Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Le Nozze di Figaro: E schiatti il signor Conte...

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Act II: Majeski, Mattei, Abdrazakov, Petersen. Photo (c) Ken Howard/Met Opera The season having been saved, the Met opened with an enga...
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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Richard Tucker Day: A reverential mission and a free concert

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One of my favorite things about Tucker Foundation events is the relentlessly informal atmosphere that pervades the preliminaries, regardl...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Sommerpause

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Johannisnacht 2014, Mainz  A Confession, Gentle Readers: sadly, the last few weeks of the regular opera season around here coincided ...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Old forms, new festivals: Chamber Music Fest Rheinhessen

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One of the things I love about this region is that there always seems to be room for another music festival. The Chamber Music Fest Rhein...
Friday, July 4, 2014

La liberté pour nous conspire? Guillaume Tell

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Fighting over the future: Guillaume Tell, Act III. Photo © Bayerische Staatsoper A confession, with apologies to those whose opera-rela...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Lady in the Dark: Vergiss für einmal den Weltschmerz

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The many selves of Liza Elliott: Lady in the Dark Act I Photo © Staatstheater Mainz/Martina Pipprich Matthias Fontheim, departing Inten...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Interval Adventures: Firenze!

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As Gianni Schicchi reminds us, Florence is a beautiful city. I was delighted to have the opportunity to revisit it, with an academic conf...
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