By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Many foreigners know Mexico for its lively mariachi and tapatio music, both of which have gained world recognition, along with its powerful corridos norteños, passionate romantic ballads and hypnotic salsa music. But Mexico also excels in the world of classic music, boasting some of most important tenors and sopranos on the international stage today. From Placido de
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) is slated to present “Imaginary Opera, and Ballet Too,” an comic interpretation of operatic works and classical dance aimed at children, thorough the month of July. The series, which will be performed in Cenart’s Theater of the Arts, will open with a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart adapted to Spanish,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican soprano singer María Reyna will offer an operatic concert dedicated to the indigenous Mixe people, who live in the eastern highlands of the central state of Oaxaca, in a one-night performance at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) on Saturday, May 21. The concert, titled “Orgullosa Soy Raíz” (“I am Proud of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Azerbaijani Embassy in Mexico hosted a daylong celebration of the festival of Nowrūz, an ancient spring holiday, at Mexico City’s Lincoln Park on Saturday, March 19. The open-air celebration, which was hosted by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov, his wife Kamala Talibova and their daughter Faray Talibli, included a performance of traditional Azeri dances by
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS You might consider it a rare blessing during the covid-19 lockdown, but this year you won’t have to take your mom out on May 10 for a meal of rubber chicken breasts and dubious cream of something-or-other soup. But that does not — repeat, does not — excuse you from doing something special for her on Mother’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Anglo Arts, a cultural institution in Mexico sponsored by the Anglo Mexican Foundation with the objective of promoting bilateral cultural exchange between the two countries, will present a live broadcast of the Royal Opera House’s highly-acclaimed 2018 production of Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act opera “Rigoletto” on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 12:15 p.m. inside Mexico City’s Anglo Arts Center. Starring Greek baritone
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