Friday, January 27, 2017

Mozart with André Gide

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It's almost impossible to say that one time is more apt for another for listening to Mozart. But he may be especially welcome in times ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

In the Stream of Life: Gerald Finley sings Sibelius

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I took up this CD with great eagerness, and I was still surprised by how good it is. Gerald Finley's new disc presents orchestration...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

New Year's Resolutions (the Opera Obsession edition)

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In place of my usual end-of-year round-up, I decided to declare New Year's Resolutions for this blog. That I'm only finalizing them...
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...