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• Fun with Flags

  

  Hello, my name is Bryan Pinkall. Welcome to the One Hundred Fifty-Second episode of Bryan Pinkall's World of Opera. Weekly, I have inundated the internet with... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Misses

  

  Last Thursday was a special day for me. I began my day sitting-in on a lecture by an applicant from the Peabody school to be a new musicology professor at the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Cell Phone Vs. New York Phil

  I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is warm and windy here in Kansas City, and I have enjoyed my day away from schoo... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Death Knell for Opera? & The Cotton Bowl

  

  "Fighting ever fighting", my Alma Mater lost the Cotton Bowl but I had a great time with my wife and family (pictures of our time are at the end of this post). Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Auction, "Imagine", and Proper Hat Etiquette

  

  Happy New Year to you all!Yesterday, was the first day of the KCVI Charity Auction. We just started our silent auction and every two weeks we will have 4 more... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• SHH!!! Silent Auction!!! & My "Hollywood" Debut

  

  I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season, and the best of luck to you all during the new year.I had an interesting last few days with my family. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera World Mourns Loss of Prolific Composer Kim Jong Il & More Operatic...

  

  Kim Jong Il (1942-2011)Allegedly composed six operas and wrote the world's leading guide on operatic art "Kim Jong Il - On the Art of Opera"Kim Jong Il - toy... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• An Operatic Christmas Wishlist

  

  I know I am a little late this week, but I wanted to throw some Christmas gift ideas out there for any opera lovers in your lives. This week and next week, I... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• New York Auditions

  

  I love New York. It seams like everything works the way that I work. Painfully fast, crowded with busyness, professional but panicked, and yes - without much... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Hajj

  

  It's my annual hajj to New York for auditions. This year, I was invited to audition for New Jersey Opera, Pine Mountain Opera, Saratoga Opera, and Opera North. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Busyness Business

  

  Hopefully everyone had a great time looking at my Basilio pictures. And for your entertainment (and my embarrassment) here is yet another one from my facebook... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Basilio - Self Portraits with Cell Phone

  

  Le Nozze di Figaro(The Marriage of Figaro)Comedy by W.A. MozartConservatory of Music and DanceUniversity of Missouri - Kansas CityWhite Recital HallThursday,... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera University: Auditions 101 (week 4)

  

  Week 1 - EgoWeek 2 - Self-PromotionWeek 3 - The AuditionThe Life of an Artist"Passion = Lots of Rejection, Little Pay, Long Hours, and Happiness"Perhaps you hav... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera University: Auditions 101 (week 3)

  Week 1 - EgoWeek 2 - Self-PromotionWeek 3The Audition"Nerves and Uncontrollable Shaking, Fainting, Peeing, and Vomiting"Imagine that you are preparing for your... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera University: Auditions 101 (week 2)

  

  To see last week's lesson - click hereWeek 2Self-Promotion"Reflections on Awful Superheroes"Imagine that you are in the fictional world of Gotham and Kryptonite... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera University: Auditions 101

  

  I know that I am only 26, and am just beginning to see success in Auditioning. Hopefully, this will be of some help to those of you out there who are just... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Top 10 Strangest Musical Deaths

  

  Last Tuesday, I almost died! I was sitting in the Roman Bath at the Conservatory here in Kansas City, working on my Schenkerian analysis of a Beethoven sonata... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Flibbertigibbets and Bananas

  

  Both myself and my computer were sick last week, the latter having an awful problem in that whenever I pressed the "b" or the "n" on the keyboard, a million... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Singers Under Water & On Fire!

  

  I know you all love the "good ol' days" of a brown globe background and the lovely orange links and titles of this old blog. But as conservative as you may be... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Looking Back, Looking Ahead

  

  What a stupendous week it has been! I cannot believe how many people have contacted me through email and phone calls and facebook. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 THEATRE & OPERA