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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A melancholy sense of lost opportunity pervades "Silent Night," an opera that tells of a moment in World War I when soldiers from hostile nations joined together for an informal truce on Christmas Eve, 1914.

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A fire-blowing stilt-walker with the Lyric Opera of Chicago who suffered second-degree burns during a dress rehearsal was released from the hospital Thursday.

LONDON (AP) — Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, has died. He was 98.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress and "golden muse" Marie-Therese Walter sold for 28.6 million pounds ($45 million) on Tuesday, leading an important Sotheby's auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist art. The sale was the first of a series held in London this month by Sotheby's, Christie's …

LONDON (Reuters) - A Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress and "golden muse" Marie-Therese Walter sold for 28.6 million pounds ($45 million) on Tuesday, leading a patchy Sotheby's auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist art where some lots disappointed. The sale was the first of a series to be held in London this …

LONDON (AP) — A Picasso painting of his muse has fetched 28.6 million pounds ($44.9 million) at a London auction.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal agency said Tuesday it is investigating the injury of a fire-blowing stilt-walker who was burned during a dress rehearsal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago opera performer whose face was burned after he blew fire during a dress rehearsal is expected to return home from the hospital on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Voluptuous female forms crafted from mammoth ivory tens of thousands of years ago sit alongside curvaceous nudes by Henri Matisse at the British Museum in a new exhibition that aims to show how the modern artistic mind was carved. "Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind" includes some of humanity's earliest …

LONDON (AP) — The art world loves hype. Works are touted as the biggest, the rarest, the most expensive.

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — Sergey Taneyev's opera "Oresteia" is being given its first fully staged American production at this summer's Bard SummerScape Festival in New York.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Lyric Opera of Chicago performer was burned after his head caught on fire during a dress rehearsal of a production of "Die Meistersinger von Nurenberg."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Students from Afghanistan's only music academy brought the war-torn country's rhythms to the State Department on Monday as part of their first U.S. tour, with brand-new Secretary John Kerry recalling his rock roots for the musicians. The tour by the 48 musicians from the Afghan National Institute …

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director left hospital on Monday saying he knew in his heart who was behind the acid attack that threatens his sight and the reputation of one of the world's great theatres. Sergei Filin, his face scarred and eyes hidden by dark glasses, hinted last month's attack was linked …

MOSCOW (AP) — The artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet said he knows who ordered an acid attack that left him with severe burns to his eyes and face but won't say, voicing hope that investigators will soon name the perpetrator.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director was quoted on Sunday as saying he knew who was behind an attack on him in which a masked assailant splashed acid over his face threatening his eyesight. Sergei Filin, who has undergone several operations on his eyes and face since the January 17 attack, did not give …

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — In a Jan. 29 story about a planned children's museum in Newtown, Conn., The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Association of Children's Museums launched a national fundraising effort. Museums across the nation are raising money for the project, but the association is not involved.

NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. All 37 have been dressed by one woman: Erna Dias.

LONDON - Painter Tomas Georgeson has artfully tried to drum up attendance at a London gallery by hiding $12,500 - most of his life savings - among the paintings and other artworks for the taking if anyone can find it.

NEW YORK (AP) — An online auction of Andy Warhol's works will give a broader audience the chance to own a piece of his pop art.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ballet dancer Misty Copeland has a two-book deal.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - ABC has ordered pilots for the dramas "Big Thunder" and "Gothica," the network said Tuesday. "Big Thunder," which is written by "Ice Age" writer Jason Fuchs (pictured) and executive produced by Chris Morgan ("Wanted," "The Troop") follows a brilliant doctor in late 19th century New York whose …

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City auction house will offer an online auction of Andy Warhol's works, giving a broader audience the chance to own a piece of his art.