Review: Don Carlo by Verdi at ...

Apr 17, 2013 by

Review: Don Carlo by Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Conductor – Lorin Maazel Title – Ramon Vargas King Philip II – Ferruccio Furlanetto Eboli – Anna...

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Review: WNO Norma

Mar 16, 2013 by

Review: WNO Norma

My daughter and I were privileged to see and hear a wonderful production of Bellini’s touchstone opera last evening for the...

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Review La Traviata – Mar...

Mar 15, 2013 by

Review La Traviata – March 14, 2013 – Met Opera

La Traviata Metropolitan Opera March 14, 2013 In this performance of La Traviata at the Met, Diana Damrau made her role debut...

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Review: Met Opera Franceca da ...

Mar 7, 2013 by

Review: Met Opera Franceca da Rimini

I love love love Franceca da Rimini, and Zandonai generally. I love Wagner too, and readily admit his superiority over Z & most...

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Top 10 listener choices of 201...

Dec 29, 2012 by

Top 10 listener choices of 2012

Its that time of year, when many stations review their top this and that of the year. We did enjoy certain discs that came out this...

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Book Review: A superb new hist...

Dec 18, 2012 by

A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker Opera must be one of the weirdest forms of entertainment on...

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