Superconductor
Since 2007, Superconductor has grown from an occasional concert or CD review to a near-daily publication covering classical music, opera and the arts in and around NYC, with excursions to Boston, Philadelphia, and upstate NY. And no, I'm not a conductor.
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Paul Pelkonen
http://super-conductor.blogspot.com/
Honest content and criticism of today's classical music scene.
The site includes classical music and opera reviews, CD and DVD reviews and recommendations, and the occasional opinion piece on the state of the classical music industry. The goal of Superconductor is to provide concise, well-written reviews for the classical music lover and novice alike.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2463 )
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Opera Preview: Le Roi Malgré Lui
Leon Botstein unearths a rare gem by Emmanuel Chabrier. Costume design for the Cossacks in Le Roi malgré lui.Costume design sketch by Mattie Ulrich © Bard... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Opera Review: Hollywood Babilonia
Caramoor presents Rossini's Ciro in Babilonia. by Paul Pelkonen Baldisare (Belshazzar, sung by Michael Spyres) confronts the writing on the wall in Ciro in... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
The Return of the Plastic Hamburger
Or...How I Learned to Stop Worrying and go back to using a Portable CD Player. by Paul Pelkonen My Panasonic Shockwave (SL-SW967VS) currently on tour with... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Concert Review: A Game of FLUX
The Flux Quartet fétes John Cage at Bargemusic. by Paul Pelkonen Three faces of John Cage. It was a hot summer night on the Brooklyn waterfront. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Putting Ideas Together I
Ed. Note: Sometimes you just want to put up a blog post so you can get back to writing. This is one of those days. Brian Eno's Music for Airports "I have found... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Fifty Shades Of... Classical Music?
Posted on 06 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, MUSIC -
Raindrops in Outer Space
Chopin's Prelude in D features in Ridley Scott's Prometheus. Renaissance android: David (Michael Fassbender) enjoys Chopin in Prometheus. Read more
Posted on 05 July 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, THEATRE & OPERA -
The Mystery of the Vanishing Orchestra
Sydney Opera House moves the orchestra out of the pit. Is this the direction we're heading in? Image from Real Genius © 1985 Columba TriStar Pictures. With... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Obituary: Evelyn Lear (1926-2012)
Soprano acclaimed for Mozart, Strauss and modern music. Evelyn Lear as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. Photo borrowed from our good friends at... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Getting Your Gruppen On
A performance of Stockhausen's spatial masterpiece. I'm out of New York this weekend, so I wasn't able to attend the Philharmonic 360 concerts at the Park Avenu... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Concert Review: Tribute to an Enigma
The Philharmonic pays homage to Henri Dutilleux. Yo-Yo Ma. Photo by Chris Lee © 2012 New York Philharmonic On Tuesday night, the New York Philharmonic... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Today's Musical Postcard
comes from London. Featuring a performance of Renée Fleming, singing Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Ich ging zu ihm from the opera Die Wunder das Heliane. And anothe... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Today's Musical Postcard From Nowhere
Featuring Renée Fleming. Parody of the cover of marbles by British prog group Marillion. I didn't have any marbles. Those are Carnegie Hall Ricola cough drops.... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Brrrr...It's Cold Here....
Shows what I know. A trip booked on Island Airways landed me somewhere in...Iceland. As I fight off polar bears in my Marillion-brand Anorak (pictured) here's... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Heading for the Great Escape
I'm taking my annual holiday at The Great Escape Amusement Park, located in the spa town of North Bath, NY. And if you don't know where that is, you need to rea... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Recordings Review: The Swan Boat Express
Marek Janowski's Lohengrin from Berlin. by Paul J. Pelkonen Bad romance: Klaus Florian Vogt and Annette Dasch in Lohengrin. Photo from the Bayreuth Festival ©... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Brunnhilde Falls From Horse
It's Hip Surgery for Deborah Voigt by Paul Pelkonen Fire woman: Deborah Voigt torches the Ring. The diva will have surgery tomorrow. Photo by Ken Howard from... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
The Cost of Opera
Bloomberg BusinessWeek report crunches the Met's numbers. by Paul J. Pelkonen "Money fight!" No resemblance to Peter Gelb or James Levine is intended. Image... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Even Better Than the Real Thing™
The Metropolitan Opera offers summer re-runs of its Live in HD series. by Paul Pelkonen Kathleen Kim in the Met's 2009 Les contes d'Hoffmann. Photo by Ken Howar... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Concert Review: The Interactive Philharmonic
Beethoven, Korngold and Nielsen, with audience participation. by Paul J. Pelkonen Leonidas Kavakos played the Korngold concerto. Photo © Sony... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA