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• Damrau, Thielemann, Strauss: Poesie

  My expectations of Diana Damrau's most recent recital disc were stratospherically high. Damrau is a singer whose technique and musical intelligence I admire, an... Read more

  The 07 September 2011 by   Singingscholar
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• James Levine Falls, Cancels Fall Performances

  

  Fabio Luisi named Principal Conductor at the Met James Levine will not conduct Don Giovanni and Siegfried this fall. Conductor James Levine has suffered... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Review: Cyrano (House Theatre of Chicago)

  

  Again House Theatre has offered us a smart, exciting production, complete with crowd-pleasing sword-fighting scenes. It is a wondrous spectacle! This Cyrano... Read more

  The 05 September 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Review: Life Separates Us (Oracle Theatre)

  

  Under the direction of Bill Ryan, angst runs high amongst this talented cast as they look passionately at the aftermath of an implosion. Read more

  The 04 September 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Opera Review: Anarchy and the Argonauts

  

  Opera Omnia presents Giasone at Le Poisson Rouge Opera Omnia's poster art for Giasone. Image from Opera Omnia. The promising Queens-based troupe Opera Omnia... Read more

  The 02 September 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Domingo Fights Regie Menace

  

  Bayreuth, Salzburg stagings blasted by Plácido Domingo. Plácido Domingo (right) in a scene from Achim Freyer's Die Walküre at the Los Angeles Opera. Photo... Read more

  The 01 September 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Concert Review: An Early Exit in a Hurricane's Path

  

  Mostly Mozart ends with unfinished music. The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, led by conductor Louis Langrée. Image courtesy Lincoln Center © 2010 Mostly... Read more

  The 29 August 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Review: For The Boys (Marriott Theatre)

  

  Despite second-act problems, this is still a Marriott Theatre show, so nothing really goes wrong for long, not when it’s “for the boys.” Read more

  The 29 August 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Salvatore Licitra in Motorcycle Accident

  

  Tenor Salvatore Licitra in the Met's Tosca. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2002 The Metropolitan Opera. Singer Wrecks Vespa in Sicily. Tenor Salvatore Licitra has... Read more

  The 29 August 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Top 10 Manliest Musicals

  

  The top ten best musicals, of the manly kind. Musicals need defending. Not because they're not great, but because they're the sort of movies that will have... Read more

  The 26 August 2011 by   Gerard
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