"For me, more important than any place we depict onstage is the fact that these characters are all displaced. The action ranges all over a …
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repertoire fridays: Richard Georg Strauss "Wiegenliedchen" (1900)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BVgc8vLzQ&w=480&h=360] Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949) “Wiegenliedchen” from op. 49 (Acht …
6 Questions RE: Composer David Dies' Chamber Opera "Hills Like White Elephants"
I remember reading Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants" long before I could have had an understanding for the work. …
let's discuss: How to *Actually* Save Your Local Opera
Hey friends, adding to the abundance of bad news that has been floating around recently, it has been a rough couple of weeks for opera as …
repertoire fridays: Alex Weiser "Marks" for Soprano and Piano (2013)
Since I took an unwitting break from Repertoire Fridays over the last few weeks, I brought you the beginning of this three song cycle from …
necessary viewing: Renée Fleming on The Late Show with David Letterman
America's lyric soprano sweetheart, Renée Fleming, helps to prove that opera really is …
in performance: New Music Supergroup "Mirage" at Atlas Performing Arts Center
Armando Bayolo, Curator - New Music Series, explained in his introduction that Mirage is a 'new music supergroup.' Featuring Lindsay …
In performance: This sweet little word "and" – Washington National Opera’s 'Tristan and Isolde'
It is not enough to write that Tristan und Isolde is a dramatization of Richard Wagner’s relationship with Mathilde Wesendonck; nor is it …
in performance: Resonant Bodies Festival Wows with Contemporary Vocal Works
Written by guest contributor, Danya Katok Armed with tuning forks, the ladies of Resonant Bodies’ second night of concerts won over the …