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An Affectionate Memoir Having recently received from the Special Libraries Association (SLA) the John Cotton Dana Award for lifetime achievement, I am experiencing a rather emotional time thinking …
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Art Nouveau provides much pleasure to those who (like myself) have been captured by the allure of the style, and I think I might have come up with a reason why Art Nouveau is so appealing. It’s not …
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Of the three operas I heard at La Fenice last May, the one I will not forget is Bellini's Norma. When I arrived at La Fenice, all of Venice, it seemed, had crowded into Campo San Fantin in …
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New Yorkers aren't known for being shy about what they like about their hometown (even if they're originally from somewhere else). Sometimes, though, there's just so much we can't share it all. And …
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Is there any opera that is talked about (or written about) as often as La Traviata? Who knows? And while La Traviata is not one of the much referred-to three most popular operas in the world (the …
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On a visit to Venice last year, several performances gave new meaning (for me) to the common perception of Venice as an important musical destination. There seemed to be performances of classical …