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They Lived for Their Art — The First Ladies of Opera: Callas, Tebaldi, and...
Renata Tebaldi and her so-called "dimples of steel" (Photo: Decca Records) Verdi, Puccini...Oh, and Verismo, Too With Callas' rise, the bel canto revival... Read more
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‘I Will Face My Fear’ — The Mind-Killing Little Deaths of ‘Dune’ (Part Eleven):...
Sci-Fi Channel's 'Dune' miniseries 2000: Gurney, Lady Jessica, Paul, Chani, Stilgar Past and Future Leaders As Paul reunites with his forces and prepares for th... Read more
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Bronx Boy — A Novel (Part Eleven): Benny and the “Bullet” (Conclusion)
Bottom feeder par excellence: German shepherd dog barking The real trouble, as Sonny saw it, wasn't so much Benny Junior or his father Benny Senior, the surly... Read more
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Bronx Boy — A Novel (Part Ten): Benny and the “Bullet”
1245 Stratford Avenue, the South Bronx Superintendents in the South Bronx had one tough job. In addition to overseeing the grounds, doing the maintenance and... Read more
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Stream of Consciousness: Leonard Bernstein, an American Master “Revealed” in...
Young Lenny Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) at his Carnegie Hall debut, in 'Maestro' (2023) Conducting One's Life in Public What's this I'm watching? Lenny snorting... Read more
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They Lived for Their Art — The First Ladies of Opera: Callas, Tebaldi, and...
The late soprano Maria Callas as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata A good while back, I published a blog entry devoted to "Three Titanic Tenors: Mario Del... Read more
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Bronx Boy — A Novel (Part Nine): Midtown
Midtown Manhattan - View of the Murray Hill Section Manhattan. Forty-Second Street. The Big Manzana. The Big Red Apple. Sonny never thought it would be... Read more
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‘It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times’: A Met Opera Wrap-Up (Of...
The Inimitable Bob Dylan in the 1960s Look Back in Anguish There's an old Bob Dylan song that, to my mind, captures the essence of what opera, and specifically... Read more
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‘I Will Face My Fear’ — The Mind-Killing Little Deaths of ‘Dune’ (Part Ten):...
The Water of Life sequence with Paul (center), Chani (left) and Mother Jessica (right) The Challenge to Leadership In a brief scene, Feyd appears with his uncle... Read more
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‘There is No Spoon’ — Distorted Vision: Cyber Life in ‘The Matrix’ (1999)
Cypher, Morpheus, Neo and Trinity in the original The Matrix (1999) Mind-bending. Futuristic. Timeless. Brainteasing. Confusing. Your basic black. All of the... Read more
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