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• Old Rockers Never Die, They Just Flail Away: ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ the Beatles, and...

  

  Mind Blowing!Producer George Martin surrounded by the Beatles in Abbey Road Studios, ca. 1967From the modal beauty and formality of “She’s Leaving Home,” to... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Mefistofele’ — ‘Ecco Il Mondo’: The Devil’s in the Details of Boito’s Opera...

  

  So Close, Yet So Far …Margherita (Patricia Racette) Faust (Ramon Vargas) in the Act III duet, “Lontano, lontano, lontano” from Mefistofele (San Francisco... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Jazz Samba Project: What’s Old is New (Part Two) — Look Back in Delight

  

  Music that Soothes the SoulVeronneau: Jazz Samba Project, with Lynn Veronneau and husband Ken Avis (far right)It was such a pleasure to have met and chatted wit... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Mefistofele’ — ‘Ecco Il Mondo’: The Devil’s in the Details of Boito’s Opera, Ac...

  

  “Who Dares to Claim: I Believe in God?”Act II, Scene Two of Mefistofele at Baden-Baden 2016 – with Erwin Schrott (Mefistofele) and Charles Castronovo (Faust)In... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• More of the Same: Curtain Going Up on the Met Opera’s 2017-18 Radio Season

  

  We Interrupt This ProgramScene from Laurent Pelly’s production of Cendrillon by MassenetNo sooner had one Metropolitan Opera broadcast season ended when the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• I Read It in a Book’: Having Your Own Personal Reference Library (Part One)

  

  The “Story” of My LifeBooks! We have books!Many people have asked me how I acquired my knowledge of opera, theater, film, history, pop music, and the like. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp — ‘Tristan,’ ‘The Flying Dutchman,’...

  

  Love-Death and TransfigurationTristan (Stuart Skelton) with Isolde (Nina Stemme) at the Met Opera (Photo: New York Times)The Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Your Next Musical-Theater Project: Carmen Miranda — An Open Letter to...

  

  The Brazilian Bombshell: Carmen MirandaDear Lin-Manuel,Are you ready for your next musical-theater challenge? Are you willing to hear about the artistic and... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp — ‘Tristan,’ ‘The Flying Dutchman,’...

  

  Till “Love-Death” Do Us PartWagnerian Love Couple: Ludwig Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld as Tristan and Isolde (1865)Tristan und Isolde, Wagner’s singular... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• In Search of the Perfect Haircut: An Anecdotal Trip to the Barbershop

  

  Close ShavesTypical Barber Shop ca. 1970sOh, brother! It’s that time of the month again, when one’s mane starts to look a bit straggly and those sideburns are i... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp — ‘Tristan,’ ‘The Flying Dutchman,’...

  

  Richard Wagner at the piano (1813-1883)Operatic Odd CouplesThey met in Paris in 1860: the renowned Italian master of opera buffa, Gioachino Rossini, and the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Julio Mazzei, the Cosmos and the Untold Story of the Man Behind the Glasses (Par...

  

  Professor Julio Mazzei (Photo: Getty Images)Dénouement: Decline and FallWith Pelé’s departure, the North American Soccer League (NASL) and Warner... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Children of the Night’ — Celluloid Creatures and Other Movie Monsters

  

  The Count (Bela Lugosi) welcomes Renfield to his castle in Dracula (1931)The Fear FactorLike many individuals of my generation before and after me, I grew up... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Old Rockers Never Die, They Just Flail Away: ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ the Beatles, and...

  

  The Beatles in uniform on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)The Flip SideWhen I finished writing and posting Part One of this piece, I realized to my... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp with ‘Guillaume Tell,’ ‘Tristan,’...

  

  Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the Metropolitan Opera (Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera)Past Glories, Future SuccessesThere’s no doubt about it: the Metropolitan Oper... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Delivered in Pain: The Birth of Nations — Operas, Musicals and Movies with...

  

  Ce-le-brate Good Times, Come On!Poster art for Cecil B. DeMille’s Unconquered (1947)A happy and belated July 4 to one and all! Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Old Rockers Never Die, They Just Flail Away: ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ the Beatles, the...

  

  Album cover for the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)A Year in the LifeIf 1968 was considered a landmark year for our planet, then 1967 was... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1956): No Sleep for the Weary

  

  Becky (Dana Wynter), Jack (King Donovan), Teddy (Carolyn Jones) Miles (Kevin McCarthy) are speechless in Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)Wha... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Star Wars,’ the Original Series (Part Six): ‘The Empire Strikes Back, Episode V...

  

  Poster art for Star Wars — Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Stuck in a RutInside the asteroid, the Millennium Falcon and its passengers appear to be saf... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘The Invisible Man’ (1933) — Can You See Me Now?

  

  Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) explains his worldview to Flora (Gloria Stuart) in James Whales’ The Invisible Man (1933)A solitary figure toting a large suitcase i... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA