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• Chico’s Modern Street Opera – Part Three: Brecht, Weill and Buarque, Together...

  Returning now to Ópera do Malandro and to the two quotations by Kurt Weill that have occupied our thoughts since the outset of this essay — to wit, the... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ in English – Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits

  

  Listening to opera on the radio is a completely different experience from seeing it on the stage. I first noticed this dichotomy when, after years of hearing th... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Heavenly ‘Aida’? Maybe, Maybe Not

  

  Triumphal Scene from Aida (metoperafamily.org)I have previously seen the Metropolitan Opera’s 1988 production of Aida in an earlier incarnation. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Chestnuts Roasting’ on Your MP3 Player – The Best Loved Christmas Songs and...

  It’s time to cozy up to that Lay-Z-Boy of yours, folks, and turn up the volume on your favorite listening device. All right, now, settle in… Put your arm... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• From Brazil to Broadway: Marcel Camus’ Film Version of ‘Black Orpheus’ to...

  

  By Ubiratan Brasil – O Estado de S. Paulo Newspaper – August 20, 2012Directed by Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho, the show is scheduled to premiere in Londo... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Chico’s Modern Street Opera – Part Three: Theater, the ‘Brecht’ Of Life

  

  Playwright Bertolt Brecht (aphorism4all.com) The significance of Bertolt Brecht’s groundbreaking theories from the twenties and thirties on the burgeoning... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ – Verdi’s ‘A Masked Ball’: Regicide on the Radio

  

  Marcelo Alvarez Sondra Radvanovky (Sarah Krulwich/The NY Times) Last Saturday, December 8, was the first broadcast of the new Metropolitan Opera radio season. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• He Left His Heart in Rio De Janeiro: Tony Bennett in Brazil — An Appreciation...

  

  Folha de São Paulo Newspaper, December 1, 2012 Tony Bennett in Rio (rio-de-janeiro.sortimentos.com) TONY BENNETT is the last remnant of that so-called “great... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• When Forms Cease to Follow Function: The Passing of a Brazilian Legend —...

  

  Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012 On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the world mourned the passing of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer at age 104. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Two Brazilian Charmers – Part Three: Enter Toscanini and the Old Met

  

  Bidu with Toscanini (juliacoulmas.com) “Damozel” in Distress That most formidable of early twentieth-century classical musicians, Italian conductor Arturo... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Brazil Getting Less ‘Kick’ Out of Soccer – Part One

  

  Felipão Carlos Alberto Parreira (mail.com) Our Day Will Come With Luiz Felipe Scolari, 64, better known to soccer fans as Felipão (or Big Phil), returning as... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The ‘Italian’ Composer from Campinas – Part Three: Carlos Gomes, Down on His Luck

  

  A “Slave ” to Passion Carlos Gomes in his later years (memoriadaopera.blogspot.com) In 1880, the ill-tempered, disillusioned, and financially hard-pressed Carlo... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lo, the Savior Approaches! – The Arrival of Villa-Lobos, Part Two: Paris...

  

  Villa-Lobos in Paris (AFP Photo / Archives) His Own Man Of all the classical works written by Brazilian musicians from the time of Carlos Gomes, up to and... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Two Brazilian Charmers — Part Two: The Bombshell Bursts onto the Scene

  

  Young Carmen Miranda (chickflicksmusical.blogspot.com) From Porto to the Port of Rio Amazingly enough, Bidu Sayão was a close contemporary of another popular... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Another Day, Another Play: Deep “Throats” and The Return of Gerald Thomas

  

  Gargolios (a.k.a. Throats) at SESC Vila Mariana He’s ba-ack! No, not Arnold, the ex-Governator, and certainly not The Donald, either. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lo, the Savior Approaches! The Arrival of Heitor Villa-Lobos (Part One)

  

  The Brazilian Bach Heitor Villa-Lobos (classicfm.com) The standard contract for many visiting vocal artists allowed them to appear in a work of their own... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA