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• Opera Review: From Paris, to Venice, to Bensonhurst

  

  Regina Opera presents Les contes d'Hoffmann In a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, the courtesan Giulietta (Christina Rohm, left) and Nicklausse... Read more

  The 15 June 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Contemporary Opera? Modern Opera? Define, Please

  This afternoon I’m seeing Opera Company of Philadelphia‘s Phaedra, a concert opera composed by Hans Werner Henze, which first premiered in 2007. Read more

  The 12 June 2011 by   Galegirl
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• The Last Stand (?) of the City Opera Orchestra

  

  With City Opera Mum on Season, Ensemble Protests. Protests by members of the New York City Opera orchestra continued today, with a protest and impromptu... Read more

  The 30 June 2011 by   Superconductor
  

• ‘Der Freischütz’: Bowing out of Popular Favor?

  

  (Today marks the anniversary of composer Carl Maria von Weber‘s death. In his honor, I am reposting this piece about his most acclaimed opera.) My husband came... Read more

  The 06 June 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Opera Or Broadway?

  

  I got lucky earlier this month when I went to the Big Apple. I didn’t have to choose between seeing an opera or Broadway show. Read more

  The 01 June 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Opera Review: In Search of New Roots

  

  City Opera Explores Treemonisha in Harlem Scott Joplin, composer of Treemonisha. On Monday night, the New York City Opera gave a concert performance at... Read more

  The 07 June 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Concert Review: The Redemption of Gil Shaham

  

  Gil Shaham in the park The Walton Concerto, with the New York Philharmonic It is not often that one gets to hear the same soloist play the same concerto in the... Read more

  The 18 June 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Opera Review: Fox on the Runway

  

  The Cunning Little Vixen at the New York Philharmonic Isabel Bayrakdarian makes her escape in The Cunning Little Vixen. Photo by Chris Lee. Read more

  The 24 June 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Big Music. Small Package

  

  Chandos Offers Stick Drives, Not Boxed Sets. 8 gigs of listening pleasure: the Chandos stick drive. A look at the current catalogue offerings by Chandos... Read more

  The 26 June 2011 by   Superconductor
  

• DVD Review: A Sneak Peek at the Apocalypse.

  

  Franz Welser-Möst. Note the blue cufflinks. Photo by Roger Mastrioanni © 2011 The Cleveland Orchestra. Saturday night's free event at the Rubinstein Atrium... Read more

  The 13 June 2011 by   Superconductor
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