Monday, August 1, 2011

Reading List: Butterfly's Child

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The opera is Cio-Cio-San's. I for one don't care what happens to [insert choice epithet] Pinkerton. But there remains the boy: ...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Selma Jezková: Royal Danish Opera in NYC

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Photograph (c) Miklos Szabo Poul Ruders ' 2010 opera,  Selma Jezková , had its U.S. premiere on Friday; its single New York performan...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

From the Met archives: Elektra

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I'm hoping to get my hands on the DVDs of recent Elektra productions, but this one is at least recently released: included in the Levine...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Treuloser Holder! Konwitschny's Tristan on DVD

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I have not forgotten your collective request for opera DVD posts, Gentle Readers! Now, I do realize that reviews of recent DVD releases are ...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Bruckner and Adams: Matters of Life, Death, and Art with the Cleveland Symphony

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To begin this post, a confession: I usually feel that in the symphonic repertoire, a little late Romanticism goes a long way, and sometimes ...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Salut à la France!

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Constructing national identities is a messy business, but tackling political injustice is always worth celebrating. Natalie Dessay is, I bel...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

L'alto motore novo splendore a ciel prepara

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Peter Paul Rubens, Jupiter and Callisto, 1613 Francesco Cavalli's 1651 opera  Calisto has its origins in the mid-seventeenth century ...
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