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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Teatro Grattacielo brings Joseph Summer’s The Tempest to...
JOSEPH SUMMER (born 1956): The Tempest [world staged première]— Daniel Klein (Prospero), Kayla Viviana (Ariel), Sara Kennedy (Miranda), Benjamin Sieverding (Caliban), Omar Najmi (Ferdinand), Maggie...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Sergei Prokofiev — Miniatures (Brian Woods, piano; Navona...
SERGEI SERGEYEVICH PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953): Miniatures– Works for Solo Piano, Opp. 22, 31, 17, and 4— Brian Woods, piano [Recorded in Arianna String Quartet Recital Hall, University of Missouri at St....
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Catherine Pisaroni demonstrates in directorial début that...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588— Yi Liu (Fiordiligi), Ashlyn Taylor King (Dorabella), Hayden Smith (Ferrando), Young-Kwang Yoo (Guglielmo),...
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BOOK REVIEW: Ben Bliss — Making It Work: The Practical Guide to Financial and...
BEN BLISS (born 1985): Making It Work: The Practical Guide to Financial and Entrepreneurial Literacy for Freelancers in the Performing Arts [231 pages, ISBN 979-8254608806; Available from...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Franz Schubert, John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, & George...
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828), JOHN LENNON (1940 – 1980), SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY (born 1942), and GEORGE HARRISON (1943 – 2001): Schubert/Beatles— Theo Hoffman, baritone; Julia Bullock, soprano; Andrew...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — NOBLE RENEGADES (Charles Castronovo,...
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Noble Renegades– Scenes and Arias from Don Carlos, I due Foscari, Macbeth, Un ballo in maschera, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Luisa Miller, Jérusalem, and Il corsaro—...
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BOOK REVIEW: Ricky Ian Gordon — SEEING THROUGH: A CHRONCLE OF SEX, DRUGS, AND...
RICKY IAN GORDON (born 1956): Seeing Through: a Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera [Released on 23 July 2024, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Picador/Macmillan); ISBN 9781250390424, 480 pages; Available...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Alessandro Stradella — ESTER, LIBERATRICE DEL POPOLO EBREO...
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (circa 1643 – 1682): Ester, liberatrice del popolo ebreo— Jessica Gould (Ester), Sonia Tedla (Speranza celeste), José Lemos (Mardocheo), Gabriele Lombardi (Aman), Salvo Vitale...
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RECORDING REVIEW: J. S. Bach, F. Liszt, G. Bizet, G. Fauré, C. Debussy, & S....
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750), FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886), GEORGES BIZET (1838 – 1875), GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918), and SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873 – 1943); Terrific...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: W. A. Mozart, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, G. Fauré, C....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791), FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828), FELIX MENDENSSOHN (1809 – 1847), GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918), MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937), and JOSEPH...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala 2023 (B. Bliss, S....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868), GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848), ABROISE THOMAS (1811 – 1896), GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901), GEORGES BIZET (1838 – 1875), ALFREDO CATALANI (1854 – 1893), GERÓNIMO...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaspare Spontini — LA VESTALE (I. Thomas, T. Kinch, T....
GASPARE SPONTINI (1774 – 1851): La vestale— Indra Thomas (Giulia), Thomas Kinch (Licinio), Tahanee Aluwihare (La Gran Vestale), Kyle Oliver (Cinna), Eric Lindsey (Il sommo Sacerdote), Rick Agster (Un...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — IL TROVATORE (B. Gulley, Y. Lysenko, T....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Il trovatore— Ben Gulley (Manrico), Yulia Lysenko (Leonora), Tichina Vaughn (Azucena), Michael Redding (Il conte di Luna), Brian Banion (Ferrando), Carolyn Orr (Ines),...
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: from Oz to Walhalla — Australian mezzo-soprano Deborah...
De profundis: mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble as Erda in Melbourne Opera’s 2023 production of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried[Photograph © by Robin Halls]Not even the finest conservatory education and most...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: broadcast blacklisting — WCPE to exclude six...
House of vice or temple of Art: the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York City; March 2022[Photograph © by Joseph Newsome and Voix des Arts]As has been widely reported in the press and...
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RECORDING REVIEW: J. S. Bach, G. Donizetti, G. F. Händel, J. Heggie, R....
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750), GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848), GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759), JAKE HEGGIE (born 1961), RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1919), JULES MASSENET (1842 – 1912),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Johann Strauss II — DIE FLEDERMAUS (S. Hellman Spatafora,...
JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825 – 1899): Die Fledermaus— Susan Hellman Spatafora (Rosalinde), Kyle Pfortmiller (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Minghao Liu (Alfred), Kyaunnee Richardson (Adele), Lisa Chavez (Prinz...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — ORLANDO, HWV 31 (D. Moody, M....
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Orlando, HWV 31— Daniel Moody (Orlando), Molly Quinn (Angelica), Sheila Dietrich (Dorinda), Angela Young Smucker (Medoro), Peter Walker (Zoroastro); Staunton Music...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Brenda Portman, Marianne Kim, Tom Trenney, & Dan Locklair —...
BRENDA PORTMAN (born 1980), MARIANNE KIM (born 1972), TOM TRENNEY (born 1977), and DAN LOCKLAIR (born 1949): Psalm-Sonata & Suites— Dr. David von Behren, organ [Recorded in First-Plymouth Church,...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Henry Desmarest — CIRCÉ (K. Gauvin, A. Sheehan, T. Wakim,...
HENRY DESMAREST (1661 – 1741): Circé— Karina Gauvin (Circé), Aaron Sheehan (Ulisse), Teresa Wakim (Astérie), Jesse Blumberg (Elphénor), Amanda Forsythe (Éolie), Douglas Williams (Polite), Hannah De...
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