* 1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

Her episodes featured musical interludes showcasing her singing performances.

Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big ( 1924 ), Show Boat ( 1926 ; made into the celebrated 1927 musical ), Cimarron ( 1929 ; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ), and Giant ( 1952 ; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie ).

Her autobiography details how the young actress had an instinctive ear for recreating musical sounds.

Her story of the doomed trumpet player Rick Martin was inspired, she wrote, by " the music, but not the life " of Beiderbecke, but the image of Martin quickly became the image of Beiderbecke: His story is about " the gap between the man's musical ability and his ability to fit it to his own life.

Her next film, At Long Last Love ( 1975 ), a musical again directed by Bogdanovich, also flopped.

Her research finds that anything — math, musical composition, business dilemmas — may get solved during dreaming.

Her musical style contains elements of jazz and alternative rock.

Her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era ; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra.

Her first performing experience on film was at age three where she appeared in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime.

Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, New York, New York however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song.

" Her musical style and choreography have influenced and inspired a younger generation of recording artists.

Her name is added to a list of great artists and notables in the popular Broadway musical " Rent " in the song " La Vie Boheme ".

Her voice has been described as mezzo-soprano, of near-flawless tonal quality, capable of lending itself to a variety of musical styles with apparent ease.

People published a commemorative issue in honor of Selena's memory and musical career, titled Selena 1971 – 1995, Her Life in Pictures.

Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket ( London ) | Haymarket, home to Andrew Lloyd Webber ’ s The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 musical ) | The Phantom of the Opera.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her next project was Sadie Thompson, a Vernon Duke / Howard Dietz musical adaptation of a W. Somerset Maugham short story, but Merman found she was unable to retain the lyrics and resigned twelve days after rehearsals began.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

After returning to work in Europe, Renoir made a trilogy of color musical comedies on the subjects of theater, politics and commerce: Le Carrosse d ' or ( The Golden Coach ) ( 1953 ) with Anna Magnani, French Cancan ( 1955 ) with Jean Gabin and María Félix and Eléna et les hommes ( Elena and Her Men, 1956 ) with Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais.

Her revue, with future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act, included songs from her films, performances on her musical saw ( a skill she had originally acquired for stage appearances in Berlin in the 1920s ), and a pretend " mindreading " act.

From 1846 to 1852 Balfe was appointed musical director and principal conductor for the Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.

Her career also faced turmoil as a result of her marriage to Parks, and the two spent much of the 1950s doing theatre and musical variety shows.

Her life story was published in book form, before being turned into musical which had a run in London's West End.

Her repertoire included working with such artists as Barry Humphries.

Her material at this time represented a departure from her typical jazz repertoire.

Her chamber music has become part of the Nordic repertoire.

Her repertoire included songs from her films as well as popular songs of the day.

Her time with the orchestra continued the programming of American repertoire from Litton's tenure, which she often introduced to the audience from the podium in the style of her mentor Leonard Bernstein.

Her commercial success peaked in 1959 with " Broken Hearted Melody ", a song she considered to be " corny ", but, nonetheless, became her first gold record and a regular part of her concert repertoire for years to come.

Her repertoire focused on the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Wagner.

Her operatic repertoire comprised the title roles in Lucia di Lammermoor, Maria di Rohan, Norma, La sonnambula and La vestale, as well as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Adina in L ' elisir d ' amore and Alice in Robert le diable.

Her repertoire includes contemporary folk-style compositions as well as folk songs.

Her eclectic repertoire included religious music, love songs, folk tunes and ballads.

Her singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.

Her composition, " That Wonderful Someone ", even found its way into the repertoire of country music singer Patsy Cline, appearing on Cline's 1957 debut album.

Her most noticeable trait is her enormous repertoire of command phrases and peculiar noises, which she seems to pick up very easily.

Her concert repertoire includes Spanish, French, German, and Russian songs.

Her repertoire of over 800 songs earned her a reputation as one of the most versatile and popular Macedonian female artists.

Her most recent releases for Glasgow based Linn Records include Walking In The Sun, 2006 featuring guitarist Eric Bibb, and Just Like a Woman-Hymn to Nina featuring the repertoire of Nina Simone in 2008.

Her Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV ( 1946 ) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London.

Her repertoire also includes:

Her repertoire included swing tunes from Gershwin, Rogers and Hart, and Cole Porter.

Her repertoire includes music from Aram Khachaturian, Michel Legrand, Boris Pasternak and Yevgeny Yevtushenko who gave her poems to sing.

Her performing repertoire includes Matre's Dance, Drum Dances, Spike, Happy Tachyons and the double concerto for piano and percussion View From Olympus.

Her repertoire also included Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Così fan tutte, Cherubino and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Liù in Turandot, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Faust, the title role in La Périchole, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Lisa in The Queen of Spades, The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Antonia in Les contes d ' Hoffmann, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Marenka in The Bartered Bride, Desdemona in Otello, Mme Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites, the title roles of Salome and Lulu, Jenny Smith in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ( directed by John Dexter ) and Marie Antoinette in John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles.

Her home town of Kita is known for love songs, which form a large part of Kouyaté's repertoire.

Her compositions, including " Michi ", " Variations on Japanese Children's Songs ", and " Dream of the Cherry Blossoms ", have become standards of the marimba repertoire.