For those settled in after the holidays, we have our accustomed treat for the remaining months of the opera season. We start with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay opening the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday, January 3, at 1.00pm (EST). Readers already have their introduction to the opera in my post of …
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Mason Bates’ New Opera at the MET
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay We first started hearing about this opera back in the spring of this year when it was announced for the MET’s opening program for the season. While I was unfamiliar with the source material (Michael Chabon’s 2001 novel with the same name as the opera), I found it …
Amazing Adventures? Absolutely!
Remembering how pleased we were when Andrew and I pursued our Proust marathon, we’ve now formed a habit of reading together. Actually Andrew reads and I listen, and we have a lot of fun, pausing for conversation when we want to discuss this-or-that point brought up from what we’ve just read. Recently, after some long …
Mozart and the MET Bring Us Real Joy
Le Nozze di Figaro: Much-Needed Relief Right Now Our little gang showed up at The MET on Monday night for the Season Premiere of what has to be the composer’s happiest creation, and it all came through. This splendid production, which opened the 2014-2015 season at the opera house, proved once again to be an …
Berlin: Another “City of Music”?
My enthusiasm for musical performances seems to take on some sort of overwhelming urgency when I travel. As a result, I’ve been known to use the “city of music” description as I move about, especially in Europe. I’ve used the phrase when I write of Vienna (which really does call itself such in the city’s …
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