WETA Feb. 6 at 10pm, Feb. 8 at 2:30am, Feb. 10 at 4pm; on WHUT Feb. 15 at 9pm, Feb. 16 at 1am

ARETHA FRANKLIN Presents Soul Rewind (My Music) on WMPT Feb. 12 at 12midnight

Austin City Limits:

   DAVE MATTHEWS BAND on WETA Feb. 6 at 2am & 5am

   JIMMY CLIFF on WMPT Feb. 12 at 4am, Feb. 13 at 12midnight & 3am

   STEVE EARLE/KRIS KRISTOFFERSON on WHUT Feb. 12 at 5pm, Feb. 15 at 8pm, Feb. 16 at 12midnight

Country Pop Legends: My Music on WMPT Feb. 11 at 6pm

Freedom Songs: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement on WMPT Feb. 11 at 10am

Independent Lens:

   The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 on WETA Feb. 12 at 12midnight

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN's American Songbook:

   Time Machines on WMPT Feb. 3 at 10:30pm, Feb. 4 at 2:30am

   Putting on the Tail Fins on WMPT Feb. 4 at 3:30am

Moments to Remember: My Music Number 204 on WMPT Feb. 4 at 7:30pm, Feb. 11 at 3:30pm

PETER, PAUL & MARY: Carry It On: A Musical Legacy on WMPT Feb. 11 at 8pm

SHOWTIME:

Stoned (2005) on SHO Feb. 1 at 3:30am

BILL WITHERS in Still Bill (2009) on SHOS Feb. 1 at 5pm, Feb. 10 at 2pm, Feb. 20 at 7pm, Feb. 24 at 5:40am

WHITNEY HOUSTON in The Preacher’s Wife (1996) on SHOF Feb. 4 at 8pm, Feb. 12 at 5:55pm, Feb. 24 at 6pm

STARZ:

Chicago (2002) CATHERINE ZETA-JONES/QUEEN LATIFAH/RICHARD GERE on STRZED Feb. 1 at 7:30am

The Color Purple (1985) featuring vocal dubs by TATA VEGA on STRZIB Feb. 22 at 8pm, Feb. 23 at 9:35am

WHITNEY HOUSTON in The Preacher’s Wife (1996) on STRZIB Feb. 1 at 5:50pm, Feb. 2 at 7am, Feb. 20 at 6:30am & 5:50pm, Feb. 21 at 1:35am, Feb. 25 at 8:40am, Feb. 26 at 4:30am

SUNDANCE:

California’ Dreamin’ – Feb. 15 at 8pm, Feb. 16 at 3:20am

The U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON (2006) – Feb. 5 at 10:15am & 3:30pm, Feb. 9 at 5:15pm, Feb. 18 at 10am, Feb. 27 at 6:15pm

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES - TCM:

1776 (1972) – Feb. 2 at 6:30am

An American in Paris (1951) – Feb. 19 at 3:30pm

Brigadoon (1954) – Feb. 8 at 4pm

Broadway Hostess (1935) – Feb. 11 at 4:30am

Camelot (1967) – Feb. 5 at 7:30am

Down Argentine Way (1940) – Feb. 21 at 11:30pm

The Entertainer (1960) – Feb. 5 at 8pm

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) – Feb. 16 at 8pm

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) – Feb. 20 at 6:15pm

The Glenn Miller Story (1954) – Feb. 3 at 6pm

It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) – Feb. 12 at 8:30am

Let’s Make Love (1960) – Feb. 12 at 5:45pm

Lili (1953) – Feb. 19 at 2pm

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) – Feb. 10 at 2pm

My Fair Lady (1964) featuring vocal dubs by MARNI NIXON – Feb. 4 at 8pm

On the Riviera (1951) – Feb. 28 at 4:15pm

Scrooge (1970) – Feb. 5 at 5:30am

The Seven Little Foys (1955) – Feb. 12 at 1:45pm

Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – Feb. 26 at 1pm

A Song To Remember (1945) – Feb. 6 at 7:15am

The Three Musketeers (1948) – Feb. 18 at 2pm

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) – Feb. 3 at 1:45pm

BARBRA STREISAND in Funny Girl (1968) – Feb. 12 at 8pm

BING CROSBY in Going My Way (1944) – Feb. 11 at 3:15pm

CHRISTINE EBERSOLE in Amadeus (1984) – Feb. 21 at 12midnight

DEBBIE REYNOLDS in The Singing Nun (1966) – Feb. 29 at 1pm

DICK POWELL:

   42^nd Street (1933) – Feb. 11 at 8am

   Flirtation Walk (1934) – Mar. 2 at 3:45am

DICK VAN DYKE/ANN-MARGRET in Bye Bye Birdie (1963) – Feb. 8 at 9:45pm

ETHEL MERMAN in There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) – Feb. 12 at 3:30pm

ETHEL WATERS/LENA HORNE in Cabin in the Sky (1943) – Mar. 2 at 4:15pm

FRANK SINATRA in On the Town (1949) – Feb. 12 at 6:45am

FRED ASTAIRE:

   The Gay Divorcee (1934) – Feb. 4 at 4:15pm

   Top Hat (1935) – Feb. 14 at 8pm

   Flying Down to Rio (1933) – Feb. 21 at 9:45pm

IRENE DUNNE/FRED ASTAIRE in Roberta (1935) – Feb. 20 at 1:30am

JANE POWELL in Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) – Feb. 19 at 6am

JEANETTE MacDONALD/NELSON EDDY in Bitter Sweet (1940) – Feb. 21 at 5am

JUDY GARLAND:

   Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Feb. 9 at 4:30pm

   Pigskin Parade (1936) – Feb. 10 at 12:30am

   The Pirate (1948) – Feb. 21 at 12:15pm

   The Harvey Girls (1946) – Feb. 24 at 8pm

   A Star is Born (1954) – Feb. 26 at 5pm

JULIE ANDREWS/ROBERT PRESTON in Victor/Victoria (1982) – Feb. 19 at 3:30am

MARILYN MONROE in Some Like It Hot (1959) – Feb. 1 at 5:45pm

MAURICE CHEVALIER in Gigi (1958) and featuring vocal dubs by BETTY WAND – Feb. 18 at 8:30am

NELSON EDDY/RISE STEVENS in The Chocolate Soldier (1941) – Feb. 21 at 7am

PEGGY LEE in Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955) – Feb. 9 at 12:15pm

ROBERT PRESTON/SHIRLEY JONES in The Music Man (1962) – Feb. 8 at 11:45pm

RUDY VALLEE in Second Fiddle (1939) – Feb. 9 at 6:30pm

TMC - The Movie Channel:

PATTI LuPONE in The Song Spinner (1995) on TMC Feb. 4 at 7:30am, Feb. 22 at 6am; on TMCX Feb. 7 at 7:25am, Feb. 10 at 9am, Feb. 13 at 6:55am

TVONE:

ARETHA FRANKLIN:

   Her Life in Song – Feb. 5 at 8am, Feb. 6 at 12midnight

   Queen of Soul – Feb.4 at 8pm

MICHAEL JACKSON: The Man in the Mirror – Feb. 6 at 2am

Unsung:

   FREDDIE JACKSON - Feb. 4 at 1am & 1pm, Feb. 5 at 6pm

VH1: