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Current: Independence Day – What Were We Celebrating? What’s Coming Next?

July 5, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

Like many Americans, we New Yorkers have a grand fireworks tradition for closing out our Independence Day celebrations. Fireworks burst all over America, and here in New York, crowds love to gather along the East River (sometimes the Hudson) for the great spectacle. Others of us gather at parties to watch the fireworks, or we, too, …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: Aeneid, Berlioz (Hector), Biden (Joe), Burns (Ken), Hutchinson (Cassidy), January 6 Insurrection, Kyiv, Les Troyans (opera), Mass Shootings, Meadows (Mark), Russia-Ukraine War, Vindman (Alexander), Vindman (Yevgeny), Virgil

Opera Diary: Remembering Jessye Norman

December 23, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

It seems appropriate, at this special time of year, to remember Jessye Norman. The great opera singer died on September 30. The news – including many fine obituaries – has been almost overwhelming in conveying the admiration so many felt for this lady and her special talent. Yet some of us found ourselves delaying our …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Berlioz (Hector), Christmastide, Confrérie des chevaliers du Tastevin, Cooper (Michael), Diva (film), Ely Cathedral, Ford Foundation, Fraser (Donald), Girl Scouts, Jessye Norman School of the Arts, McCulloch (Jane), Metropolitan Opera Association, Norman (Jessye), Paris 200th Anniversary Celebration, Rose (Michael), Smith (Anna Deavere), The Met on Demand

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