Thoughts, comments, observations, reactions, enthusiasms
It was on November 14, 2009, from Nairobi, Kenya, that I uploaded the first post to my new blog. Because I was in Africa, it made sense to play with the "journey" idea as I sought to come up with a …
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When I mentioned to a friend that I was going to attend the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Porgy and Bess he seemed surprised. "Opera?" he asked. "I thought that was a Broadway …
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Opera folks, especially in the New York City area, seem to be continually grappling with the fact that there isn't enough opera around. We have the grandest of the grand, of course, in our beloved …
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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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