Thursday, December 22, 2016

La Dolce Vita with... Jonas Kaufmann?

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Goethe, with more brooding than this album provides (Tischbein, 1787) Germans have been semi-enviously fascinated by the land of lemon ...
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Friday, December 2, 2016

What about Callas? Comparing Generations of Opera Singers

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I may regret engaging with one of the opera world's most inflammatory questions, but it is one that has been nagging at my consciousnes...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

O, nun waren wir Nacht-Geweihte! Tristan und Isolde at the Met

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Staging a perfect Tristan is one of opera's most notorious impossibilities. The Met has, to my mingled astonishment and gratitude, su...
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Serpent and Fire: Anna Prohaska's Mythical Queens

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I've been fascinated with Anna Prohaska since this  came out several years ago. Her latest album, Serpent and Fire , displays a simil...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Operatic Ephemera: Tristan at the Met

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In about a month's time, I will see the Met's new  Tristan und Isolde with my mother (her conversion from opera-skeptic to budding...
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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Allegro io son: Brownlee's bel canto

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As this blog makes clear, I'm usually more likely to be attracted by records involving German orchestration and unfulfilled longing t...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Aimez-vous Brahms? Chants d'amour / Liebeslieder

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Summer weather is beginning to transition into that of fall, which means it's time for me to transition from French to German art son...