Adeline Sire

is associated with 20 posts

Adeline Sire


Madame White Snake

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.


 Madame White SnakeA new opera will premiere in Boston on Friday. It’s a piece that was written, and developed in the city over the past four years. But its story is over a thousand years old. It’s based on the ancient Chinese legend that has never been brought to a Western audience. Sung in English with projected English and Chinese titles. The World’s Adeline Sire has more. Download MP3


Read more

Paquito d’Rivera

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.


Latin Jazz King Paquito D’Rivera went to Germany to record an album with a trio of classical clarinettists. The World’s Adeline Sire reports. Download MP3

Read more

Moroccan music

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.


For our Global Hit today, we took an unscientific survey of what people in the city of Marrakech are listening to. The World’s Adeline Sire went to Morocco and took a sampling. Download MP3


Read more

Les Sans Culottes

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.


Download MP3
The band Les Sans Culottes pretends to be French. But the faux-French band has never actually performed in France… that is, until last week. The World’s Adeline Sire has more.

Read more

Global Hit (5:15)

The World’s Adeline Sire tells us about “Paris 36,” a movie that harks back to the golden age of Adeline Sire, with lavish sets and music. It also explores the labor unrest that rocked France in the 1930s.

Read more