Mavra/Iolanta
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The 2019 production from the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper
(basically their young artists programme) was a bit unusual. Director Axel
Ranisch cre...
Plum jam
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My lovely local organic grocery supplier had a special this week. With
every box of mixed veges/fruit (that they chose) they'd include a free kilo
of plu...
Tannhäuser, Royal Opera, 1 February 2023
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Royal Opera House
Images: Clive Barda / ROH
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia – Mika Kares
Tannhäuser – Stefan Vinke
Wolfram von Eschenbach – Gerald Fin...
Miami, fin de semana pleno de gran música
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Impecable, memorable y revelador, tres palabras que podrían aplicarse
respectivamente a cada concierto y que bien podrían definir el fructífero
fin de sema...
Senta, Tristan and Walther “On the Couch”
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Psychoanalysts Steven H. Goldberg, M.D., and Lee Rather, Ph.D., have edited
an enjoyable collection of essays under the title “Opera on the Couch:
Music, E...
KÖNIGSKINDER: A TRIUMPH IN TRISTESSE
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The Dutch National Opera has no Wagner programmed this season but fans of
the wizard of Bayreuth can somewhat indulge themselves with Königskinder by
Engel...
Comps for the MM in Mastersinging
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Deutsche Oper Berlin 29.6.22 In the era of
the hyperobject you almost have to salute a production that retains the
visual si...
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Blog beëindigd. Leidmotief verkaste naar Substack, "the home of great
writing". Klik hierBlog discontinued. Leidmotief migrated to Substack, "the
home of g...
Lies
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The truth shall set us free.
Okay, fine, except what happens when the truth is obscured in lies? That
now seems to be the situation in the United States....
Book Review: Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer
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A Review of Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire
1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer
Amazon Kindle eBook edition (the edition used for the revi...
Sleeping Forever Beneath the Dry Earth (Part 5)
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Shostakovich talking with Rudolf Barshai in the early 1970s
And here is the final part of my book. I am really pleased with a lot of
what's in this part ...
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Ligeti, Atmosphères
Wagner, Prelude to Lohengrin Act 1
Berg, Violin Concerto
Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F major
Vienna Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnányi, ...
El desafío de Werther en Lima
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*La magnífica ópera de Massenet, obra cumbre del romanticismo francés,
llega en una extraordinaria producción de la Ópera de Colombia, para abrir
la Tempo...
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...
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...
