Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Reading List: The Real Traviata

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René Weis' new monograph on Marie Duplessis makes big claims even before getting past the title page. Marie Duplessis, the charismatic ...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Ein köstlicher Abend: Der König Kandaules in Ghent

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Ghent's opera house I may not be able to travel (much) for opera, but when traveling, I do seek opera out. So, on April 16, I took ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Sander & Sander: Die Schöne Müllerin

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Die böse/liebe Farbe Ah, spring. The drought of March is pierced to the root, and just as surely as folk long to go on pilgrimages , th...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Crossing Over: Sacred Music for the Agnostic

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Light and darkness (Edinburgh sunset, photo by me) The 40 days of Lent: season of prayer and fasting for adherents of Christianity, and...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Il tempo vola... baciami! Manon Lescaut at the Met

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Thwarted lovers: Alagna and Opolais in Act III (Photo (c) Ken Howard/Met Opera) I got to see Tuesday night's performance of Manon L...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Brief Notes on Beethoven in Boston

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While recently attending a conference, I took time off to attend a very alliterative concert. Harry Christophers helmed the Handel and Hayd...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Met in 2016-17: Tristan and Beyond

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I know, the announcement's old news by now. But because I have many and complicated feelings about the opera house I've so long c...
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