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• 100 Greatest Operas . . . Really?

  

  Couldn’t resist posting this list I found (in cyberspace) of the 100 greatest operas ever written. What do you think about this list? How did the list maker... Read more

  The 11 December 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Das Haus Ohne Dirigent

  

  Music Director James Levine will not conduct at the Met until 2013. James Levine, in happier times. He will not conduct at the Met this season or the... Read more

  The 10 December 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Concert Review: Reverse Culture Shock

  

  Daniel Harding conducts Knussen, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Daniel Harding. Photo by K. Miura. In setting a symphony program, it is common practice to sli... Read more

  The 08 December 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Opera Dinosaurs? Another Kind of Literacy is Now Vital

  

  Though my research leading me to this conclusion was hardly exhaustive, I believe there’s never been an opera written about dinosaurs. “Tyrannosaurus Rex” is... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Galegirl
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• City Opera Occupies Financial District

  

  Opera company moves into new office over a cigar store. (No, really.) The ITT Building at 75 Broad Street, new home of New York City Opera. Like a rebelliou... Read more

  The 06 December 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Opera Review: Never Listen to the Tenor

  

  The Collegiate Chorale presents Moïse et Phaoron. Moses supposes: James Morris utters prophecies in Moïse. To his right, Ginger Costa-Jackson as Marie.... Read more

  The 01 December 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Occupy Wall Street to "Mic Check" Lincoln Center

  

  General Assembly planned for Josie Robertson Plaza Occupy Wall Street poster by Lalo Alcarez. © 2011 by the artist. Concert, opera, theater, ballet and... Read more

  The 01 December 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Le Veau D'or Est Toujours Debout: Faust at the Met

  

  For Faust's much-touted return to the Met stage, the Met orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin gave Gounod's score of their best, and brought out the best in it.... Read more

  The 30 November 2011 by   Singingscholar
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• an Imagined Cast List for Don Juan in Hankey, PA

  

  Editor’s note: This post is the fourth stop on the Eye-Popping, Jaw-Dropping, Gob-Smacking Blog Tour to launch my novel with an opera backdrop, DON JUAN IN... Read more

  The 30 November 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Prospero Vs. The Machine

  

  News about next year's Tempest, some of it even factual. Simon Keenlyside (left) as Prospero menaces Ian Bostridge's Caliban in The Tempest. Image © 2004 Roya... Read more

  The 28 November 2011 by   Superconductor
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