Posted inIce Skating Winter (Season) Ice Skating Rinks Are Popping Up All Over America From 100 stories high in New York to the balmy shores of Florida, Instagrammable ice skating rinks are popping up all over America. Posted by By Alyson Krueger
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Posted inBerlin (Germany) Classical Music Culture (Arts) Die Fledermaus (Opera) Eastern Europe Katya Kabanova (Opera) Komische Oper Berlin Munich (Germany) Opera Prague (Czech Republic) Smetana, Bedrich (1824-84) Staatsoper Unter den Linden Strauss, Johann Jr Vienna (Austria) Vienna Philharmonic Volksoper (Vienna, Austria) Welser-Most, Franz West Side Story (Play) Wiener Konzerthaus Winter (Season) Musical Performances to See in Europe This Winter Concert halls and opera houses in Vienna, Berlin and beyond are offering fan favorites (“Die Fledermaus”) and surprises (an operatic “Animal Farm”). Posted by By A.J. Goldmann
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