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• Concert Review: Mozart Goes Last, But Comes First

  

  Mostly Mozart, with Joshua Bell at Avery Fisher Hall. Violinist Joshua Bell, and four-stringed friend. Photo courtesy Lincoln Center. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: Nabucco

  

  The Met revives its production of Verdi's first hit. The Met's staging of Nabucco. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2011 The Metropolitan Opera. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Return to the Sofiensaal

  

  Die Frau ohne Schatten at the 2011 Salzburg Festival (Ed. Note: the following is based on watching about an hour's worth of clips from the performance, publishe... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• DVD Review: The Old Switcheroo

  

  Così fan tutte from La Scala. Dolores Ziegler (left) and Daniela Dessì in a frame-grab from Così fan tutte. Image © 1998 OpusArte/Teatro alla Scala. As... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Into "The Gates of Delerium"....and Back.

  

  Or: Another blog post about Yes. Roger Dean's artwork for the Yes album Relayer, minus the logo. © 1974 by the artist/Yes/Rhino Records On September 8, 2001,... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Manahan Overboard!

  

  City Opera Drops Music Director Former City Opera music director George Manahan. Photo by Nan Melville courtesy Columbia Artists Management (CAMI) The New Yor... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Comprehensive Liszt

  

  Bicentennial Brings Five Big Box Sets An old-school "Liszt box." This one plays a Hungarian Rhapsody. Photo from Harp Gallery 2011 marks Franz Liszt's 200th... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

  

  The Strange Case of Don Giovanni. "A work without blemish, of uninterrupted perfection." --Søren Kierkegaard, on Don Giovanni Il dissoluto punito. Act II of... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: Anna Bolena

  

  The season opens with Anna Netrebko putting her head on the block as Donizetti's doomed queen. E-e-xcellent. Anna Netrebko as Anna Bolena. Photo by Brigitte... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Jumpin' Jupiter!

  

  Die Liebe der Danae at Bard SummerScape Tenor Roger Honeywell, soprano Meagan Miller and four-fendered friend. Act III of Die Liebe der Danae at the Bard... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Into the Void

  

  Selma Jezková bows at Lincoln Center Festival Ylva Kihlberg (right) sings the title role in Selma Jezková. Photo by Miklos Szabo. Friday night at the Rose... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Broadway At Last

  

  Nielsen and Stravinsky mark RDO's Overdue Debut Royal Danish Orchestra's Music Director Michael Schønwandt. The art of programming symphony concerts is a... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• "Ghost" Busting

  

  New Director May Pull Valhalla Out of the Fire Kaboom! Director Michael Bay and his ideas for Götterdämmerung. We're about two months away from the opening of... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Bland Beyond Belief

  

  The original album cover of The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. © Universal Music Group The Age of the Nondescript Megabox So I finally knuckled under t... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Obituary: The Seventh Earl of Harewood (1923-1988)

  

  George Henry Hubert Lascelles, the Seventh Earl of Harewood. Portrait by Tom Wood. Music-loving noble, gave opera the royal treatment. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• DVD Review: Boston in Black and White

  

  Vintage BSO broadcasts on DVD provide more than nostalgia. Carry a long stick: Charles Munch. Among the more interesting DVD releases this summer is a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerous Score

  

  "Ahh music. A magic beyond all we do here."--Albus Dumbledore, from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling French promotional poster for Harr... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Read His Lips: No New Operas

  

  City Opera mutes VOX. Amid all the hullabaloo of this month's season announcement by the New York City Opera is the fact that the company appears to be... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Clash of the Um...Big Robots

  

  Battling Stage Sets Wreck North Jersey after U2 Show The Met's "Machine" set in a performance of last season's Das Rheingold. The usually placid swamplands... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Exploring Topographic Oceans

  

  The Symphonic Rock of Yes' Most Complex Record. Original album art for Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans.Painting by Roger Dean © 1973 by the artist. It's... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 CULTURE, MUSIC