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Berlin: Another “City of Music”?

February 10, 2025 By Guy St. Clair

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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Filed Under: Current Events, Journal, Music, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Barocke Weilhnacht, Berlin, Berlin (Christmas 2024), Die Meistersinger von Nüremberg, Il viaggio a Reims (opera), Lucia de Lammermoor (opera), Maltman (Christopher), Music (Baroque), RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

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)

Milan – Teatro alla Scala (2)

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)

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