Musicians in Wellington
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Last weekend I was captivated by two very different musicians.
Simon O'Neill, the New Zealand tenor was one. He is one of those rare
tenors who can sing ...
Hofkapelle Weimar en programa de cámara
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*(Difusión) *La nueva Orquesta de Cámara de la Corte de Weimar está
experimentando un ascenso meteórico. Fundada en 2009, la nueva agrupación
reúne a exc...
Miami, música de verano
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No tan quieto como podría suponerse – ni tan intenso como debiera – Miami
vibra con buena música en los calcinantes, cuando no huracanados, meses
estival...
McVicar’s Entführung
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I think I’ve got used to David McVicar productions or, at least, what he’s
produced in the last ten years or so. The director’s notes will sound
erudite a...
@OperaPhila’s ‘Carmen’ a Humdinger
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Operatoonity.com review: Carmen presented by Opera Philadelphia Live
performance: Sunday, May 6, 2:30 p.m. The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Music: Geor...
Reactions in Time
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Time has a way of under mining our fondest memories and dearest feelings.
The idea is implicit in Chaos Theory, so I guess that I should not be
surprised...
Wagner the Irascible Old Bigot
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As a boundless admirer of Wagner’s art and of much of his artistic thought,
I vacillate between horror and laughter when I encounter fragments of his
writi...
“Music, moody food … of us that trade in love”
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Review – Regula Mühlemann (Prinzeregententheater, Monday 15 January 2018)
Regula Mühlemann (Soprano) La Folia Barockorchester Robin Peter Müller
(Director)...
What I did on my summer vacation
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I wrote about opera and modern life in Saturday’s New York Times: Beneath
the artifice, the virtuosic singing and the foreign languages, opera’s
stories ar...
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...
