A video interview with Ben Heppner: WNO's Tristan & Isolde
Ben Heppner talks about his performance of Tristan for WNO - which critics have described as an "heartening return to form". I have also included, an "audience reaction" video of the production from WNO below. This is probably of interest more for the brief video clips of the production itself than anything else - and the odd snippet of Goodall's Tristan.
Make Banana Cry
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Make Banana Cry is a dance work by Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson
currently being presented by Toronto Dance Theatre at Buddies in Bad
Times. It’s an exp...
The Makropulos Case, LSO/Rattle, 15 January 2026
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Barbican Hall
Emilia Marty – Marlis Peterson
Krista – Doubravka Novotná
Albert Gregor – Aleš Briscein
Baron Jaroslav Prus – Svatopluk Sem
Dr Kolen...
Los Adioses de 2025
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Ernesto Acher, Adriana Aizemberg, Roberta Alexander, Hector Alterio, Luigi
Alva, Björn Andrésen, Giorgio Armani, Loni Anderson, Pierre Audi, Jorge
Aulicino...
Imprints of Man: Death Metal for piano
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New York metal trio Imperial Triumphant is my best discovery of 2025
(better late than never to a party). Now there’s a new record—not with new
songs, but ...
Amapola by Villeroy Boch
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This painting of a teapot and other crockery from the Amapola series by
Villeroy Boch adds a sense of calm to a wall. Amapola is the word for Poppy
in Span...
NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants
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The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young
singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the
Wag...
The Future
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Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I
hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone
he ded...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
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...