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Concert Review: Virtuoso, Underground

The piano hammers of Hamelin. Photo © Hyperion Records/Marc-André Hamelin Marc-André Hamelin in recital at Zankel Hall. The French-Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin is one of... Read more

Five Questions with Silent Orchestra: Metropolis Edition

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Five Questions with the Silent Orchestra: Metropolis Edition

Alli Jessing, Joint Programs Coordinator for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, spoke with Carlos Garza and Rich O'Meara of Silent Orchestra about... Read more

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TODAY IN OPERA HISTORY - May 27

Probably the least known of the famous French group of composers Les six, literally "the six", Louis Durey was born on this date in 1888. Read more

The 27 May 2011 by Pinkall
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Stuttgart Ring: Rheingold

Staatstheater Stuttgart I'm still making a list of opera DVDs with which to gratify your wishes, Gentle Readers. None of the libraries in my life have the... Read more

The 30 May 2011 by Singingscholar
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West Side Story on Broadway at Playhouse Square

So I know that this is a film blog, but for as long as I can remember I have loved West Side Story. So towards the end of last year, when I heard it was coming... Read more

The 08 May 2011 by Kaiser31083
It’s Wagner’s Birthday: Hojotoho!

Composer Richard Wagner was born today in 1813 in Leipzig, Germany. While one might expect a monument to Wagner to have been erected in his hometown (there are... Read more

The 22 May 2011 by Galegirl
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Concert Review: A Diva's Return...to Earth

"Anything you can do..." Paulo Szot and Debbie Voigt at Carnegie Hall. Photo by Erin Baiano © 2011. Deborah Voigt Sings Broadway at Carnegie Hall "It's good to... Read more

The 21 May 2011 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Top Ten 2010-2011 Edition

And the winner...in a wimple, is...Juan Diego Flórez in the Met production of Le Comte Ory.Photo by Marty Sohl © 2011 The Metropolitan Opera It's been an... Read more

The 16 May 2011 by Superconductor
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"Mother D'you Think They'll Drop the Bomb"

Felicity Palmer as Klytaemnestra in Strauss' Elektra at the Met. Photo by Marty Sohl. © 2009 The Metropolitan Opera Five Operatic Mothers, 'cause it's that day. Read more

The 08 May 2011 by Superconductor
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CD Review: Sir Reginald's Grail Quest

Parsifal from the Welsh National Opera The original cover of this Parsifal with a photo of Act I, Scene II. Photo © 1984 EMI Classics/Welsh National Opera. Read more

The 30 May 2011 by Superconductor
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Opera and Premonition

Have you ever had a premonition? A presentiment of the future of the foreboding variety? I had one once when I was 19, and in the midst of a busy school... Read more

The 30 May 2011 by Galegirl
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Opera Review: At Season's End, a Comic Gem

Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera A Princess on the Rocks: Violeta Urmana as Ariadne. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2005 The Metropolitan Opera Richard... Read more

The 11 May 2011 by Superconductor
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