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• the Best and Worst of the Operasphere in 2012

  

  This year was one for the books, so to speak. My 2012 marked many new and challenging review opportunities–thirteen in all, ranging from Philadelphia to New... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Two Top Contemporary Tenors!

  

  One of my most popular posts on “Operatoonity” is called Today’s Top Tenors, a somewhat informal and exhaustive listing of purportedly the best tenors performin... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Music Broadcast, a Treat for Music Lovers & Resource for Opera Companies

  

  Opera Music Broadcast.comEditor’s note: Congratulations to Kelly Rinne and everyone at Opera Music Broadcast for for being recognized as one of the five best... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Six Days Left to Show Me Your DON JUAN!

  

  Traveling anywhere festive before August 31, 2012? Or do you already live in a beautiful part of the world?Take copy of my humorous backstage opera novel DON... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Gearing up for Glimmerglass Festival Opening

  

  Glimmerglass Festival Technical Director Jake Josef and Director of Production Abby Rodd | Photo: William M. Brown/The Glimmerglass Festival. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Singer Sunday: an Operatic Family on a Germanic Quest

  

  Opera family: Ross, Jenny and kids Tenor Ross David Crutchlow is a 6’2” red-headed baritone turned Heldentenor with a booming voice, an infectious laugh, and a... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Happy Anniversary, Carmina Burana, Odd and Disturbing Creature That You Are

  

  Today in opera history marks the premiere of Carl Orff‘s Carmina Burana, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1937. Not precisely an opera, it is more correctly... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Singer Sunday with Jonathan Estabrooks, Vlogging Virtuoso

  

  Baritone Jonathan EstabrooksThe official line on baritone Jonathan Estabrooks is that he is an emerging, classically trained artist based in NYC, originally fro... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Singers, Aria Ready to Go Pro? You Need This Book!

  

  Here’s a one-question quiz for classically trained singers: Who is the product, the company, and the person who *really* manages your business? (Here’s a hint:... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Apparently It’s ‘Butterfly’ Season

  

  Israeli Opera's new production of 'Madame Butterfly' Want to catch a Butterfly? It’s in season — everywhere around the world.Who all mounted productions of... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• DON JUAN Wants to Travel with You This Summer, Bella Signora

  

  Traveling anywhere festive or frolicsome between May 28 and August 31, 2012? Or do you already live in a stunningly lovely part of the world? Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ Premiered Today – May 1!

  

  Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, an opera bouffe in four acts (my favorite opera overture) and a very fitting May premiere, was first produced at the National... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Catching up with Soprano Julia Katherine Walsh on Singer Sunday

  

  Soprano Julia Katherine Walsh Soprano Julia Katherine Walsh grew up in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where I was also born and raised. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• on Singer Sunday, Get to Know Aussie Baritone . . . Findo!

  

  Australian baritone Andrew FindenAustralian baritone Andrew Finden is an accomplished young performer– a Samling Scholar, Britten-Pears Young Artist, and an... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Puccini’s Second Opera ‘Edgar’ Premiered Today

  

  This day in opera history, April 21, 1889, marks the premiere of Puccini’s Edgar in Milan, Italy, an opera that I’ve never seen on anyone’s season schedule... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• New York Opera Exchange Gets Così with Technology

  

  By setting Così fan tutte in contemporary society, the New York Opera Exchange revitalizes the universal themes of love and fidelity in  Mozart’s popular 1790... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Puccini Fave at Philly’s Center City Opera

  

  This weekend, Center City Opera Theater presents Giacomo Puccini’s beloved classic opera in four acts for three performances – April 13, 14, & 15 at the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• My Nearly First Exposure to Opera . . . One Blogger’s Confession

  

  I was accepted into AMDA in 1975 In the fall of 1976, I moved to Manhattan to study musical theater. Manhattan was a lonely place but everything was new and my... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Taking Opera Critics on for Size

  

  I’m hoppin’ mad, my friends, and not just because it’s Easter week. What’s got me riled up this time?Opera critics who are sizeists and use their... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Where in the World is DON JUAN? He Could Be in Your Palm by Noon Today

  

  DON in St. Bart's c. of Luis Sanchez My new novel based on the greatest lover in the history of the Western world gets around. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA