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COVID CONFIDENTIAL: finding Floozies in small-town Virginia
Serving bliss by the slice: Floozies Pie Shop in Louisa, Virginia[Photograph by the author]Is any of life’s most essential necessities more inherently operatic than food? Politics and sports are...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Umberto Giordano — FEDORA (M. Johnson, J. Brauner, M....
UMBERTO GIORDANO (1867 – 1948): Fedora— Michelle Johnson (Principessa Fedora Romazoff), Jeremy Brauner (Conte Loris Ipanoff), Marcelo Guzzo (De Siriex), Maria Brea (Contessa Olga Sukarev), Samuel White...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: remembering CHRISTA LUDWIG, 16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021
Heil, göttliche Weib: mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig (1928 – 2021) as Fricka in Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre at The Metropolitan Opera in 1967[Photograph by Louis Mélançon, © by The Metropolitan...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Jeffrey Holmes — RIDER OF DARKNESS, PATH OF LIGHT (K. A....
JEFFREY HOLMES (born 1971): Rider of Darkness, Path of Light— Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano; Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone; Jason Hardink and Mark Robson, piano; Talea Ensemble; David Fulmer and...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — RODELINDA, REGINA DE’ LONGOBARDI...
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi, HWV 19– Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda), Iestyn Davies (Bertarido), Joshua Ellicott (Grimoaldo), Brandon Cedel (Garibaldo), Jess Dandy...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Ludwig van Beethoven & Robert Schumann — TO MY DISTANT...
LUGWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1826) and ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856): To My Distant Beloved– Love and Life Cycles for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano— Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey LaDeur, piano...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ruggero Leoncavallo — PAGLIACCI (M. Vickers, C. Cuervo,...
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1945): Pagliacci— Matthew Vickers (Canio), Catalina Cuervo (Nedda), Stefanos Koroneos (Tonio), Suchan Kim (Silvio), Pavel Suliandziga (Beppe); Opera in Williamsburg...
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RECORDING REVIEW: M. Lanquetuit, L.-C. Daquin, C. Franck, N. Hakim, N....
MARCEL LANQUETUIT (1894 – 1985), LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN (1694 – 1772), CÉSAR FRANCK (1822 – 1890), NAJI HAKIM (born 1955), NADIA BOULANGER (1887 – 1979), and CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844 – 1937): French...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Robert Schumann — MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO (Reed Tetzloff,...
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856): Carnaval (Opus 9), Grand Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor (Opus 11), Arabeske (Opus 18), and Romanze (Opus 28, No. 2)— Reed Tetzloff, piano [Recorded in Shalin Liu...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — L’ELISIR D’AMORE (C. Taylor Price, P....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): L’elisir d’amore— Christine Taylor Price / Laura Martínez León (Adina), Pavel Suliandziga / Jordan Costa (Nemorino), Leo Radosavljevic / Suchan Kim (Belcore), Yuri...
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RECORDING REVIEW: Anton Rubinstein — PIANO SONATAS NOS. 1 & 3 (Ludovico...
ANTON GRIGORYEVICH RUBINSTEIN (1829 – 1894): Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3, Opp. 12 and 41– Ludovico Troncanetti, piano [Recorded in BartokStudio, Bernareggio, Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy, September...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: W. Byrd, J. Bull, J. S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, L. Couperin,...
WILLIAM BYRD (circa 1540 – 1623), JOHN BULL (circa 1562 – 1628), JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750), DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685 – 1757), LOUIS COUPERIN (1626 – 1661), JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683 – 1764),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — SUOR ANGELICA and GIANNI SCHICCHI (M....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi— Marsha Thompson (Suor Angelica), Janine Hawley (La zia principessa, Zita), Margaret Ann Zentner (Suor Genovieffa), Amanda Moody...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini — MAOMETTO SECONDO (A. Sewailam, L....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): Maometto secondo [1820 Naples version] – Ashraf Sewailam (Maometto II), Leah Crocetto (Anna Erisso), Elizabeth DeShong (Calbo), Bruce Sledge (Paolo Erisso), Matthew...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ludwig van Beethoven — FIDELIO (A. LoBianco, C. Tanner,...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827): Fidelio, Opus 72— Alexandra LoBianco (Leonore), Carl Tanner (Florestan), Kenneth Kellogg (Rocco), Joseph Barron (Don Pizarro), Erika Baikoff (Marzelline), Jason Karn...
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BOOK REVIEW: Marshall Deerfield — TRAVEL BY HAIKU: VOLUMES 6 – 10, FAR OUT ON...
MARSHALL DEERFIELD (born 1987): Travel by Haiku: Volumes 6 – 10, Far Out on the Road with Friends [A Freedom Books, 31 March 2021; 149 pages; ISBN 978-0998425832; Available from the author and...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, & Copland — SYMPHONY NO. 9, 1812...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827), PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893), and AARON COPLAND (1900 – 1990): Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 (‘Choral’), 1812 Overture, Opus 49, and Fanfare for the...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: George Gershwin — PORGY AND BESS (T. Cannon, R. Giddens,...
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 – 1937): Porgy and Bess– Thomas Cannon (Porgy), Rhiannon Giddens (Bess), Angela Renée Simpson (Serena), Michael Preacely (Crown), Robert Anthony Mack (Sportin’ Life), Indira...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — LA BOHÈME (L. Cesaroni, S. Quinn, L....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): La bohème– Lucia Cesaroni (Mimì), Scott Quinn (Rodolfo), Shannon Kessler Dooley (Musetta), Levi Hernandez (Marcello), Timothy Murray (Schaunard), Adam Lau (Colline),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX (M. A. Zentner, K....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Linda di Chamounix– Margaret Ann Zentner (Linda), Kameron Alston (Carlo, visconte di Sirval), Danielle Romano (Pierotto), Scott Lee (Antonio), Michael Redding (Il...
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