1996 in music - Opera

See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1996 in music - Events. January 8 - Madonna's stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on 5 charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill her. January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured. January 18 - Lisa Marie Pre ...

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• 1996 in music - Albums released
• 1996 in music - Top hits
• 1996 in music - Classical music
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• 1996 in music - Musical films
• 1996 in music - Births
• 1996 in music - Deaths
• 1996 in music - Awards
• 1996 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1996 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1996 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 1996 in music - Mercury Music Prize
• 1996 in music - Charts
• 1996 in music - KROQ
• 1996 in music - Triple J Hottest 100

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1995 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1995 1995 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1995 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1995 1995 in music - Mercury Music Prize. Dummy - Portishead wins. ...

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Soap opera - Plots and storylines. Most soaps follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place. The storylines follow the day-to-day lives of these characters. In many soap operas, in particular US daytime serials, the characters are generally more handsome, beautiful, seductive, and wealthy than the typical person watching the show. This is true to a lesser extent in Australian and UK soap operas which largely focus on more everyday characters and situations. Many Australian and U ...

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Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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Main article: History of Vienna Founded around 500 BC Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement: "Uindobona" 'Fair Bottomland'. In 15 BC, Vienna became a Roman frontier city ("Vindobona") guarding the Roman Empire against German tribes to the north. During the Middle Ages, Vienna was home of the Babenberg Dynasty and in 1440 became residence city of the Habsburg Dynasties from where Vienna eventually grew to become the secret capital of the Holy Roman Empire and a cultural center for arts and science, music and fine cuis ...

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Vienna, Vienna - History, Vienna - Historical population, Vienna - Districts, Vienna - Religions, Vienna - Culture, Vienna - Music theatre and opera, Vienna - Museums, Vienna - Architecture, Vienna - Other culture, Vienna - Education, Vienna - Universities, Vienna - International schools, Vienna - Transportation, Vienna - Public transporation, Vienna - Railways, Vienna - Road traffic, Vienna - Air traffic, Vienna - Water transportation, Vienna - Leisure activities, Vienna - Nightlife, Vienna - Viennese coffeehouses, Vienna - Viennese parks and gardens, Vienna - Sport, Vienna - Culinary specialities, Vienna - Food, Vienna - Drink, Vienna - Tourist attractions, Vienna - International organisations in Vienna, Vienna - Twin cities

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Under the supervision of Brian May and Roger Taylor, numerous restoration projects have been underway involving Queen's lengthy audio and video catalogue. DVD releases of their famous 1986 Wembley concert (titled Live At Wembley Stadium) and 1982 Milton Keynes concert, and two Greatest Video Hits (Volumes 1 and 2, spanning the '70s and '80s) have seen the band's music remixed into 5.1 and DTS Surround Sound. So far, two of Queen's most acclaimed albums, A Night At The Opera and The Game, have been fully remixed into DTS Surround on DVD-Audio ...

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Queen band, Queen band - Members, Queen band - History, Queen band - 1968-1970, Queen band - 1970s, Queen band - 1980s, Queen band - 1990s, Queen band - 2000s, Queen band - Historical success, Queen band - Influence on modern music, Queen band - The Digital Realm, Queen band - Queen Live, Queen band - Members Of The Band As Instrumentalists, Queen band - Queen in film, Queen band - Documentary, Queen band - Queen in musical theatre, Queen band - Discography, Queen band - Studio albums, Queen band - Live albums, Queen band - Compilations, Queen band - Tribute albums, Queen band - Singles

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Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer. Co-founder of the Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his pieces are influenced by fractal geometry and Benoit Mandelbrot, while his later works feature some tonal relationships. In 1970, Wuorinen was the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Time's Encomium. He is also the author of Simple Composition, ISBN 0938856065, which he says is, "written by a composer and is ...

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The original 1963 arrangement of the Doctor Who theme music, as composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, is widely regarded as a significant and innovative piece of electronic music, working from tape loops of an individually struck piano string and individual test oscillators and filters. The Derbyshire arrangement served, with minor edits, as the theme tune up to the end of Season 17. A more modern and dynamic arrangement was composed by Peter Howell for Season 18 (1980), which ...

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Doctor Who, Doctor Who - History, Doctor Who - Format, Doctor Who - The Doctor, Doctor Who - Companions, Doctor Who - Adversaries, Doctor Who - Music, Doctor Who - Viewership, Doctor Who - Missing episodes, Doctor Who - Adaptations and other appearances, Doctor Who - Charity episodes, Doctor Who - Other programmes, Doctor Who - Awards

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Bucharest's has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of various fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. Unlike other parts of Romania, such as the Black Sea coast or Transylvania, Bucharest's cultural scene is much more eclectic, without a defined style, and instead incorporates various elements of Romanian and international culture. See also:

Bucharest, Bucharest - Geography and climate, Bucharest - Geography, Bucharest - Climate, Bucharest - Law and government, Bucharest - Administration, Bucharest - Justice system, Bucharest - Crime, Bucharest - History, Bucharest - Treaties signed in Bucharest, Bucharest - Demographics, Bucharest - Economy, Bucharest - Transport, Bucharest - Culture, Bucharest - Landmarks, Bucharest - Visual arts, Bucharest - Performing arts, Bucharest - Music and nightlife, Bucharest - Traditional culture, Bucharest - Cultural events and festivals, Bucharest - Architecture, Bucharest - Historical architecture, Bucharest - Communist architecture, Bucharest - Modern architecture, Bucharest - Education, Bucharest - Media, Bucharest - Sports, Bucharest - Portrayal in film and fiction, Bucharest - Notes

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List of people from New York State - Film/Theater. Woody Allen (1935-), actor, director and writer Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actress Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor James Cagney (1899-1986), actor Tom Cruise (1962-), actor Claire Danes (1979-), actress Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreographer Robert De Niro (1943-), actor Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, ...

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List of people from New York State, List of people from New York State - Native Americans, List of people from New York State - Public Office, List of people from New York State - Entertainment, List of people from New York State - Film/Theater, List of people from New York State - Comedians/Humorists, List of people from New York State - Music, List of people from New York State - Business, List of people from New York State - Art/Literature/Journalism, List of people from New York State - Science/Medicine, List of people from New York State - Athletics, List of people from New York State - Infamous New Yorkers, List of people from New York State - Lawyers and Jurists, List of people from New York State - Other

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In 2002, a musical or "rock theatrical" based on the songs of Queen, entitled We Will Rock You, opened at the Dominion Theatre on London's West End. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor. It has since been staged in Barcelona, Spain; Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Cologne, Germany; and Las Vegas, United States. The launch of the musical coincided with the Queen's Golden Jubilee. As part of the Jubilee celebrations Brian May performed a guitar solo of God Save the Queen, as featured on Queen's A Nigh ...

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Queen band, Queen band - Members, Queen band - History, Queen band - 1968-1970, Queen band - 1970s, Queen band - 1980s, Queen band - 1990s, Queen band - 2000s, Queen band - Historical success, Queen band - Influence on modern music, Queen band - The Digital Realm, Queen band - Queen Live, Queen band - Members Of The Band As Instrumentalists, Queen band - Queen in film, Queen band - Documentary, Queen band - Queen in musical theatre, Queen band - Discography, Queen band - Studio albums, Queen band - Live albums, Queen band - Compilations, Queen band - Tribute albums, Queen band - Singles

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Doctor Who has always appeared on the BBC's mainstream BBC One channel, drawing audiences of many millions of viewers. It was most popular in the late 1970s, when audiences frequently averaged as high as 12 million viewers per airing. During the ITV network strike of 1979, viewership peaked at 16 million. No first-run episode of Doctor Who has ever drawn fewer than three million viewers on BBC One, although its late 1980s performance of three to five million regular viewers was seen as being poor at the time, and was, according ...

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Doctor Who, Doctor Who - History, Doctor Who - Format, Doctor Who - The Doctor, Doctor Who - Companions, Doctor Who - Adversaries, Doctor Who - Music, Doctor Who - Viewership, Doctor Who - Missing episodes, Doctor Who - Adaptations and other appearances, Doctor Who - Charity episodes, Doctor Who - Other programmes

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In 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place of the acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts, outranking The Beatles. Current rankings: Elvis Presley (2,574 weeks) Cliff Richard (1,982) Queen (1,755) The Beatles (1,749) ...

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Queen band, Queen band - Members, Queen band - History, Queen band - 1968-1970, Queen band - 1970s, Queen band - 1980s, Queen band - 1990s, Queen band - 2000s, Queen band - Historical success, Queen band - Influence on modern music, Queen band - The Digital Realm, Queen band - Queen Live, Queen band - Members Of The Band As Instrumentalists, Queen band - Queen in film, Queen band - Documentary, Queen band - Queen in musical theatre, Queen band - Discography, Queen band - Studio albums, Queen band - Live albums, Queen band - Compilations, Queen band - Tribute albums, Queen band - Singles

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Studio albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Please (1986) Actually (1987) Introspective (1988) Behaviour (1990) Very (1993) Bilingual (1996) Nightlife (1999) Release (2002) Battleship Potemkin (2005) Fundamental (due 2006) Compilation albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Disco (1986) Discography: The complete singles collection (1991) Disco 2 (1994)< ...

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Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys - Before Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys - The Early Years, Pet Shop Boys - Sound and image, Pet Shop Boys - Sexuality, Pet Shop Boys - Discography, Pet Shop Boys - Other Ventures, Pet Shop Boys - Trivia

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List of Spaniards - Classical. Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), composer. Pau Casals (1876–1973), cello player and conductor. Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), composer. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (b. 1933), conductor. Enrique Granados (1867–1916), composer. Alicia de Larrocha (b. 1923), pianist. Luis de Pablo (b. 1930), composer. Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), composer and pianist, known fo ...

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List of Spaniards, List of Spaniards - Actors, List of Spaniards - Artists, List of Spaniards - Architects, List of Spaniards - Explorers and conquistadores, List of Spaniards - Film directors, List of Spaniards - Leaders and politicians, List of Spaniards - Ancient, List of Spaniards - Medieval, List of Spaniards - Modern, List of Spaniards - Contemporary, List of Spaniards - Literature, List of Spaniards - A–D, List of Spaniards - E–H, List of Spaniards - I–L, List of Spaniards - M–P, List of Spaniards - Q–T, List of Spaniards - U–Z, List of Spaniards - Military, List of Spaniards - Musicians, List of Spaniards - Classical, List of Spaniards - Singers, List of Spaniards - Philosophers and humanists, List of Spaniards - Science and technology, List of Spaniards - Social scientists, List of Spaniards - Sports, List of Spaniards - Others

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Although her sister Jackie Collins is a best-selling writer, Joan Collins has ventured into writing on a handful of occasions. Her two best-selling memoirs are Past Imperfect (1978) and Second Act (1996). She has written several best-selling fictional novels: Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous, Star Quality and Misfortune's Daughters. On February 29, 1996, Collins won a U.S. $2 million suit with Random House for breach of contract. Humiliated by the claims that sh ...

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Joan Collins, Joan Collins - Family and Early Life, Joan Collins - Early Film Career, Joan Collins - Dynasty, Joan Collins - After Dynasty, Joan Collins - Marriage and Family, Joan Collins - Personal Politics, Joan Collins - Homes, Joan Collins - Books, Joan Collins - Titles, Joan Collins - Awards, Joan Collins - Filmography, Joan Collins - Theatrical credits, Joan Collins - Television credits

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Main article: Computer chess Serious work on machines that play chess has been going on since 1890, and chess-playing computer programs featured prominently in the artificial intelligence boom of the 1950s - 1970s. At first considered only a curiosity, the best chess playing programs — like Shredder, Fritz etc. — have become extremely strong players. In blitz chess, they can beat the best human players; at regular time controls, however, battles between the very best chess programs and the very best human players have been ...

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Chess, Chess - Introduction, Chess - History, Chess - Gameplay, Chess - Rules of chess, Chess - Strategy and tactics, Chess - Ways to play chess, Chess - Modern chess, Chess - Notation, Chess - Chess and education, Chess - Computer chess, Chess - Chess variants, Chess - Famous chess games, Chess - History of chess, Chess - World chess champions, Chess - Chess literature, Chess - Chess in the arts and literature

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Robertson Davies - Early life. Growing up, Davies was surrounded by books and language. His father, Senator William Rupert Davies, was a newspaperman, and both his parents were voracious readers. He, in turn, read everything he could. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child, where he developed a lifelong interest in drama. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto from 1926 to 1932 and then studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1932 until 1935. At Queen's he was enroll ...

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Robertson Davies, Robertson Davies - Biography, Robertson Davies - Early life, Robertson Davies - Middle years, Robertson Davies - The 1960s, Robertson Davies - The 1970s, Robertson Davies - The 1980s and 1990s, Robertson Davies - Awards and recognition, Robertson Davies - Bibliography, Robertson Davies - Essays, Robertson Davies - Novels, Robertson Davies - Short stories, Robertson Davies - Plays, Robertson Davies - Libretto, Robertson Davies - Letters, Robertson Davies - Collections

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During the original 1963–1989 run, each of the weekly episodes formed part of a contained story (or "serial") consisting of several parts — usually either four to six in earlier years and three to four in later years. Three notable exceptions were the epic The Daleks' Master Plan, which aired in 12 episodes (plus a one-episode teaser entitled Mission to the Unknown, featuring none of the regular cast); the 10-episode serial The War Games; and The Trial of a Time Lord, which ran for 14 episodes (containing four stories often referred to by individual titles, and connected by ...

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Doctor Who, Doctor Who - History, Doctor Who - Format, Doctor Who - The Doctor, Doctor Who - Companions, Doctor Who - Adversaries, Doctor Who - Music, Doctor Who - Viewership, Doctor Who - Missing episodes, Doctor Who - Adaptations and other appearances, Doctor Who - Charity episodes, Doctor Who - Other programmes

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All My Children - Current cast members. Julia Barr (Brooke English) Jeff Branson (Jonathan Lavery) Justin Bruening (Jamie Martin) Ian Buchanan (Dr. Greg Madden) David Canary (Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler) Natalia Cigliuti (Anita Santos) Kate Collins (Janet Green Dillon) Bobbie Eakes (Krystal Carey Chandler) Colin Egglesfield (Joshua Madden) Connie Fletcher (Erin Lavery) Kelli Giddish (Di Henry) Alexa Havins ( ...

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All My Children, All My Children - History, All My Children - Title sequences, All My Children - Cast, All My Children - Current cast members, All My Children - Recurring cast members, All My Children - Coming and going cast members, All My Children - Deceased cast members, All My Children - Celebrity guests, All My Children - Awards, All My Children - Daytime Emmy Awards, All My Children - Soap Opera Digest Awards, All My Children - Soapy Awards, All My Children - GLAAD Media Awards, All My Children - Gracie Allen Awards, All My Children - ALMA Awards, All My Children - Writers Guild of America Awards, All My Children - Young Artist Awards, All My Children - Spoofs

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Gayheart became well known from her appearances in a series of commercials for Noxzema skin cream beginning in 1991. In 1992, she joined the cast of the soap opera Loving. In 1995, she had a recurring role in the series Beverly Hills, 90210. She has also been a regular on the television series Earth 2 (1994), Wasteland (1999), and Dead Like Me (2003) and has a re-occurring role on Nip/Tuck (2004). She was initially hired to play the part of Inara Serra on Firefly (2002), but was fired after only one day of filming. Morena Baccarin took over the rol ...

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Rebecca Gayheart, Rebecca Gayheart - Biography, Rebecca Gayheart - Television, Rebecca Gayheart - Movies, Rebecca Gayheart - Relationships, Rebecca Gayheart - Law, Rebecca Gayheart - Against charges

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