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A “Tannhäuser” to Remember

December 2, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

We opera goers often find ourselves using the term “unforgettable.” In New York, the idea took on an even more special meaning last Thursday night. Many of us were at the Metropolitan Opera for the first performance of the revival of Wagner’s Tannhäuser, not heard here for a few years . I’m a big fan …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Journal, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Barone (Joshua), Climate Activists, Extinction Rebellion, Gerhaher (Christian), Metropolitan Opera Association, Protests, Schenk (Otto), Tannhäuser (opera), van der Heever (Eliza), Wagner (Richard)

Milan: Raphael’s “The School of Athens” and Me

November 15, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

[In brief.] Last spring, I had an experience in Milan that surprised me and left me thinking about the effect of remembering things that had happened earlier in my life. My years at university (in his case the University of Virginia in Charlottesville) took place a long time ago, and as with most people, it …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Journal, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Berner (Andrew), Charlottesville (Virginia), Jefferson (Thomas), Kitt (Sandra), Milan (Biblioteca Ambrosiana), Milan (Pinacoteca Ambrosiana), Povoledo (Elisabetta), Proust (Marcel), Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), Raphael, Ross (Nigel J.), School of Athens, University of Virginia

Opera Diary: Milan – A Visit to La Scala (In Brief)

August 5, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

Last spring’s visit to Milan was very special, for many reasons. Primarily, though, we seriously enjoy opera, and if Milan is a destination for tourists in general, within the city Teatro La Scala is the sine qua non for opera lovers. We were hardly settled into our hotel (about three New York-style “short” blocks from …

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Filed Under: Journal, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Andrea Chénier (opera), Eyvazov (Yusef), Flórez (Juan Diego), Isotton (Chiara), La Scala, Lucia de Lammermoor (opera), Milan (opera), Oropresa (Lisette), Zeffirelli (Franco)

Opera Diary: Milan – Teatro alla Scala

August 5, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

When I described Milan in the last post, I used the word “remarkable.” I did so intentionally, for I wanted to assert my opinion that no other word would work. For me, based on my own experience, I can’t think of anywhere else where the citizens’ love of grandeur and, at the same time, their …

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Filed Under: Journal, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Andrea Chénier (opera), Berner (Andrew), Eyvazov (Yusef), Flórez (Juan Diego), Isotton (Chiara), Kitt (Sandra), La Scala, Lucia de Lammermoor (opera), Milan (Italy), Milan (opera), Oropresa (Lisette)

Milan: A Remarkable City

July 8, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

As I continue with my “digital postcards” when I travel, I am happy to share these from a recent journey to Milan (or, as the Italians say, “Milano” – a sound I like but it’s perhaps a bit pretentious for this New Yorker). And while I like to say that, yes, I fell in love …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Journal, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Berner (Andrew), Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy (Lombardy), Kitt (Sandra), Lusmorfie (Milanese Artist), Milan (Cimitero Monumentale), Milan (Duomo), Milan (Italy), Milan (La Galleria), Milan (Pinacoteca Ambrosiana), Milan (Teatro alla Scala), Raphael (School of Athens – Cartoon)

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