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The Metropolitan Opera Supports The People of Ukraine

March 4, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

I have been a “regular” of the Metropolitan Opera for many years, and I’m not shy about saying that the company and its many outstanding performances are frequent subjects in these posts. So I’m sure none of my regular readers will be surprised when I say that I’ve never been prouder of my relationship with …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Don Carlos (opera), Gelb (Peter), Metropolitan Opera Association, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin (Yannick), Opera, Russia-Ukraine War, Ukraine, Ukrainian National Anthem, Verdi (Giuseppe)

A Day for Reflection

September 11, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Walking down Fifth Avenue just after dark last night, we could see the two commemorative 9/11 light shafts. They were at the foot of Manhattan, shining their seemingly endless high blue columns into the sky. The day itself – September 10 – had been weirdly reminiscent of September 11 in 2001. Absolutely beautiful weather, not …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History Tagged With: 2001 (September 11), 9/11, Faulkner (William), Mahler - Symphony No. 2, Mahler ("Resurrection" Symphony, Mahler (Gustav), Metropolitan Opera Association, New York Philharmonic, September 11 2001, Verdi - Manzoni Requiem, Verdi (Giuseppe)

A Little Inspiration Perhaps

May 22, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

As we struggle with what’s happening all around us, from time to time we need a little inspiration. I recommend listening to two choral pieces. Both are pretty remarkable and speak to us – it seems to me – in our current situation. In the first, the Met Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Metropolitan Opera Association, Nabucco (opera), Nézet-Séguin (Yannick), Verdi (Giuseppe)

Venice: A “La Traviata” from Our Own Time

March 4, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

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 famous alphabetical A-B-C: Aida, La Bohème, and Carmen), it remains steadfast in the repertory in almost every serious opera house. And in …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: La Traviata (opera), Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Verdi (Giuseppe)

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