WNO To Revive Die Meistersinger. Bryn Terfel To Return.
Given that Richard Jones’ production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for WNO received, rightly, unanimous praise it should probably come as little surprise that WNO would revive it at some time in the future. Well, it seems that future date is 2016. Bryn Terfel will return with the production
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...
Best of 2025
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So here we go with a round up of what’s been going on and the best things I
saw and listened to in 2025. I’m picking from 165 live performances and
over 1...
Tally of concerts attended 2025
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No question whatsoever whose year 2025 was: both in his first placing by a
country mile and even in the composers who followed him, many with strong
a...
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...