100 years since the birth of Galina Ustvolskaya
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Today marks the centenary of the birth of the composer Galina Ustvlskaya,
in Petrograd (now St Petersburg) in 1919. After studying composition with
Shost...
Another Giasone
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Cavalli’s Il Giasone is a bit of a rarity but perhaps, like the rest of his
opus, it’s getting more attention than it used to. The latest video
recording ...
La bella Elina aborda un cancionero favorito
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No se discute que Elina Garanca es dueña de una de las voces de
mezzosoprano mas aterciopeladas y bellas de la actualidad, además de ser
una mujer esplén...
Depressing History
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Just a quick update. I have had to give up researching and writing for my
book up for a while. I just found it too depressing reading about the WWII
era a...
Tannhäuser: what's on a man's mind
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More than ten years after the production of Nikolaus Lehnhof in 2007,
Tannhäuser returns to Amsterdam. Christof Loy stages for the Dutch National
Opera a n...
We Are Here and Gargoyles
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Our species has eternally sought to explain our universe by inhabiting it
with spirits, sprites, gods. We felt connected, and as the middle link on
the Gre...
The Gig Economy Bride
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Greetings, meine Damen und Herren, I appear among you today to convey my
Smetana hot takes, which were simply too spicy for social media to handle.
Trust t...
Twerp it.
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Review – Salome (English National Opera, Friday 28 September 2018) Salome –
Allison Cook Jokanaan – David Soar Herod – Michael Colvin Herodias – Susan
Bick...
Thielemann's Bruckner 1 and 3 on Blu-ray
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Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 1
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann
C Major 744704 (Blu-ray)
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 3
Staatskapelle Dr...
World-Building and The Mythic Origins of Ariadne
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Greetings all - Dr. Wotan has just recently returned from The International
Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo Michigan and is now busy preparing for
giving ...
Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018!
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Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19
Season open...
continuing as the flying surgeon
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As some of you may have noticed this blog has been inactive the last couple
of years. When I started this blog I worked in Denmark, but in 2011, after
I be...
The Most Terrifying Aria In All Of Opera
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The most terrifying aria in all of opera, or why Mozart stands alone as a
composer of dramma per musica. (Our thanks to The Music...
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*JULES BASTIN, BASSE CHANTANTE*
BASTIN was born in Waterloo in 1933. He was a Belgian operatic bass* who*
made his debut in 1960 at *La Monnaie*, singing ...
Carmen Aldrich
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Carmen at Chorégie d’Orange was TV live broadcast less than two weeks ago.
Contrary to the Puccini operas or the dreaded Verismo repertoire, Carmen is
alwa...
All-Wagner Concert on Friday, May 21
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Please join us for "Exquisite Love Duets and Solos by Richard Wagner," on
Friday, May 21, 2010, at Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge,
Massachu...
