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in performance: eighth blackbird | 'Heart and Breath'
It all begins with the heartbeat. At least, eighth blackbird's recent performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington D.C. on …
kafka-fragmente: A Fragment is Like a Hedgehog
"Ein Fragment muss gleich einem kleinen Kunstwerke von der umgebenden Welt ganz abgesondert und in sich selbst vollendet sein wie ein …
in performance: Washington National Opera "American Opera Initiative"
"Opera really only exists in the moment that it's being performed and opening night is like being shot out of a cannon," remarked American …
in performance: Daniel Felsenfeld's "She, After" at UrbanArias
When it comes to literary heroines, readers have a proprietary sense of the version they imagined. What happens to them after the last page …
kafka-fragmente: Telling a Historical Fiction through Chamber Music
In January 2014, I will be performing one of my wish list pieces with the wonderful violinist Martha Morrison Muehleisen. Kafka-Fragmente is …
quick news: Vote Sybaritic Singer in the 2013 Mobbies!
Here we are! Happy to announce that the Sybaritic Singer has been nominated for the 2013 Mobbies in both the Best Community Blog and Best …
in performance: Lyric Opera Baltimore's Passionate "Tosca"
Grand opera delights in the 'bigger is better' motto. However, often it is the attention to detail that really makes the work transcendent. …
repertoire fridays: Edward Benjamin Britten "At Day‑Close in November" (1953)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQ0aSVV6j8&w=640&h=480] **** Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM, CH (1913 - 1976) …