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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — LA BOHÈME (S. Kantorski, A. Livingston...
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): La bohème– Suzanne Kantorski (Mimì), Arnold Livingston Geis (Rodolfo), David Pershall (Marcello), Diana Thompson-Brewer (Musetta), Donald Hartmann (Colline) Sidney Outlaw...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — ROBERTO DEVEREUX (A. Owens, R....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Roberto Devereux; ossia Il conte di Essex— Andrew Owens(Roberto Devereux, conte di Essex), Roberta Mantegna (Elisabetta prima, regina d’Inghilterra), Elizabeth DeShong...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — DON GIOVANNI (T. Murray, Z....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Don Giovanni; ossia Il dissoluto punito, K. 527– Timothy Murray (Don Giovanni), Zachary Nelson (Leporello), Mary Dunleavy (Donna Anna), Sylvia D’Eramo (Donna...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Franz Joseph Haydn — ORLANDO PALADINO (K. Alston, C. Orr,...
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809): Orlando paladino, Hob. XXVIII:11– Kameron Alston (Orlando), Carolyn Orr (Angelica), David Maize (Medoro), Toby Bradford (Pasquale), Gabi Meinke (Eurilla), Kevin...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gregory Spears & Greg Pierce — FELLOW TRAVELERS (J....
GREGORY SPEARS (born 1977) and GREG PIERCE (born 1978): Fellow Travelers— Joseph Lattanzi (Hawkins Fuller), Andres Acosta (Timothy Laughlin), Katherine Pracht (Mary Johnson), Katrina Thurman (Miss...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Johannes Brahms — EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM (J. Sitkovetsky,...
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897): Ein deutsches Requiem, Opus 45— Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano), Andrew Garland (baritone); Greensboro Symphony Master Chorale and Orchestra; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: raising my Voix des Arts — an origin story
A room with a view: the set of Sir Jonathan Miller’s production of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, reviewed at The Metropolitan Opera in June 2022[Photograph by the author; stage décor © by The...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — DON PASQUALE (B. Smoak, M. Redding,...
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Don Pasquale— Brad Smoak (Don Pasquale), Michael Redding (Dottore Malatesta), Cree Carrico (Norina), Kameron Alston (Ernesto), Jackson Ray (Carlino); Piedmont Opera...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Christoph Willibald Gluck — ORFEO ED EURIDICE (M. Moore,...
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON GLUCK (1714 – 1787): Orfeo ed Euridice [1762 Vienna version]— Megan Moore (Orfeo), Susannah Stewart (Euridice), Molly Quinn (Amore); Carolina Choir, The Chamber Orchestra of the...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: François Couperin, Tomás Luis de Victoria, & Thomas...
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668 – 1733), TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA (circa 1548 – 1611), and THOMAS TALLIS (circa 1505 – 1585)– : Lamentations of Jeremiah – Tenebræ for Tuesday of Holy Week— Charles Humphries,...
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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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: 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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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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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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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: 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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